August 27–28, 2022
Highlights in this list include:
Curious Facts About Crime and Punishment Bierstadt, Edward Hale [1891-1970]. Lawes, Lewis E. [1883-1947], Introduction. Questions and Answers About Crime and Sing Sing. [New York]: Dr. Earl S. Sloan, [1935]. Stapled pamphlet in stiff pictorial wrappers. Moderate rubbing to extremities, light toning to interior. $150. * Only edition. The first..... More
From The Library of Louis D. Brandeis [Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941)]. United States Railroad Administration. Proclamations by the President Relating to the United States Railroad Administration and General Orders and Circulars Issued by the Director General of Railroads. At head of title page: United States Railroad Administration Director General of..... More
A Trio of Broadside Ballads [Broadside]. [Ballads]. [Great Britain]. Death of the Fox/I Saw Her at the Fancy Fair/The Thorn. [England, S.n., c.1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" triple-text broadside in two columns, backed onto 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" sheet, verse texts, each below headline, woodcut image of a fox hunter on horseback..... More
"Will Likely Steal Anything He Can Carry Away With Him" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Montana]. [Hill, Edward]. Wanted for Burglary: Edward Hill, Hardin, Montana, March 25, 1915. 11" x 8-1/4" broadside, physical description of Hill in two columns with main text in single column below. Moderate toning, a few small tears and..... More
Highway Robbery, Tomkins County, New York, 1879 [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [New York (State)]. $100.00 Reward!! Dated Oct. 8, 1879. Tomkins County, NY, October 8, 1879. 9-1/2" x 9" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light browning, horizontal fold line through center, a few chips and clean short tears to left-hand..... More
Unrecorded Account of a Notably Brutal London Murder in 1822 [Broadside]. [Execution]. Abbott, William [d.1822]. An Account of the Trial, Behaviour, And Execution of Will.m Abbott for the Wilful Murder of Mary Lees, Alias Duggan, Or Long Poll. Who Was Executed at the Old Bailey, On Monday Last. [Hythe, Kent]..... More
The Execution of a Teenage Murderer [Broadside]. [Execution]. Bell, John Any Bird [d.1831]. Execution of James Any Bird Bell, At Maidstone, For Murder. [London]: J. Catnach, Printer, [1831]. 15" x 10" broadside hinged (with two small circular stickers at top-edge) onto 24" x 17" board. Text in two columns separated..... More
A Robbery Turned to "Wilful Murder" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Coleman, John [d.1823]. Particulars of the Behaviour, Confession, And Last Dying Words of John Colemam [sic], Who Was Executed This Day on Penenden Heath, For the Wilful Murder of Mr. James Smith, At Lewisham. [Strood]: Sweets, Printers, [1823]. 14-3/4" x 9-3/4" broadside..... More
![Item #73852 Murder of a Policeman at Highbury. [London, 1842]. Broadside, Execution, Thomas...](/pictures/thumb/73852.jpg?v=1663791333)
A Fatal Shootout with the Police [Broadside]. [Murder]. Cooper, Thomas [d.1834]. Murder of a Policeman at Highbury. [London]: Printed and Published by E. Lloyd, [1842]. 19" x 14-1/2" broadside hinged (with two small circular stickers at top-edge) onto 24" x 17" board. Text in five columns and woodcut vignette depicting..... More
A Warning to Sailors [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Caution to Seamen. At the West Ham Police Court, On the 5th of October, 1882, A Fireman was Convicted of Having Assaulted a Police Officer Attached to the Board of Trade Office, Victoria Docks, E., And was Sentenced to Imprisonment for Two Months..... More
"The Bearers Hereof are a Party of Tradesmen" [Broadside]. [Labor]. [Great Britain]. The Tradesman's New Hymn. [London]: W. Fortey, [c.1810-1812]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, verse text, in two columns below headline and woodcut vignette (of the English, royal and legal symbols), columns separated by..... More
