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Item #39454 MURDER WILL OUT! STARTLING NEWS! THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF PRETTY ROSE AMBLER, THE...

[Ambler, Rose]:

MURDER WILL OUT! STARTLING NEWS! THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF PRETTY ROSE AMBLER, THE CONNECTICUT BEAUTY, AND AWFUL CONFESSION OF "JACK" KRANTZ. SEE THAT YOU GET THE ONLY TRUE AND FULL ACCOUNT, WHICH CONTAINS THE STARTLING CONFESSION OF JACK KRANTZ.

Philadelphia: Barclay & Co, [1883?]. Original printed and illustrated pink wrappers. Stitched. Pages [2], 19-64 [as issued], with portraits, illustrations, diagrams. German-language captions appear beneath the English captions for the illustrations. Wrappers have several closed tears to inner margins, one including blank margins through page 38 [no text affected]. Otherwise..... More

Price: $875.00

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

Avery, Ephraim:

A VINDICATION OF THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL OF REV. EPHRAIM K. AVERY; TO WHICH IS PREFIXED HIS STATEMENT OF FACTS RELATIVE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES BY WHICH HE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE PROSECUTION. WITH A MAP.

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

Price: $150.00

Beadle, Delos W.:

THE AMERICAN LAWYER, AND BUSINESS-MAN'S FORM-BOOK; CONTAINING FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS...TOGETHER WITH THE LAWS OF THE VARIOUS STATES...AND A MAP AND SEAL FOR EACH STATE IN THE UNION.

New York: Phelps & Fanning, 1851. 359, [1] pp. Bound in original calf [lightly rubbed] with gilt-lettered red morocco spine title. Minor wear, Very Good. As the title promises, a map of each State is included. The publisher says that the "Maps alone are worth three times what is asked..... More

Price: $650.00

[Beecher, Henry Ward]:

THE CASE OF HENRY WARD BEECHER. OPENING ADDRESS BY BENJAMIN F. TRACY, OF COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT.

New York: George W. Smith, 1875. 92pp, stitched in original printed title wrappers. Text printed in two columns per page. Clean and bright text. Minor wear, rear wrapper detached but present. About Very Good. The detailed opening statement in the notorious trial of Beecher, in Tilton's action for criminal conversation..... More

Price: $75.00

[Cash, Thomas M.]:

A PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS FOR THE PERUSAL OF THOSE INTERESTED. NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 14, 1872.

New York: 1872. Original printed wrappers [which are chipped and very dirty], stitched. 43, [1] pp, plus three separate printed leaves, each from a prominent citizen asserting that the facts stated by Cash in the pamphlet are true. The text is clean, except for some light margin spotting. Good+. "I..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #36899 ARGUMENT OF HON. GEORGE M. STEARNS, BEFORE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE...

[Christian Science] Stearns, George M.:

ARGUMENT OF HON. GEORGE M. STEARNS, BEFORE THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE, AGAINST A BILL PRESENTED BY M.O. ADAMS TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, FEBRUARY 5, 1889.

Boston: L. Barta, [1889]. Original printed wrappers, spine reinforced in black tape. 38, [2 blanks] pp. Front wrapper with an area of discoloration. Text clean, except for occasional underlining. Good plus. A highly regarded lawyer, Stearns had just finished his appointment, by President Cleveland, as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. This..... More

Price: $600.00

Coghlan, Mrs. [Margaret]:

MEMOIRS OF MRS. COGHLAN, (DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MAJOR MONCRIEFFE,) WRITTEN BY HERSELF, AND DEDICATED TO THE BRITISH NATION; BEING INTERSPERSED WITH ANECDOTES OF THE LATE AMERICAN AND PRESENT FRENCH WAR; WITH REMARKS, MORAL AND POLITICAL.

New York: Swords, 1795. xix, [1 blank], 25-184 pp. Some spotting and soiling. Late 19th-century half morocco (some rubbing). Good+ The first American edition of a "Narrative of a lady famous for her affair with Colonel Burr in the Revolution." Howes. This copy includes the frequently "suppressed" pages iii-vi of..... More

Price: $1,000.00

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 #38569 THE LAST OF THE CHEVALIERS. (END OF THE PLAY) JEFF: "I THOUGHT YOUR GOVERNMENT WAS...

[Davis, Jefferson]:

THE LAST OF THE CHEVALIERS. (END OF THE PLAY) JEFF: "I THOUGHT YOUR GOVERNMENT WAS MORE MAGNANIMOUS THAN TO HUNT DOWN WOMEN AND CHILDREN."

Boston: L. Prang & Co., [1865]. Lithograph print, 2-3/8" x 3-15/16." Jefferson Davis in a woman's long dress, with shawl and cape, holding a knife in his upraised right hand. A hand points a revolver at Davis's head. Davis wears boots, with spurs. "Entered according to act of Congress in..... More

Price: $500.00

Dunning, J.:

THE BABY'S FESTIVAL OF DANCES. ARRANGED BY J. DUNNING.

