Laconia, N.H. John J. Lane. [1892]. Original printed wrappers, illustrated with a portrait of Almy, with wrapper title [as issued]. 32pp, stitched. Text illustrations. Wrappers lightly chipped and worn. Light scattered foxing, else Very Good. "Almy, a rejected suitor, murdered Christie Warden on July 17, 1891, at Hanover, New Hampshire..... More
Plymouth: Memorial and Rock Press, 1868. 52pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title, as issued. Near Fine. The case resonates among today's hot-button political-social issues. "The oldest plea of homosexual panic in America seems to have been made in Massachusetts in 1868. Accused of killing a longtime friend..... More
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Liverpool: 1808, 1809. Four imprints in contemporary binding [hinges cracked, extremities rubbed]. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Good+. 1. THE TRIAL OF CHARLES ANGUS, ESQ. ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE WILFUL MURDER OF MARGARET BURNS, AT THE ASSIZES HELD AT LANCASTER, ON FRIDAY, 2D SEPT. 1808, BEFORE THE HON. SIR..... More
[Honiton, England: 1792]. Folio leaf, 16" x 13." Folded to [4] pp. Printed on verso of first leaf and recto of second leaf only. Light old folds, spine with early reinforcement tape. Text clean and bright. Very Good. Public enthusiasm for the tenets of the French Revolution and Thomas Paine..... More
Boston: May, 1833. Second Edition. 191, [1 blank] pp + attractive folding map of the crime area. Scattered foxing, disbound, Good+. [offered with] AVERY'S TRIAL. [SUPPLEMENTARY EDITION.] REPORTED BY B.F. HALLETT. [Boston: 1833]. 40pp, light soil. Disbound. Good+. [offered with] THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL IN THE CLOSE OF THE TRIAL..... More
Boston: Published at the Offices of the Daily Commercial Gazette, and the Boston Daily Advocate, May, 1833. 187, [4], 190-191 [as issued] + Folding map of the crime area [browned]. Disbound, light scattered foxing. Good plus. "When Sarah Cornell was found hanging from the frame of a haystack in Tiverton..... More
Boston: Russell, Odiorne and Co.... 1834. 74pp, disbound, last couple of leaves moderately spotted. One folding map of the crime area [with an expertly repaired closed tear, without loss], one full-page map of Narragansett Bay. Good+. "When Sarah Cornell was found hanging from the frame of a haystack in Tiverton..... More
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Boston: Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams, next to the Treasurer's Office in Milk-Street, 1771. 24pp, but lacking the half title. Death's Head ornamentation on title page. Disbound and uniformly toned. Closed tear to title leaf [no loss] repaired; evidence of repair at outer margin]. Inner margin of title..... More
Washington City: Printed by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1822. 111, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with light scattered foxing. Good+ or so. "James Barron (1769-1851) was court-martialed for his role as commander of the ill-fated American frigate Chesapeake which Barron had surrendered to the British warship Leopard in an encounter on June..... More
[Washington]: Printed by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1822. 496pp. Disbound and mildly toned. Old rubberstamp and light blindstamp on title page. Good+. "James Barron (1769-1851) was court-martialed for his role as commander of the ill-fated American frigate Chesapeake which Barron had surrendered to the British warship Leopard in an encounter on..... More
[Philadelphia? ] 1839. pp 46, xxiv. Disbound, scattered light foxing. Contemporary title page signature of Thomas Forrest Betton. Good+. One of many disputes in which the disputatious and litigious Elliott embroiled himself during a long and controversial naval career. Elliott's "last cruise, made in 1835-38 as commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean..... More
[London? 1812]. Caption title, as issued. 16pp. Disbound, with a rough and loosened inner margin. Good+. Probably crazy, Bellingham thought the British government owed him money and that he been unjustly imprisoned in Russia. He shot Perceval, the Prime Minister, the only Prime Minister so dispatched... More
Buffalo: Printing House of Matthews & Warren, Office of the "Buffalo Commercial Advertiser." 1870. 235, [4 advts.], [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern library buckram [gum label with call number on spine; inner hinge cracked, with wear to blank inner edge of title leaf]. Rubberstamp on title page. Otherwise, text..... More
Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, Printers, 1845. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and lightly foxed, some pencil linings in margins. Good+. "The victim was beaten to death at Westchester, Pennsylvania, while being robbed. Boyd was arrested in church 'with a hymn book in his hand, and from which he was..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co., [1887]. Original printed wrappers, the front wrapper with illustration of a woman holding her child: "My God, My Child is Dead." Illustrated rear wrapper with caption, "The disguised mother, Mrs. Burleigh, knelt by the side of her sleeping child and, with heaven-lifted eyes, prayed..... More
[Oakdale, Tenn. 1929]. Two leaves, printed on rectos only, on mimeographed folio pages 8-1/2" x 14." Old folds, about Fine. Burton was Secretary of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Oakdale, Tennessee. Burton's facsimile signature, with a date of July 1929, appears at the end. His essay recounts that "Joe Boxley..... More
New York: Cassell & Company, [1886]. Large 4to. 36 plates containing 204 numbered photo illustration portraits. [12], 433 pp. Frontis portrait of Byrnes, with original tissue guard. Bound in contemporary half calf [worn, crudely rebacked and separating]. Blank gutters with wear and discoloration. Good+. The Introduction to this first edition..... More
New York: G. W. Dillingham, [1895]. Large 4to. The second edition, revised and greatly enlarged from the 1886 first. 402pp, in modern buckram. 609 numbered portraits on 47 unnumbered leaves, brief biographical sketches, illustrations, plates. A clean and Very Good text. This second edition lists an array of criminals: women;..... More
Sacramento: State Office: F.P. Thompson, 1878. ix, [3], 130 pp. Contemporary sheep, several library marks else Very Good. More
London: 1827. 25, [1] pp. Folio, stitched, untrimmed. Occasional light foxing, else quite clean. The Journal of Captain John Carnall, in the form of a "Diary of the treatment I have received at the Cape of Good Hope, on a charge of having aided in the escape of a person..... More
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Charleston: Walker & Burke, 1844. 4to. Modern cloth, marbled paper over boards. Original spine labels. 517, [3 blanks], vii, [1 blank] pp. Spotting and foxing, Good+. The Digest begins with 'Accounts', 'Amusements', 'Assessor'; it proceeds through the alphabet to 'Wooden Buildings' and 'Work House'. An elaborate Negro and Slave Code..... More
Folio sheet, folded to [4]pp, all in manuscript. Docketed on page [4]: "Petition of Lawson Clark of Montgomery County. Presented by Archibald Van Horn. Recorded 5 June 1815." The first two pages, plus two lines on the third page, consist of Clark's Petition. Page [3] is Judge Chase's Opinion, signed..... More
[Boston: 1838]. 12pp. Loosened stitching, lightly worn. A couple of closed tears in inner margin but text intact. Good+. Signed in type at the end, 'L. Child.' Josiah Dunham Jr., a Boston Alderman, was running for re-election. A Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, of which Child was Chair, issued a...... More
[Washington? 1870]. Caption title, as issued. 40pp. Text clean, bound in modern plain wrappers. Very Good. Signed in type at the end by B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General of the United States. This case demonstrates the Supreme Court's grudging recognition of -- indeed, its reluctance to implement -- the Reconstruction..... More
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co., Printers, 1884. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Stitched. 12pp. Lightly worn, Very Good. The U. S. Supreme Court considered the issue in Robb v. Connelly, 111 U. S. 624 [1884]. OCLC 426226162 [2- U MI U MI Law]... More