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Item #25563 TRIAL OF REV. MR. AVERY. A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF EPHRAIM K. AVERY, CHARGED WITH...

Avery, Ephraim:

TRIAL OF REV. MR. AVERY. A FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF EPHRAIM K. AVERY, CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF SARAH M. CORNELL, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF RHODE ISLAND, AT A SPECIAL TERM IN NEWPORT, HELD IN MAY 1833...WITH ALL THE INCIDENTAL QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE TRIAL CAREFULLY PRESERVED, THE TESTIMONY OF THE WITNESSES NEARLY VERBATIM, AND THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL...REPORTED BY BENJAMIN F. HALLETT.

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

Price: $500.00

Davis, Henry H.:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, NINTH CIRCUIT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. SARAH MITCHELL, PLAINTIFF, VS. FREDERICK W. SHARON, DEFENDANT. REPLY BRIEF OF PLAINTIFF TO DEFENDANT'S BRIEF ON DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT.

[San Francisco: 1890s]. Original printed front wrapper with wrapper title, as issued. Disbound. 26pp. Later rubberstamped pagination from a larger series of documents on this case. Presentation inscription from Davis on front wrapper. About Very Good. Sharon had accused Ms. Mitchell of making "blackmailing demands" for money from the vast..... More

Price: $275.00

Item #32548 TRIAL OF LUCRETIA CHAPMAN, OTHERWISE CALLED LUCRETIA ESPOS Y MINA, WHO WAS JOINTLY...

Du Bois, William E.:

TRIAL OF LUCRETIA CHAPMAN, OTHERWISE CALLED LUCRETIA ESPOS Y MINA, WHO WAS JOINTLY INDICTED WITH LINO AMALIA ESPOS Y MINA, FOR THE MURDER OF WILLIAM CHAPMAN, ESQ. LATE OF ANDALUSIA, COUNTY OF BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, IN THE COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, HELD AT DOYLESTOWN, FOR BUCKS, DECEMBER TERM, 1831, CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY TERM, 1832. PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION, BY... STUDENT OF LAW.

Philadelphia: G.W. Mentz & Son, 1832. Later cloth. [2], 213, [1 blank], 11 pp. With the Supplement on the trial of Lino which, as Cohen notes, was sometimes excluded from the book. Scattered foxing, lacks front free endpaper, rear endpaper dirty, light rubberstamp on title page, Good+. Lucretia, "past forty..... More

Price: $450.00

Item #32644 TO VIOLA BARRETT. MY SWEETHEART CAME A COURTING. BALLAD. WRITTEN BY MRS. C. EDMONSTON...

Edmonston, Mrs. C.:

TO VIOLA BARRETT. MY SWEETHEART CAME A COURTING. BALLAD. WRITTEN BY MRS. C. EDMONSTON | MUSIC BY E.K. COLE, M.D.

[New Orleans: 1865]. Quarto. [3], [1 blank] pp. With Dr. Cole's penciled signature, and inscription to a Miss Hattie ---. Decorated title border, red and black inks. Light edge wear, disbound, Very Good with words and music. More

Price: $250.00

Item #37312 THREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR ELLA GRASSO DURING HER EARLY YEARS IN...

[Grasso, Ella T.]:

THREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR ELLA GRASSO DURING HER EARLY YEARS IN GOVERNMENT.

[Connecticut: 1965, 1974, 1975. Three photographs, identifying information on verso. Very Good. Ella Grasso was a Connecticut pioneer in achieving political success for women during the 1960's and 1970's. One 1974 photograph depicts Grasso waving to the crowd, the caption reading: "Rep. Ella Grasso waves to friends from stage of..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #34676 A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THE REV. EPHRAIM K. AVERY, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT...

Hildreth, Richard:

A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THE REV. EPHRAIM K. AVERY, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF RHODE ISLAND, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF SARAH MARIA CORNELL; CONTAINING A FULL STATEMENT OF THE TESTIMONY, TOGETHER WITH THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL, AND THE CHARGE TO THE JURY. BY RICHARD HILDRETH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. WITH A MAP. THIRD EDITION.

Boston: Russell, Odiorne... 1833. 143, [1 blank] pp, full page map. Bound in contemporary handwritten wrappers. Scattered light to moderate foxing, Good+. First, second, and third editions of this sensational trial issued in 1833. "When Sarah Cornell was found hanging from the frame of a haystack in Tiverton, Rhode Island..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #38264 THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. VOL. VII. NO. 2. BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1876. Julia Ward Howe

Howe, Julia Ward:

THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. VOL. VII. NO. 2. BOSTON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1876.

Boston: 1876. Folio, 13-1/4" x 18." 8pp [9-16]. Printed in five ruled columns per page. Disbound, narrow vertical browning along the third column, and a small pinhole. Else Very Good. The Editors explain that their Journal was "A Weekly Newspaper, published every Saturday in Boston, devoted to the interests of..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #38260 THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. VOL. VII. NO. 28. BOSTON, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1876. Julia Ward Howe

Howe, Julia Ward:

THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. VOL. VII. NO. 28. BOSTON, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1876.

