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30198London: 12 Carlton Square n.d. 1 page. 1 vols. 12mo. To unidentified recipient. Laid down on brown paper else very good. 1 page. 1 vols. 12mo. Providing his signature at the request of the recipient . ACCOMPANIED BY A LEAF ADVERTISING WRIGHT'S LECTURES which Wright sent with the letter. Apparently Wright found God and turned over a new leaf. British Thief. <br/><br/> 12 Carlton Square unknown
182611366Boston: Various Publishers 1826-1829. Various Editions. Octavo 22cm.; cloth-backed boards with original paper spine label; 330pp paginated continuously but each report with a separate title page; six inserted leaves of woodcut plates. A solid well-preserved copy with scattered foxing to text; Very Good. First four reports of Timothy Dwight's pioneering Prison Discipline Society dedicated to the amelioration of the harsh conditions prevailing in American prisons during the early republic. With six woodcut plates mostly plans of prison buildlings and grounds. Various Publishers unknown
187832526Chicago: Donnelley Lloyd & Co 1878. First Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's brown decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt blue-grey glazed endpapers; 256pp.; frontispiece full-page illus. throughout. Some light wear to extremities spine gilt rather dulled else Very Good or better. Memoir of the professional gambler/drunk-turned-evangelist. See BANTA's Indiana Authors and Their Books p. 195. Donnelley, Lloyd & Co unknown
187463860New York: United States Publishing Company 1874. First Edition. Sold by Subscription. Large octavo. Publisher's green pictorial cloth titles in gilt on spine; pale yellow endpapers; 670pp; illus. Boards heavily chaffed along foredge thus Good only but otherwise a tight well-preserved copy with gilt and pictorial devices still crisp and bright. <br /> <br /> An encyclopedic history of noted New York crimes and criminals with sections on contemporary penological practices including capital and corporal punishment. Like most subscription books from this period rather cheaply produced and consequently uncommon; this despite defects a presentable copy. United States Publishing Company unknown
195715176New York: E.P. Dutton 1957. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; red cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 248pp. Lengthily inscribed on front endpaper by the author dated 1957. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges else a tight Near Fine copy in a bright unclipped dustwrapper.<br /> <br /> Biography of Joseph E. Ragen long-time warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Statesville-Joliet home to Leopold & Loeb Roger "The Terrible" Touhy Basil "The Owl" Banghart and fictionally Jake & Elwood Blues. Includes an introduction by Ragen and a foreword by Harry Reutlinger; well-illustrated with photographic plates halftones. Very nice copy; uncommon signed. E.P. Dutton unknown
192935124New York: D. Appleton & Co 1929. Second American printing first published in London 1925; the first American printing also appeared that year. Octavo; blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xviii 1-619 2pp; 15 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones; text illus. A tight Near Fine copy in the scarce dustwrapper lightly soiled overall with a few nicks to extremities Very Good to Near Fine. Very nice copy of this classic of juvenile criminal psychology. Burt achieved great eminence during his lifetime in 1946 becoming the first British psychologist to be knighted as a reward for his research. Burt's methodologies came into question after his death however and it is now widely believed he falsified much of his data particularly that relating to the inheritance of IQ. Nonetheless the current work remains compelling for both its wealth of detailed personal case studies of British delinquents and the numerous photographic portraits which though clearly staged portray genuine subjects and are classics in their genre. D. Appleton & Co unknown
189135019Boston: Enterprise Publishing Co 1891. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Stapled wraps. Approx. 7" x 5". 45 pages. Light brown paper covers with black title bordered in black on the front cover. Spine is chipped Covers detached. Contents clean. Enterprise Publishing Co unknown
19031953Fall River Massachusetts 1903-1904. About Very Good. 14.5 x 9.5 cm. 120pp. Red limp leather top-bound notebook tan paper label stamped in black to front cover. Holograph text in pencil and ink. Leather edgeworn with several small chips/loss to sides and lower edge; title label stained and toned; faint center crease to rear cover; occasional minor soiling. A year in the beat of Fall River patrolman Obadiah Knott providing a day-by-day account of his activities while on patrol. For the most part these are fairly mundane things: he notes the number of gas lights burning on his route checks that doors are locked and occasionally gets called upon to break up groups of loud drunks. Often people disperse themselves running away when they see him coming; other times he is merely resolving misunderstandings. Nevertheless numerous arrests are reported mostly for larceny and disturbing the peace witnesses corralled warrants given and at one point he notes "On Duty on Wellington St. while small pox patients where sic being carried away" July 20 1903.An uncommon personal record of a policeman's activities while walking his beat. hardcover
