San Francisco: Connections, 1971. An important single issue of this prisoner support newsletter mimeographed on “prison green paper” and issued the month after George Jackson was killed under dubious circumstances while trying to escape San Quentin. Included are an editorial and numerous letters from unidentified prisoners regarding Jackson’s death. Also..... More
New York: General Defense Committee of the I.W.W., [1974]. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer offset printed in blue on salmon stock by Come! Unity Press, the gay, anarchist print collective. Horizontal & vertical creases from folding, else Fine. No record for this flyer in OCLC. Announcement of a meeting held..... More
Baltimore: Baltimore Defense Commitee, [197-]. A support appeal for two Baltimore White activists, Ray Ceci and Mike Pione, who were “victims of a police frame-up” for defending themselves from a “right wing thug” while they were posting up flyers for a meeting entitled “The Rich Get Richer While the Poor..... 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
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. First edition. A collection of true crime stories featuring real-life villains, the Terror of Marseilles, Red Lopez and Jack Harley, the Bandit of Corsica, Dimiran the Monster, the Outlaws of the Black Forest, and others. 8vo., mustard yellow cloth board stamped in..... 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
New York: Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, [1971]. First edition. Plain, stapled wrappers (5 ½” x 8 ¼”), 16 pp, illus. Some darkening along the spine, else a Fine copy. A support appeal for an imprisoned Davis following her alleged role in the Marin Co. Courthouse debacle. The pamphlet includes..... 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
[Berkeley?]: Khatari Defense Committee, [1976?]. An 8 ½” x 11” flyer a fundraising event for Black Guerrilla Family leader, Jeffrey “Khatari” Gaulden, who was convicted of stabbing to death a prison guard in Folsom in 1971 allegedly in revenge for George Jackson’s death. This particular event took place at the..... 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
Nampa, Idaho: Golden Rule Press, 1931. First edition. Stapled, yellow wrappers (5” x 7 ½”), 16 pp., photograph. Light wear and dust-soiling to wrappers, bottom corner creased, VG. None others in commerce (March, 2019) and only one copy located in WorldCat at Northwest Nazarene Univ. in Nampa, Idaho. Scarce. From..... More
San Francisco: Patrick Arguello Press, 1980. An important underground publication addressed to both prisoners and leftists activists by queer prison activist, Ed Mead, following his incarceration for his role in a failed bank robbery on behalf of the George Jackson Brigade in Seattle. The article was first written by Mead..... 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
[Marshall, Michigan], 1891. Various sizes (5 ¾” x 5”, 5 ½” x 10 ½”, 5 ½” x 10”), one featuring an illustration, one a photograph. Penciled numbers to the top, some harmless grubbiness and wear with the smallest piece having two small holes. Three wanted circulars issued by Marshall, Michigan, Sheriff..... 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: New Century Publishers, 1951. First edition. An appeal by Communist journalist, Harry Raymond, on behalf of Willie McGee, a Black man from Mississippi accused of raping a white housewife in 1945. McGee alleged the sexual trysts were consensual and his case was publicized by the Civil Rights Congress..... 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
[Memphis, Tenn.]: [Southern Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners], [ca. 1971]. First edition. Illustrated, unbound wrappers (7” x 8 ½”), [12 pp. - including covers], photographs, illustrations. A Fine copy. Seven copies in WorldCat institutions. An uncommon item. Profiles the cases of the prominent black prisoners mentioned..... 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
Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Anti-Saloon League, [ca. 1932]. An 8 ½” x 11” broadside published by the West Virginia Anti-Saloon League arguing that “the deliberate disobeying and scoffing at law,” not prohibition, is responsible for the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. The majority of the broadside reprints Congressman James F. Fulbright’s..... More