Boston: 1876. Folio, 13-1/4" x 18." 8pp [217-224]. Printed in five ruled columns per page. Disbound, Very Good. The Editors explain that their Journal is "A Weekly Newspaper, published every Saturday in Boston, devoted to the interests of Woman -- to her educational, industrial, legal and political Equality, and especially..... More

Price: $350.00

[Jeanne de la Nativite]:

THE BLESSED EFFECT OF A HOLY LIFE AND DAILY CONVERSATION WITH GOD, EXEMPLIFIED IN A SHORT EXTRACT OF THE LIFE OF ARMELLE NICOLAS, A POOR IGNORANT COUNTRY MAID.

[Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1780?]. 12pp, caption title [as issued]. 12mo, Disbound, lightly foxed, Good+. Evans and Hildeburn suggest the imprint. Evans 16811. Hildeburn 3995. Not in Jenkins. More

Price: $250.00

Jones, Mrs.:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES, MESSRS. WHITE, HILLIER, TRUSCOTT, OKE, AND JONES, WITH MRS. WHITE AND MRS. TRUSCOTT, AND THEIR CHILDREN AND SERVANTS, IN THE MARIA MAILBOAT, OFF THE ISLAND OF ANTIGUA, IN THE WEST INDIES, FEBRUARY 28, 1826. BY MRS. JONES, THE ONLY SURVIVOR ON THAT MOURNFUL OCCASION. FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION.

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, For the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1837. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with light but persistent spotting. Good+. The sinking of the ship Maria on a voyage between St. Kitts and Antigua, and the tragic loss of life suffered by these martyrs to the..... More

Price: $75.00

Marie, Jane:

THE CASE OF JANE MARIE, EXHIBITING THE CRUELTY AND BARBAROUS CONDUCT OF JAMES ROSS, TO A DEFENCELESS WOMAN. WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY THE OBJECT OF HIS CRUELTY AND VENGEANCE, AND ADDRESSED TO THE PUBLIC OF PHILADELPHIA AND THE WHOLE OF PENNSYLVANIA.

[Philadelphia]: Sep. 1808. 28pp, disbound, lightly tanned. Else Very Good. Ms. Marie claims that Ross, formerly U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, by subtle legal artifices wrested title to her home from her. Ross was running for governor in the year of this publication; the pamphlet may have been a set-up by..... More

Price: $250.00

Marriott, Catherine:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT I CATHERINE MARRIOTT OF BOSTON, I THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK & COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. WIDOW - FOR & IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FIVE POUNDS LAWFUL MONEY, TO ME IN HAND PAID BY JAMES LLOYD OF SO. BOSTON ESQR: THE RECEIPT WHEREOF I DO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE, HAVE GIVEN, GRANTED, ASSIGNED, SOLD & CONVEYED & BY THESE PRESENTS DO HEREBY GIVE, GRANT ASSIGN, SELL & CONVEY TO THE S. JAMES, A TOMB, UNDER THE KINGS CHAPEL CHURCH IN S. BOSTON, BEING TOMB NO. 6, & IS THE SAME TOMB WHICH WAS ASSIGNED BY DEED, BEARING DATE THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER 1760, TO POWERS MARRIOT DECEASED, MY LATE HUSBAND - SECOND DAY OF JANUARY 1788, CATHERINE MARRIOTT... RECEIVED AND ENTERED WITH THE RECORDS OF DEEDS FOR THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK... NATHL. GREENE, REGTR.

Boston: 1788. 7.5" x 12". [2], [1 blank], [1] pp, manuscript deed on watermarked paper. Light horizontal folds, minor age toning. Signature of Catherine Marriott accompanied by seal, witnessed by Samuel Barnett and Elizabeth King. Very Good. More

Price: $75.00

Item #25572 THOUGHTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MANNERS OF THE GREAT TO GENERAL SOCIETY. Hannah More

[More, Hannah]:

THOUGHTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MANNERS OF THE GREAT TO GENERAL SOCIETY.

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1788. 12mo. 81, [1] pp. Bound in contemporary plain wrappers. Scattered light spotting, Good+. The first American edition, from the stated "fourth edition," all printed in 1788. The Dictionary of National Biography attributes authorship to More. This work on manners and etiquette, More says, "is recommended to..... More

Price: $500.00

[Richardson, Emily]:

A STATEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MRS. EMILY RICHARDSON, IN THE SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN READING, MASS. SECOND EDITION.

Charlestown [MA]: Published by Wm. H. Wheldon, 1832. Original plain wrappers, stitched, 38pp. A pleasing, untrimmed copy in its unsophisticated state. Toned with scattered foxing, else Very Good. The pamphlet is a tale of religious persecution in Massachusetts, against a lady of sterling character who failed to accept the divinity..... More

Price: $250.00

Roberts, R.:

SEVEN RATIONAL SERMONS, ON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS...WRITTEN IN ENGLAND, BY A LADY, THE TRANSLATRESS OF FOUR SELECT TALES FROM MARMONTEL.

Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1777. Half title, 77, [1] pp. Small deaccession stamp at blank lower corner of last page. Half title, last leaf, and a few other pages lightly to moderately tanned. Very Good. Bound in modern green cloth, gilt lettered spine, bookplate of the John Carter Brown library. The..... More

Price: $375.00

Item #36667 THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNIONS OF THE...

Scott, Mary:

THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNIONS OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA. "FOR GOD, AND HOME AND NATIVE LAND."

Ottawa, Canada: February, 1890. 8pp. Stitched. Folio, with caption title. Vol. 6. No. 6. Old folds, Near Fine. The Woman's Journal was a periodical, "Published Monthly by Miss Mary Scott" of Ottawa, Canada. Its mission was Temperance: the articles focus on the evils of alcohol, troubling news about the presence..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #35174 INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MILTON W. STREETER, THE JEALOUS AND INFATUATED MURDERER, WHO...

Tingley, H.F.:

INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MILTON W. STREETER, THE JEALOUS AND INFATUATED MURDERER, WHO MURDERED HIS BEAUTIFUL AND YOUNG WIFE, ELVIRA W. STREETER, AT SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS., A FEW MONTHS SINCE: CONTAINING ALL THE INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF HIS LIFE- ALL THE PARTICULARS OF THE MURDER- HIS TRIAL, WHICH OCCURRED RECENTLY, SENTENCE, &C.

Pawtucket, R.I. A.W. Pearce, Printer, 1850. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 96pp. Full-page illustration of the murder scene. The rear wrapper advertises, "Agents Wanted to sell this book in all parts of the United States and the British Provinces, and in all parts of Europe where the English language is spoken."..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #34655 TRIAL OF ALBERT JOHN TIRRELL FOR THE MURDER OF MARY ANN BICKFORD. IN THE SUPREME...

[Tirrell, Albert J.]:

TRIAL OF ALBERT JOHN TIRRELL FOR THE MURDER OF MARY ANN BICKFORD. IN THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, HOLDEN AT BOSTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, 1846. TOGETHER WITH THE LIVES OF ALBERT J. TIRRELL AND MARY ANN BICKFORD. REPORTED FOR THE BOSTON DAILY TIMES BY J.E.P. WEEKS, ESQ.

Boston: Published at the 'Times' Office, 1846. 39, [1] pp. Disbound, original printed title wrappers, [two rubberstamps on title page]. Last leaf with a tear [early, crude repair] and loss of a couple of letters. Else Good+. "The murder of a harlot seems to lend a special interest to a...... More

Price: $450.00

Item #35568 THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF GEORGE S. TWITCHELL, JR., FOR THE MURDER OF MRS. MARY E....

[Twitchell, George S.]:

THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF GEORGE S. TWITCHELL, JR., FOR THE MURDER OF MRS. MARY E. HILL, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. WITH THE ELOQUENT SPEECHES OF COUNSEL ON BOTH SIDES, AND HON. JUDGE BREWSTER'S CHARGE TO THE JURY IN FULL. TO WHICH ARE ADDED MANY INTERESTING FACTS IN REGARD TO THE HILLS AND TWITCHELLS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1869]. [2], 19-90pp, as issued, with six full-page illustrations. Stitched in original printed wrappers, the front wrap illustrated with a portrait of Twitchell, the rear wrap with an illustration of the murder. Light wrapper wear, a clean text. Very Good. A trademark Barclay gruesome, sensational story..... More

Price: $950.00

Item #37828 TRIAL OF MRS. ELIZABETH G. WHARTON, ON THE CHARGE OF POISONING GENERAL W.S. KETCHUM....

[Wharton, Elizabeth G.]:

TRIAL OF MRS. ELIZABETH G. WHARTON, ON THE CHARGE OF POISONING GENERAL W.S. KETCHUM. TRIED AT ANNAPOLIS, MD. DECEMBER, 1871 - JANUARY, 1872.

[Baltimore]: Reported and Published by The Baltimore Gazette, [1872]. [2], 172pp. Stitched. Original printed wrappers [closed tear to the front wrap, not affecting printing; wraps lightly dusted; wrapper spine worn, with rear wrap detaching]. Inner front wrapper advertises Baltimore's Howard Hotel; rear wrapper advertises the Baltimore Gazette, "A Well-Known Conservative..... More

Price: $950.00

Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands:

THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT... PRESENTED JUNE 6, 1905 WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. "HELP THOSE WOMEN, FOR THEY LABORED WITH ME IN THE GOSPEL"

Honolulu: Mercantile Printing Co., Ltd., 1905. 86, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Scattered light foxing. Several blank margins have a wormhole. Good+. Constitution, By-Laws, Officers, Missions, Members, doings at the Annual Meeting, Reports of various committees. More

Price: $175.00

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