Tinkers and Blackface Minstrels [Broadside]. [Minstrels]. [Tinkers]. [Great Britain]. Miss Lucy Long/Travelling Tinker. [London]: Sharp, Printer Kent Street, Borough, [c.1845]. 10" x 7-1/2" dual-text broadside in two columns, upper half backed onto thin paper, verse texts, each below headline, woodcut image of a woman at head of Miss Lucy Long..... More
Royalist Estates "Confiscated to the Use of the Commonwealth" [Broadside]. [Parliament]. Die Martis, 23 Julii, 1650. Resolves of Parliament, Concerning Such Delinquents as Have Not Paid in their Fines According to Compositions. London: Printed by Iohn Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, 1650. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" broadside mounted and..... More
"Rate-Payers View Them With Much Delight" [Broadside]. [Poor Laws]. [Great Britain]. The Pauper's Christmas Day. [England: S.n., 1872?]. 10" x 8" broadside, text in two columns below headline, woodcut arms of the Prince of Wales above headline, column separated by rule, text enclosed by woodcut typographical border. Moderate toning, a...... More
Weavers, Shepherdesses and Sailors [Broadside]. [Shepherds]. [Sailors]. [Great Britain]. The Cottager's Daughter/The Sailor's Courtship. Northampton, England: Henson, Printer and Publisher, 81 Bridge Street-Sold Also by J. Taylor, Town Crier, Aylesbury, Bucks, [c.1850]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" dual-text broadside in two columns mounted on 10-1/4" x 7-3/4" sheet, verse texts, each below..... More
"May the Bright Star of Temperance Shine Through the World" [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. Lines by a Reformed Drunkard, Writing for the Benefit of His Fellow-Men. Northampton, England: Henson, Printer, [c.1850]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, verse text, with prose sections in dialogue, in two..... More
"I Try to Greet Him with a Smile When Oft My Poor Heart Bleeds" [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. The Wife's Dream. Northampton, England: Henson, Prinier [sic], [c.1850]. 10" x 7-1/2" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, verse text, in two columns below headline, first column headed with a woodcut..... More
"Sooner or Later All Sin Comes to Light" [Cheap Repository Tracts]. Fielding, Henry [1707-1754]. [More, Hannah (1745-1833)]. Murders. True Examples of the Interposition of Providence, In the Discovery and Punishment of Murder [Drop-Head Title]. At head of drop-head title: Cheap Repository. [London]: Sold by J. Marshall; Bath: Sold by S...... More
Images Used to Illustrate Darrow's Autobiography [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. [Darrow, Ruby (1870-1957)]. [Seven Images Featured in The Story of My Life]. Four black-and-white photographs, two black-and-white photostats and one full-color cigar box label, sizes range from 4" x 2-1/2" to 6-1/2" x 10". Photographs and photostats each captioned on verso..... More
"Brothers in Law" Dighton, Robert [1752-1814]. Iohn Doe & Rich.d Roe. Brothers in Law. [London]: Robert Dighton, November 6, 1796. 10" x 8" hand-colored etching, image size, including caption, 8" x 6." Moderate toning light soiling, crease to lower-right corner, colors vivid. $500. * "Two men, wearing patched and ragged..... More
Fielding on Crime and the Evils of Gin Fielding, Henry [1707-1754]. An Enquiry Into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, &c. With Some Proposals for Remedying this Growing Evil. In Which the Present Reigning Vices are Impartially Exposed; And the Laws that Relate to the Provision for the..... More
Powers That Belong to the "Free Subject" Free Subject. The Humble Desires of a Free Subiect and True Lover of the Liberties of the Three Nations, Of England Scotland, And Ireland, And of the Dominions, And Territories Belonging to Them; Whereby to Unite Them in Love, And Amity. London: Printed..... More
First Printing of the Act that Introduced Anatomization [Great Britain]. [Murder Act of 1751]. An Act for Better Preventing the Horrid Crime of Murder [Drop-Head Title]. At head: Anno Vicesimo Quinto Georgii II. Regis. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1752. [ii], 739-742 pp..... More