19313299<p>B&w press photograph with snipe on verso. Verso has stamps recent sticker and colored pencil notation as well as evidence of paper removal probably another snipe and light spotting; shallow chip to lower border and tiny loss to lower corner neither affecting body of image. Good.</p><p>Press photograph of legendary speakeasy proprietor Belle Livingston immediately following her release from jail in March 1931 after being incarcerated for 30 days for contempt of court after being arrested for violations of the Volstead Act i.e. Prohibition. In the photograph Livingston stands in the center of a large crowd outside a police car while police officers and a reporter look on. The snipe reads:</p><p>"Crowds Greet Belle after Release from Jail: New York -- Belle Livingston owner of New York's most luxurious night club surrounded by a huge crowd of her admirers immediately after her release from the Harlem jail where she was sentenced to thirty days for contempt of court. La Belle was convicted of defying a federal prohibition injunction at her famous night life rendezvous. N-3-8-31."</p><p>Belle Livingston 1875-1957 was a traveling theater performer who ran her own salon in Paris prior to moving to New York in 1927 at the age of 52 when she tried her hand at speakeasies aimed at the high society crowd. Although her first and second clubs failed quickly due to lack of funds and federal raids her third -- the Fifty-Eighth Street Country Club at 126 E. 58th St.-- was a major hit while it lasted. Her October 1930 opening night drew such guests as Russia's Archduke Leopold John D. Rockefeller the Duke of Manchester and Al Capone. However the establishment was soon raided by federal agents and Livingston who famously tried to escape while wearing red silk pajamas only managed to keep the Country Club open until January 1931. After her release from jail she tried opening speakeasies out West but never managed to make a go of it. Indomitable until the end her gravestone reads "This is the only stone I have left unturned" https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org.</p> International Newsreel Photos, Inc.
193034866New York: circa 1930. 1930. Good. - 41 words typed on an approximately 10 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead. Signed "A Abdullah". Folded 3 times for mailing. There are several short tears at the folds with some light red staining below the text. There is some light soiling at bottom right and there is a crease & tear to & a small piece out of the bottom right corner. Good. <p>Abdullah writes to future congressman Seymour Halpern that he is too busy to see anyone but "I am sending by this mail the signed picture to your friend."<p>Achmed Abdullah who claimed descent from the Russian imperial family and was educated in England emigrated to the United States in the 1910s. He went on to become an American author and screenwriter most noted for his pulp stories of crime mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films and earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay for the 1935 film "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer".<p>The Queens New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern 1913-1997 started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law including measures on schools housing civil rights nutrition and mental health. A Liberal he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits including painting and collecting autographs he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. New York: circa [1930]. unknown
014098London: Robert Davies SEE PHOTOS. Very Good condition but for usual darkening of pages. Bound in simple but tasteful half morocco and marbled boards. Leather is well-preserved. Marbled paper is rubbed/chipped at extremities. No date but circa 1880-1890. Illustrated title page. Bampfylde-Moore Carew 1693-1770 was called "King of the gipsies." "His career was a long series of swindling and imposture very ingeniously carried out He continued his course of vagabond roguery for some time was convicted of being a vagrant and sentenced to be transported to Maryland. On his arrival escaped and fell into the hands of some friendly Indians. - DNB. According to Howes C132 Carew "operated confidence games among colonial suckers from Virginia to Connecticut - the memorable first of a long line of such artists who have continued to flourish in this climate." He returned to Scotland about 1745. Also described here are his picaresque adventures among gypsies on the Continent and in London. This "Popular Edition" contains "A Vocabulary of Words used by the Scottish Gipsies" "A Few Sentences in the Gipsy Language" and "A Dictionary of the Cant Language generally used by Mendicants." This edition is not cited in Black's GYPSY BIBLIOGRAPHY but seems to be an expanded edition of Black's item 768 circa 1870. This copy has the 1898 bookplate of Roger de Coverly. Could this be the bookbinder Roger de Coverly who apprenticed with Joseph Zaehnsdorf After ten years at Leighton's Coverly formed his own bindery and did work for many important clients including William Morris. Among his pupils was Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson. Copyright Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 160pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Robert Davies Hardcover
