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1808WRCAM53841New York 1808. 56pp. Dbd. Faint institutional ink stamp and embossed blindstamp to titlepage minor toning light foxing. Overall very good. A curious and rare account of the trial of Alexander Whistelo a black man accused of leaving Lucy Williams a mulatto with child. A controversy ensued as sundry doctors stated that the child was the offspring of white parents. In addition a witness attested to a white man visiting Ms. Williams: "The witness.confessed that such a person had been in bed with her: that he had turned the black man out with a pistol and taken his place - that they had a connexion; but she said she was sure they had made no one young one." In the end Whistelo was acquitted. SABIN 103312. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 14750. unknown books
1999002393Scribners 1999 1999. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautiful perfect mint copy of the author's rare first book.Remainder mark. Scribners, 1999 Hardcover books
1840WRCAM53792Sydney: W.A. Duncan Australasian Chronicle Office 1840. 52pp. Dbd. Minor toning some loose leaves. Good. A rare trial account of a peculiar though perhaps an oddly-justified assault in Australia in 1840. "James Mudie had in his book THE FELONRY OF NEW SOUTH WALES reflected upon the capacity of Kinchela's father in his office as judge. The younger Kinchela waited for Mudie who had recently returned to the colony and administered many lashes one witness said 50 with a horsewhip. The defence was that Mudie well deserved what he got as a common libeller and that Judge Kinchela was now aged and unable to take his own part. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of £50 - one pound for each stroke" - Ferguson. Some might call the horsewhipping a simple case of frontier justice. <br> <br> Together Ferguson and OCLC locate only five copies all in Australia. FERGUSON 3104. OCLC 220294602. W.A. Duncan, Australasian Chronicle Office unknown books
1952866New York: Ballantine Books 1952. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br /> Small Octavo 8 247 5 pages hardcover in dust jacket.<br /><br />Communist agent arrives in the U.S. to persuade a scientist to defect to the Soviet Union. He also gets involved with some American women who suspect he's up to no good. As far as Cold War fiction goes it's not bad at all. An attractive copy of a Ballantine hardcover. Unfortunately Ballantine didn't credit the artist who designed the striking photomontage dust jacket. <br /><br />Published during the McCarthy era this book actually goes easy on the lurid anti-Red hysteria of so much Cold War fiction.<br /><br />CONDITION: Near Fine in an unclipped bright Near Fine dust jacket that has a bit of rubbing and a couple of nicks.<br /> Ballantine Books hardcover books
1979695London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd. 1979. First U.K. Edition Third Printing. The book that led to the unmasking of Anthony Blunt as the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge spy ring. Octavo 504 pages. Corners bumped especially at top of both front and rear leading to some creasing of pages. Otherwise Very Good in a dust jacket that shows some edge wear and creases. <br/><br/>The author strongly believed that Queen Elizabeth's art adviser Anthony Blunt was the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge spy ring. But apparently fearing a libel suit he referred to Blunt as "Maurice." In a dramatic announcement to Parliament in November 1979 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher confirmed that "Maurice" was indeed Anthony Blunt. Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. unknown books
18891461Penryn Ca 1889. About very good. Broadside 9 x 6.75 inches. Trimmed unevenly corners clipped lightly tanned. Contemporary pencil notation at bottom of sheet. Broadside advertising a reward for the arrest of Henry Kaiser for the abduction of Miss Amy Douglas taken from the little town of Penryn in Placer County on Sunday June 2 1889. Kaiser is described as "aged 47 years height about 5 ft. 10 1-2 inches brown hair blue eyes brown light moustache cut square slightly stooped shouldered plays violin carried with him a violin and black satchel." Miss Douglas is described as well: "aged 14 years about 5 ft. 1 1-2 or 2 in. high large blue eyes light hair wears it in a braid and cut short in front and banged very awkward cannot read or write." The reward is offered by a J.H. Frost and a pencil note seems to indicate that he was a real estate and insurance agent. A newspaper article from the San Francisco Chronicle of June 24 1889 relates that the two eloped. Kaiser was a divorcé and the son of a well-known winemaker in the area. The two were located in Portland Oregon having unsuccessfully tried to gain a marriage license due to Amy's young age. Another article indicates that Amy fled cruelty at home her father having consented to her marrying Kaiser when she turned sixteen. In any case Kaiser was discharged from criminal prosecution having been found to have acted honorable with regards to the girl. An interesting story and the broadside is unrecorded. unknown books
19741290<p>Small Quarto 10 1/2 x 8 inches; 267 x 205 mm 12 pages in stapled wrappers. </p><p>Transcript of a speech by William J. Casey 1913-1987 accepting the William J. Donovan Award from the Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services. Casey had been chief of secret intelligence for the European theatre of operations during World War II. This award -- from a group of former intelligence officers -- cites him for his organization of radio teams that he parachuted into Germany to send back intelligence on Nazi positions.<br /></p><p>In his speech Casey lavishes praise on Donovan and others in the clandestine services and discusses some of his own intelligence work during World War II. A fascinating look at a side of the war that was crucial in securing the Allied victory over the the Axis powers.<br /></p><p>OCLC shows only two institutional holdings at Georgetown and at the NIOD Institute for War Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam. Separately we find two copies among Casey's papers at the Hoover Institution in Stanford California. None in commerce. <b>SCARCE</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Governmental department stamp and log-in number on front wrapper two horizontal folds for mailing. A Very Good copy.<br /></p><br /> [Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services] books
196350884Washington D.C.: President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime 1963. First Edition. Quarto. Side-stapled sheets; printed cover-wrappers; 83pp. Slight external wear; ownership signature "Return to Wyckoff" to front cover; Very Good. Summary progress report on Kennedy-era anti-delinquency initiatives in New York Cleveland New Haven Boston and seven other American cities. President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime unknown books
200223902NY: Putnam. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0399149325 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Putnam hardcover books