Penal Transportation to America [Great Britain]. [Transportation]. An Act for the Further Punishment of Persons who Shall Aid or Assist Prisoners to Attempt to Escape out of Lawful Custody [Drop-Head Title]. At head: Anno Decimo Sexto Georgii II. Regis. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, 1743. [ii], 579..... More
Performances at Canterbury Music Hall [Handbills]. [Canterbury Music Hall]. [Five Handbills for Performances at Canterbury Music Hall, London]. London: W.Smith, (printer of four bills), Jas. Wade (printer of two bills), c.1858-1860. 7-1/4" x 3-1/2" handbills, one in duplicate, mounted in pairs on three 10-1/2" x 8" sheets. Light toning to..... More
"The Present Embarrassment of the Commerce of the United States" [Hathorne, John (1749-1834)]. [Story, Joseph (1779-1835)]. Memorial of the Inhabitants of the Town of Salem, In the State of Massachusetts. January 30, 1806. Read, And Referred to the Committee of the Whole House, On the State of the Union. Washington..... More
Leopold and Loeb in Queer Culture HomoCo. [Loeb-Leopold Case]. [Darrow, Clarence (1857-1938)]. HOMOture, Number Three: Sperm. San Francisco: The HomoCo, c.1992. [42] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 7"). Stapled magazine in glossy wrappers, black and white interior. Light rubbing to wrappers, faint dampstain to front wrapper and fore-edge of first half..... More
"Susanna Langbridge, Rogue and Vagabond" [Manuscript]. Langbridge, Susanna. Nash, Richard. [Statement Under Examination of Susanna Langbridge]. London, May 9, 1751. 10-1/4" x 8-1/2" part-printed document completed in manuscript with manuscript docket to verso. Moderate toning, light foxing and edgewear, two horizontal fold lines, large dampstain to top half of sheet..... More
A Pennsylvania Court Summons from 1830 [Manuscript]. [Trial]. [Pennsylvania]. [Summons to Appear as a Witness]. Lycoming County, PA, September 1, 1830. 4 pp. 6-3/4" x 8," docketed on verso, embossed seal near upper-left corner. Light browning and edgewear, a few ink spots, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor..... More
Marriage to a Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage Law Reform Association. A Summary of the Chief Arguments For and Against Marriage With A Deceased Wife's Sister. London: Marriage Law Reform Association, 1883. 15, [1] pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers. Light toning, negligible edgewear, light foxing in..... More
![Item #74034 The Punishments of China, Illustrated [With] Album of Watercolors. George H. Mason](/pictures/thumb/74034.jpg?v=1660665168)
Chinese Punishment in the British Imagination [Mason, George H. (1770-1851)]. The Punishments of China, Illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings: With Explanations in English and French. London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer and Co., 1801. [94] pp. With 22 hand-colored stipple engravings, first plate bound as frontispiece. Folio (14-1/2" x...... More
"Reliable and Responsible Practising Lawyers" Merchants' Protective Union. [Solicitation for Membership]. New York, 1868. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" bifolium, text to rectos and versos of both leaves. Light toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines, a few minor stains, a few short tears along folds, "August 15th" to date-line at head of..... More
Three Famous Murders of the Early 1890s [Murder]. Graves, Thomas Thatcher [1841-1893]. Sawtell, Isaac [d.1891]. Almy, Frank C. [1857-1892]. Three of a Kind: Dr. Graves, Isaac Sawtell, Frank C. Almy. Laconia, NH: John J. Lane, c.1893. 48 pp. Woodcut text illustrations. Octavo (9" x 5-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers..... More
"The Parties in this Cause Have Chosen You Referees..." [Pennsylvania]. [Summons to Appear as Referees in a Debt Dispute]. Horsham, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1846. 6-3/4" x 8" part-printed document completed in manuscript and signed by justice of the peace Charles Palmer, summary of judgement and autograph signatures of four men..... More