1994D90180New York: Random House Inc 1994. True first edition in first state jacket with the misspelled 'fmr' for 'for' on page 11 line 32. DJ price $23.00 with Ann Beattie blurb on top of back. Spine heel very lightly rolled. Light quarter sized scuff on back of jacket in mylar. Winner of the inaugural Boeke Prize. Basis for the 1997 Clint Eastwood movie starring Kevin Spacey. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Random House Inc Hardcover
199221533New York: St Martin's 1992. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine copy in dustwrapper of the author's first book. Although it looks tastes and smells like a first edition it is actually a book club edition due to the "HB5X" present on the last page of text. SIGNED by the author on the title page. St Martin's hardcover books
195715176New York: E.P. Dutton 1957. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; red cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 248pp. Lengthily inscribed on front endpaper by the author dated 1957. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges else a tight Near Fine copy in a bright unclipped dustwrapper. Biography of Joseph E. Ragen long-time warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Statesville-Joliet home to Leopold & Loeb Roger "The Terrible" Touhy Basil "The Owl" Banghart and fictionally Jake & Elwood Blues. Includes an introduction by Ragen and a foreword by Harry Reutlinger; well-illustrated with photographic plates halftones. Very nice copy; uncommon signed. E.P. Dutton unknown books
187832526Chicago: Donnelley Lloyd & Co 1878. First Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's brown decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt blue-grey glazed endpapers; 256pp.; frontispiece full-page illus. throughout. Some light wear to extremities spine gilt rather dulled else Very Good or better. Memoir of the professional gambler/drunk-turned-evangelist. See BANTA's Indiana Authors and Their Books p. 195. Donnelley, Lloyd & Co unknown books
192727223New York: Henry Holt and Company n.d. but 1927-28. First American Edition. Octavo 22.25cm; indigo cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 282 2pp; illus.frontispiece and seven plates of illustrations. Bound from British sheets with title page a cancel on a stub. Mild wear to extremities else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket lightly spine-sunned with some dustiness to panels and 1.5cm chip to crown. An accounting of "some of the most hazardous and thrilling escapes and attempts at escape" ever recorded with chapters devoted to John Nevinson Jack Sheppard David Haggart Louis Cartouche Louis Napoleon George Kelly and Frederick Trenck - the latter-named tagged by the author as "the arch-escaper of all history." Originally published by Philip Allan & Co. in London in 1927; the present edition undated but was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times in April 1928. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
198637530Columbia: University of Missouri Press 1986. First paperback printing originally published 1981. Oblong quarto ca 22cm x 27cm. Pictorial card wrappers; 196pp. Light external wear; one text page with a vertical crease at center; Very Good. Evocative photo-essay documenting life inside Washington's maximum-security prison. According to the rear cover blurb the photographs were taken during a period of ".near breakdown in prison security.an atmosphere of riots murders and lockdowns." The text is by John McCoy then a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. University of Missouri Press unknown books
192935124New York: D. Appleton & Co 1929. Second American printing first published in London 1925; the first American printing also appeared that year. Octavo; blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xviii 1-619 2pp; 15 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones; text illus. A tight Near Fine copy in the scarce dustwrapper lightly soiled overall with a few nicks to extremities Very Good to Near Fine. Very nice copy of this classic of juvenile criminal psychology. Burt achieved great eminence during his lifetime in 1946 becoming the first British psychologist to be knighted as a reward for his research. Burt's methodologies came into question after his death however and it is now widely believed he falsified much of his data particularly that relating the inheritance of IQ. Nonetheless the current work remains compelling for both its wealth of detailed personal case studies of British delinquents and the numerous photographic portraits which though clearly staged portray genuine subjects and are classics in their genre. D. Appleton & Co unknown books
