Chicago: South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, 2004. Tabloid format printed on newsprint, 8 pp, illus. A single issue of this prisoner support publication first organized in Chicago in 1972. Information on the 2004 prison abolition conference, a workshop for women prisoners, a report from various ABCs, a report back from... More
[Elmira, N. Y.]: The Summary Press, 1927. Octavo (23.5 cm); 92 pp of text; 80 pp. of plates; large fold-out plate of New York State Reformatory Inmate Military Organization measuring approximately 48 x 18.5". Red, gilt-stamped cloth; corners bumped and a trifle worn. Previous owner's name stamped to bottom edge... More
Bronx: Irish Northern Aid, 1978. First American edition. 8vo; stapled, illustrated wrappers, [2], 17, [1] pp, illustrations. A description of the history and conditions of Irish political prisoners in Long Kesh/H-Block, the notorious prison outside Belfast. Includes illustrations of the squalid conditions and inhumane treatment Republican prisoners are forced to... More
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1940. First edition. Octavo. 3/4 illustrated paper over purple cloth boards; gilt spine; red top-stain; 377, xix, [1] pp.; photographic frontispiece + 25 other, mostly, photographic plates; dust jacket. A Near Fine copy with some darkening to gutters from binding glue; bookstore ticket to bottom... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1890. First American edition. 12mo. Khaki cloth boards decoratively stamped in silver and burgundy; 199 pp.; five illustrations. A morality tale about the evils of gambling. A better-than-average copy with some soiling to cloth and gift inscription to ffep; VG+. More
London: Printed for J. Mawman; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; et al. 1815. 12mo. Marbled paper over black leather boards; xvii, [2], 2-212 pp., [3] pp., adverts. Paper chipped along board edges; foxing to endpapers and prelims, else a clean and tight copy of this oft-published memoir of an... More
New York City: Sacco-Vanzetti National League, [1928?]. First edition. Octavo (23 cm). Yellow saddle-stapled wrappers; 21 pp. Issued by the Sacco-Vanzetti National League in the wake of the men's execution on Aug. 23, 1927. "This pamphlet presents a brief summary of the facts surrounding the Sacco-Vanzetti case from which a.... More
![Brick By Brick: Building a Movement to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal [cover title]. Freedom Road Socialist Organization.](/pictures/thumb/02661.jpg?v=1509131632)
[New York]: Freedom Road Socialist Organization, [1999?]. First edition. Quarto-size. Side-stapled, photocopied wrappers; 7 pp.; photographs. Scarce publication by oft-troubled Marxist-Leninist group who advocate a broad-based strategy for freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal. No copies in the trade and we find no listing in WorldCat. Sunning to spine, else Fine. More
Elkhorn, WV: Elkhorn Press, 1995. Reprint. Orange, stapled wrappers; 47 pp. one photograph. A facsimile reprint of the 1916 edition. The author chronicles several violent, late 19th/early 20th century feuds in Kentucky including, The Tolliver-Martin or Logan Feud, the Hargis-Cockrell Feud, & the Thompson-Daviess Tragedy. A Fine copy. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. First edition. Octavo; cloth boards with red titling to spine; 214 pp.; dust jacket. A Near Fine copy with glue darkening under endpapers in a Near Fine dust jacket, which is lightly worn with a few tiny nicks to the edges. Koestler's harrowing philosophical... More
New York: Agora Publishing Co., [1945]. First edition thus. 8vo; stapled wrappers printed in red, 12 pp, one photograph, one facsimile document. Includes two articles reprinted from “The Converted Catholic Magazine,” including J. J. Murphy’s “The Catholic Church vs. The Public Schools” and L. H. Lehmann’s “Catholic Education and Crime.”..... More
n.p., 1963. First edition. Quarto (25.5 cm). Side-stapled, mustard yellow wrappers; 481-525 pp. An offprint from "Kansas Law Review, Vol. 11, No. 4, May, 1963 of Pennsylvania Justice, Michael A. Musmanno's article, "The Sacco-Vanzetti Case, with Critical Analysis of the Book 'Tragedy in Dedham' by Francis Russell." Stamped 'For Sacco-Vanzetti... More
Paris: Charles Carrington. Octavo (22 cm). Green buckram printed in red; xxiv, 679 pp. This is the pirated edition of the 1901 Carrington edition, which was the English translation of "Le crime et le suicides passionnels" [Paris: Félix Alcan, 1900]. A massive work on suicide, adultery, passion, crime, etc. Some... More
Concord, N. H.: D. L. Guernsey, 1873. First edition. Octavo. Brown cloth with gilt-titled spine; vi, [1], 8-198 pp. Rev. Quinby's experiences as chaplain of the New Hampshire State Prison from 1869 until his dismissal in 1871. Although he accepted the position reluctantly, he quickly became deeply involved in his... More
New York: Freedom of the Press Co., Inc., 1951. First edition. Stapled, illustrated wrappers (19 cm) printed on newsprint; 16 pp. Scarce CPUSA publication concerning the unsolved murder of Italian-American longshoreman, Pietro “Pete” Panto (1911-1939), at the hands of Albert Anastasia’s Murder Inc. for attempting to expose the corruption that..... More
Buffalo: Martin Sostre Defense Committee, 1969. Second printing. Tall 8vo (24 cm); stapled wrappers; 75, [1] pp.; photographs. A compilation of letters written from jailed black nationalist-turned-anarchist, Martin Sostre, to his supporters and family members. Also includes a short biography of Sostre along with family photos and a contextualizing introduction... More
Belmont, Massachusetts: Support Your Local Police Committees, [1968?]. First edition. One sheet folded to make 4 pp. A support appeal from the Support Your Local Police Committees organization, a front group for the John Birch Society. Argues that police are the recipients of brutality and that a war on police... More