Shaw's Parliamentary Testimony Against Censorship Shaw, George Bernard [1856-1950]. Statement of the Evidence in Chief of George Bernard Shaw Before the Joint-Committee on Stage Plays (Censorship and Theatre Licensing). [Edinburgh]: Printed Privately [by R. and R. Clark], 1909. 55, [1] pp. Octavo (6-3/4" x 4-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in stiff printed..... More
Against "The Time-Killers" Shedd, Kendrick P. [1866-1953]. Uncaged Criminals. A Plain Talk With Young Men. An Address Delivered at the Men's Mass Meeting, Y.M.C.A. Music Hall, Sunday, May 15, 1892. Rochester, NY: R. W. Burnett, Printer, 1892. 16 pp. Octavo (6" x 4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in stiff wrappers, title printed..... More
An Eminent Local as Guarantor and a "Negro Woman Named Tiggy" as Collateral [Slavery]. [Virginia]. [Bond Agreement to Settle a Debt]. Henry and Patrick Counties, [Virginia], December 7, 1804. 12-1/2" x 8" part-printed document inscribed in neat hand, signed by William Banks, Jr. and docketed on verso. Moderate toning, light..... More
A 1930 Fire that Killed Over 300 Ohio Prisoners Thomas, T.J. Gallagher, Dan W. The Spotlight on Ohio's Black Crime. Cleveland: C. Margolian, 1930. 127 pp. Illustrated. Softbound, printed wrappers. Light soiling, wear to spine ends and corners, light browning to interior, corner folds and missing corners to several leaves..... More
The United States's First Post-Revolutionary War Treaty [Treaty]. [Sweden]. [United States]. Wanskaps och Handels Tractat Emellan Hans Maj:t Konungen af Swerige och the Forente Staterne i Norra America, Afsluten i Paris then 3 April 1783, Ratificerad Stockholms Slott then 23 Maji 1783, Och uti Congressen af Forente Staterne i America..... More
Blaming the Parish Priest [Trial]. Brady, Thomas, Defendant. Cavan Sessions, Monday January 15, 1828. Mary Reilly, v. The Rev. Thomas Brady, Of Cavan [Caption Title]. [Ireland: s.n., 1828]. 14, [2] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet recently resewn in plain wrappers. Small fold line to lower corner of front..... More
"Not a Soul We Believe Can Lament his Fate" [Trial]. Patch, Richard, Defendant [c.1770-1806]. Trial of R. Patch, For the Murder of Isaac Blight, Ship-Breaker of Rotherhithe, In the County of Surry. Tried at Horsemonger-Lane, In the Borough of Southwark, Before the Lord Chief Baron Sir Archibald Mac Donald, And..... More
"Criminal Intercourse" in Otego, NY [Trial]. Smith, Charles S., Defendant. The Trial and Conviction of Charles S. Smith, Of Otego, N.Y., Elder of the Presbyterian Church, Superintendent of the Sunday School, And Trustee of the School District, For Bastardy, With Sketch of Lucy Edith Wilson, His Victim, A Girl Eleven..... More
A 1788 Attack on Connecticut Divorce Law Trumbull, Benjamin [1735-1820]. An Appeal to the Public, Especially to the Learned, With Respect to the Unlawfulness of Divorces, in All Cases, Excepting Those of Incontinency. The Substance of the Argument Was Pleaded Before the Consociation of the County of New-Haven, December 9th..... More
The Role of Lawyers in "National Reconstruction" Washburn, Emory [1800-1877]. National Reconstruction and the Duty of the Profession: Reprinted from the "Law Reporter." Boston: Published by William Guild and Company, [1864]. 10 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4"). Unsewn self-wrappers, moderate toning, faint vertical crease through center, minor wear to spine..... More
"A Brow-Beater Badger'd" [Williams, Charles (d.1830)]. Counsellor Nodee, Or, A Brow-Beater Badger'd. [London]: [Thomas Tegg], No. 111 Cheapside, [c.1812]. 9-1/2" x 13" hand-colored etching backed onto 10" x 13" sheet. Light soiling to margins of sheet, margins of etching trimmed to edges of image, colors vivid. $750. * "A scene..... More
The Question of Loyalty After the Glorious Revolution [Wynne, Robert (1660?-1743)]. The Case of the Oaths Stated. Licensed, May 23. 1689. J. Fraser. London: Printed for Ric. Chiswell, At the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1689. [ii], 18 pp. Quarto (7-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet, spine reinforced..... More