1931A99223500177U1931. Hardcover. Good. W. Collins & Co. Ltd Orange cvr w/ black embossed ltr stains/cvr damage wrinkled spine cocked tight binding/pgs prev ownr name inked inside front cvr hardcover
188416534Millerton N. Y. Millerton Telegram Print 1884. First edition. A couple of small chips from along the upper edges of the wrappers; a few light spots of toning and browning; a very good copy. 12mo original printed green wrappers 11 pages. All members of this Society shall hold themselves in readiness at the call of the managers for the pursuit of thieves." A nice Dutchess county imprint for this anti-crime society. OCLC notes copies at Harvard Law and Conn. Historical only. Millerton Telegram Print unknown books
1939A35485New York: Dial Press. Very Good. 1939. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in Very Good to Near Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have somlight bumping rubbing and wear. The spine of the book has some fading and toning and the lettering on the spine has dulled not rubbed. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed with an inscription by the author on the front endpaper. There is another former owner's gift notation as well. The front endpaper also includes a smallish rectangular area with some paper loss where a former owner's address label was removed. "Having built the reputation of his New York papers on battling the power of the corrupt political machine known as Tammany Hall it was only natural that when two Tammany-backed stock swindlers went on trial in New York the Hearst papers took a serious interest in the outcome. After the defendants Fuller and McGee were acquitted in spite of what was generally considered overwhelming evidence of guilt Hearst unleashed his attack dogs. In full spare-no-expense style the mode in which Hearst was at his most dangerous as a journalist the editor of the New York American Victor Watson ordered the papers top investigative reporter Nat Ferber to get to the bottom of the case. Ferber found exactly what Hearst had hoped for: one Eddie Eidlitz a former associate of the defense lawyer William J. Fallon who had won acquittal for the Tammany swindlers. Eidlitz was willing to testify that Fallon had participated in corrupting the jury. Thus began the sensational front-page prosecution of William Fallon." This book covers a number of the famous cases journalist Nat Ferber covered over the years including the Seabury Inquiry the E. M. Fuller and Co. Bankruptcy trial Racketeer Arnold Rothstein the Brain and more. Ferber was an investigative journalist dealing with many of the most famous criminal enterprises of his day. ; Signed by Author . Dial Press hardcover
1964RM6833New York New York: Random House Inc. 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition Classic work detailing the landmark legal case that confirmed the right to defense counsel regardless of ability to afford it winner of the 1965 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book and source for the 1980 Henry Fonda film by the same name. Stated First Printing with no further printings listed. Maroon boards with gilt lettering on spine show only modest wear to some edges. Tight and clean copy. Previous owner's bookplate on inside cover. Jacket is in mylar protector and is not price clipped with $4.95 original price still clear. Jacket edges have a couple small chips and small tears now protected by a mylar sleeve. Light sunning to jacket edges and one corner has penciled numbers written on back. Shipment will be insured. Packed and shipped with care. Random House, Inc. hardcover
1909WRCAM52766Palestine Tx 1909. Printed form 5 x 8 inches plus 1 x 1-inch photograph. Two old vertical folds left edge tanned lower right corner chipped. Photograph fine but somewhat crudely affixed. About very good. A "Wanted" notice from the City Marshal of Palestine Texas offering a fifty dollar reward for the capture of C.H. Crowson who was eventually arrested and convicted for burglary in 1909. The description given says that Crowson "Has dark hair blue eyes and light complexion. He is fond of music and plays guitar and violin. Works around saw mills and railroad shops." With a small photo of the fugitive attached to the form. unknown books
1991006930Anaheim CA: GRAPHITTI DESIGNS 1991. Graphic Novels. Illus. by MUTH JON J. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author/Illustrator. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover - 1st. Print - Signed & Numbered Ltd. Edition No. 332 of 500 Signed in limitation page with mounted photograph - Black cloth Traycase CD & Black Cloth covered Book/ No DJ as issued As New A two-part tale told in black & white with accompanying music by Jon. J. Muth. GRAPHITTI DESIGNS Hardcover
Minor shelfwear. Light wear to upper corner of wrap. Very light foxing to textblock. ; Contents: David Lorton: the treatment of criminals in Ancient Egypt through the New Kingdom; Johannes Renger: Wrongdoing and its Sanctions. On "criminal" and "civil" law in the Old Babylonian Period; Tikva Simone Frymer: The Nungal-hymn and the Ekur-prison; Jack M. Sasson: Treatment of criminals at Mari. A Survey; Kaspar Riemschneider: Prison and Punishment in Early Anatolia. ; 126 pages