11762pg. 9 ½" x 8 ½". June 4th 1861. Whitehall. A letter that discusses events linked to the Civil War and a particularly gruesome axe murder: ". It is hard times for certain as so many of the banks have gone down since the Government troubles all banks that were secured by southern bonds are smashed. Alfred Worcester has enlisted in the Army. A horrible murder was committed three weeks ago last Saturday two miles above Wilmington and about eight miles from here. An old man by the name of mace his wife and an adopted son 17 or 18 years old wer sic the victims. Two men were riding along the road about half a mile distant from the house when they heard cries of help and upon arriving at the house ther sic lay the old man near the gate shot and also cut with an ax near the porch lay the boy with his brains beat out with a club the old lady was lying on the porch with her head severed from her body with an ax. The house was burning the beds having been set afire in the upper story. It was known that the old man had a great amount of money which he kept in a safe in the house the safe was iron but could not be found after the house was burned. Intense excitement prevailed until the murderers were caught or supposed murderers. Nothing else was talked of for a great while. ". It is difficult to discern which Wilmington and Whitehall are referred to in the letter as a number of towns in the U.S. bear those names. A reference to army worms earlier in the letter makes it more likely that the author lived in a Whitehall in the North as army worms tend to attack crops in Northern states. The letter is in excellent condition. The left right and bottom margins are all rounded giving the letter the appearance of a circle with an arc section removed. There is some slight staining and the usual mailing folds unknown books
1781302787In Venezia ed in Torino: Per il Giuliano 1781. 4 pp. 8vo. Later drab boards. Some foxing and staining to text paper repair to lower corner of second leaf. 4 pp. 8vo. An apparently unrecorded work on the grisly murder of Francis Cestonaro in 1779 by his wife Veneranda Porta and her lover Stefano Fantini. Cestonaro's body was cut up and the various parts dumped in the Venice canals. The murderers were hanged and Fantini was fittingly drawn and quartered. The story has passed into Venetian legend - William Dean Howells recounts it in Venetian Life as one of the three quintessential Venetian tragic legends that every gondolier has at the ready to recount. Not in OCLC Per il Giuliano unknown books
197228912Philadelphia: Oswald Train 1972. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/very good. 12mo. 156 pp. Reprint edition of Bennett's only volume of detective stories. A handsome near fine copy in very good pictorial dustwrapper with design by William Dixon. Oswald Train unknown books
197923624London: Robert Hale 1979. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Small hardbound 8vo. First UK and first hardbound edition of this early Matthew Scudder crime novel. Published in the US in 1976 as a paperback original. Topstain lightly dusted else a fine copy in near fine price-intact dustwrapper with a couple of small chips an wear to spine tips. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A lovely copy of what has become Block's scarcest hardbound title. Robert Hale hardcover books
195428499New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 191 pp. Exceptionally nice copy in dustwrapper of this crime and suspense novel by the author of The Screaming Mimi and Night of the Jabberwock. A handsome near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
194928605New York: E. P. Dutton 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 253 pp. Stated first edition of this early crime novel by the author of Murder Can Be Fun and The Dead Ringer. A handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. The wrapper has some chipping and slight paper loss at spine tips. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
195628497New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 191 pp. Exceptionally nice copy in dustwrapper of this crime and suspense novel by the author of The Screaming Mimi and Night of the Jabberwock. A handsome near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
194928569New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 248 pp. Hardbound copy in dustwrapper of this crime and suspense novel by the author of Death Has Many Doors and Night of the Jabberwock. Faint erasure marks to inside front pastedown else a sound very good and clean copy in a clipped but otherwise handsome near fine dustwrapper. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
196328500New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 188 pp. Exceptionally nice copy in dustwrapper of this collection of crime and suspense stories by the author of The Screaming Mimi and Night of the Jabberwock. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. One of the author's scarcest titles especially hard to find in this condition. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
194025940New York: Henry Holt and Company 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardbound 8vo. A 274 pp crime novel. A good copy overall in original illustrated boards. Spine is a bit cocked. Prior owner name to inside front pastedown. Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
194430660New York: Avon Books 1944. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good . Pocket paperbound book. First pocket paperbound edition of these five crime stories by Chadler. Published as Avon Books #63. Previously published the same year in an enlarged format by Avon as well. 286 pp. A crisp very good plus copy. Avon Books paperback books
197729082New York: Simon & Schuster 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First book first Mongo. Very good with remainder mark to lower edge as often seen in near fine price clipped jacket. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
198221487New York: Charles Scribner 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition in dustwrapper. The author's second crime novel featuring Anna Lee. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Charles Scribner hardcover books
198121489New York: Charles Scribner 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition first printing of the author's first crime novel. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner hardcover books
200221389Boston: Little Brown 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First edition of this Detective Harry Bosch crime novel. Paper a bit tanned with age. One stray ink mark on the blank front endpaper else a near fine copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Connelly on the title page and then initialed by him. <br/><br/> Little Brown hardcover books
200321390Boston: Little Brown & Co 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition of this Detective Harry Bosch crime novel. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Initialed by the author on the title page. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