Cincinnati: W.C. Peters & Sons; Louisville: Peters Webb Co.; Cleveland: Molbrook & Long; St. Louis: Balmer & Weber, [1853]. Folio, 10" x 13-1/2", disbound, loose. 6pp. Music only, no words. Original printed and full color illustrated wrappers, engraving of several well dressed ladies, babies in their arms and small rocking..... More

Price: $75.00

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 #35398 A SERMON PREACHED AT BROOKFIELD MARCH 6, 1778. ON THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF MR....

Fiske, Nathan:

A SERMON PREACHED AT BROOKFIELD MARCH 6, 1778. ON THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF MR. JOSHUA SPOONER, WHO WAS MOST BARBAROUSLY MURDERED AT HIS OWN GATE, ON THE LORD'S DAY EVENING PRECEEDING [sic], BY THREE RUFFIANS, WHO WERE HIRED FOR THE PURPOSE BY HIS WIFE.

Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. Small 4to. 20pp, but lacking the half title. Untrimmed, light toning, scattered spotting, several short repairs to several blank edges and inner blank margins. Bound in attractive, modern half green morocco and marbled boards, with gilt-stamped spine title. Contemporary inscription, 'Benjamin..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #37596 THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON...

Gorham, George C.:

THE STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF JUSTICE FIELD BY A FORMER ASSOCIATE ON THE SUPREME BENCH OF CALIFORNIA.

[np. San Francisco? nd. 1893?]. 198pp. Bound in original publisher's blue cloth, with gilt-lettered title stamped on spine [light rubbing at the extremities]. Repair to blank endpaper. Very Good. Gorham was, as stated in the Publisher's Note, "a lifelong friend of Justice Field," and spent much of his career in..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #13123 WHY CHRISTIANS DIE. A DISCOURSE PREACHED JANUARY 20TH, 1859, AT THE FUNERAL OF...

Grant, Joel:

WHY CHRISTIANS DIE. A DISCOURSE PREACHED JANUARY 20TH, 1859, AT THE FUNERAL OF HENRIETTA C. KILBOURN. OF SANDWICH, ILLINOIS. BY REV....

Sandwich: 1859. 16pp, stitched, scattered foxing. Vertical fold, Good+. This may be the very first Sandwich imprint. Byrd, whose bibliography ends in 1858, records none. Reverend Grant answers his question by explaining, "Their presence is desired in Heaven. Christ wants them where he is." Henrietta was only 17 years old..... More

Price: $275.00

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

Hall, Reuben P.:

A TREATISE ON THE HAIR. PUBLISHED BY R.P. HALL & CO. PROPRIETORS OF HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HAIR RENEWER, FOR RESTORING THE HAIR TO ITS NATURAL COLOR, AND PROMOTING ITS GROWTH. NASHUA, N.H.

[Nashua? 1866]. 24pp, stitched. Original printed title wrappers [as issued] with sketch of a scene at Hall's factory. Near Fine. Hall began his business in Nashua in the early 1860's. He claimed to have gotten his secret formula from a poor Italian sailor. He was an imaginative advertiser, selling trade..... More

Price: $175.00

Item #29453 VIEW OF GENERAL JACKSON'S DOMESTIC RELATIONS, IN REFERENCE TO HIS FITNESS FOR THE...

[Hammond, Charles]:

VIEW OF GENERAL JACKSON'S DOMESTIC RELATIONS, IN REFERENCE TO HIS FITNESS FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

[Cincinnati? 1828]. 20pp. Caption title, as issued. Disbound, moderate foxing, Good+. At head of title: "[From 'Truth's Advocate,' Cincinnati, Ohio, January, 1828.]" Hammond signs this attack on Andrew Jackson on page 14, in type. It is dated 1828, from Washington. An inveterate opponent of Jackson, he evidently originated the 'Coffin..... More

Price: $375.00

Item #28593 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.

Boston: Russell, Odiorne... 1833. 143, [1 blank] pp, full page map. Disbound. Tear to top margin of title page takes the first letter of the title ['A']. Else Good+. First, second, and third editions of this sensational trial issued in 1833. This is the first. "When Sarah Cornell was found..... 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 was "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

Item #14822 ESSAYS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR POLITICAL GUARANTIES: BY... COUNSELOR AT LAW IN THE...

Hurlbut, E.P.:

ESSAYS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR POLITICAL GUARANTIES: BY... COUNSELOR AT LAW IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. WITH NOTES BY GEORGE COMBE. FIFTH THOUSAND.

New York: Fowlers & Wells, Phrenological Cabinet, 1848. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind, spine title rather faded. 249pp, scattered spotting. Good+. A treatise on social and political organization, originally published in 1845 with 219 pages. This second printing includes an Appendix with notes by Combe. Hurlbut enumerates the errors..... 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

Jekyll, Gertrude:

OLD WEST SURREY SOME NOTES AND MEMORIES. WITH 330 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR.

New York and London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. Original publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, lettering surrounded by decorative border. Inner hinges cracked. ss, 320 pp on glossy paper, with illustrations as listed. Occasional mild wear. Very Good. More

Price: $75.00

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