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1874313368Philadelphia 1874. Together 4 items. Together 4 items. The Kidnapping of Little Charley Ross. Four items relating to the abduction of Charley Brewster Ross the first instance of kidnapping for ransom in the United States. On July 1 1874 four-year-old Charley was abducted from the sidewalk in front of his father's house in Germantown Pennsylvania by two men in a buggy offering the promise of candy and fireworks. Soon after Charlie's father received a note demanding $20000 for the safe return of his son. Mr. Ross went to the police the case caught the attention of the press and soon it became a national sensation. A group of prominent Philadelphians raised money to hire the Pinkerton Agency who produced and widely disseminated reward posters and handbills. <br/>Of the two examples offered here the first is a three page leaflet with a mounted photographic portrait of the boy at the top in which a $20000 reward is offered for the safe return of the child detailed circumstances of the kidnapping are provided as are descriptions of the child and kidnappers along with a section of "Questions for Identification." <br/>The second example is a broadside with an engraved image of the child at the top offering the reward and providing a description of Ross and the kidnappers. <br/><br/>Though several attempts to deliver the ransom were made the kidnappers never appeared; shortly after two men were killed during a burglary in Brooklyn and one of them confessed with his dying words that they were the kidnappers. His claims were ultimately determined to be credible however the boy was never found. Charley's father published his own account of the affair a copy of which is present here to raise money to continue the search which he and his wife kept up for the rest of their lives. The case left an indelible mark on the American psyche and as late as the 1930s people were still coming forward claiming to be the missing boy<br/><br/><br/>1. "Abduction of Charley Brewster Ross." Printed handbill 3 pp with applied photographic print on front page. 8vo. Philadelphia: printed by Wm. F. Murphy's Sons for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency August 1874. $850<br/>2. "$20000 Reward has been offered for the recovery of Charlie Brewster Ross and for the arrest and conviction of his abductors." Printed broadside 275 x 144 mm signed in print at bottom "Allan Pinkerton" and "Pinkerton's National Detective Agency" with woodcut portrait of Charley Ross at top laid down imprint lacking.<br/>3. "Little Charlie Ross the Stolen Child." Boston: Dexter Smith 1874. Printed cover page only for sheet music with oval lithograph portrait of Charley Ross 209 x 160 mm. Browning chipping at bottom edge. <br/>4. Ross Christian K. The Father's Story of Charley Ross the Kidnapped Child. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company 1876. First edition. Original cloth good only. unknown books
pp. viii, 218, (2)[Table of contents]. 12 mo. 170 mm. Original full leather binding; spine nicely lettered and tooled. Joints weak. Volume One (of 2 in this first edition). First published in Paris in 1783, these intriguing accounts of French crime, criminals, and criminal trials went through six editions by 1806. It is interesting to note that half of the sixteen cases in this volume involve women. FRENCH 1
20031563Boston: Little Brown & Co. 2003. First Edition First Printing. Small 4to 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 155 mm 455 1 pages in red and black boards title to spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Boards rubbed dust jacket shows light edge wear.Two friends both spies during the Cold War get together again to work against the American invasion of Iraq. Or so they're led to believe by a mysterious billionaire. <br /><br /> Little, Brown & Co. hardcover books
1996500059003Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1996 406 pages 15 4x3 6x23 4cm. 1996. Relié. 406 pages.
Octavo in orange-brown and blue wraps; 400p. In Portuguese. || Scarce. No copy listed in World Cat. || Brazilian Law
in cop.: Contiene documenti inediti - bross. edit. ill. - prima edizione - illustrazioni in b.n. e a colori nel testo a fine volume
1993029900South Africa: Cosaw Publishing 1993. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to covers and spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 190pp. Autobiography of South African writer Stephen Gray who survived a burglary where he was tied up and nearly lost his life. He wrote this account of his life during the long months spent searching for his would-be killers. Very scarce. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 7.75 x 5 inches. Cosaw Publishing Paperback
1995500154088ALBIN MICHEL 1995 256 pages 14x2x22cm. 1995. Broché. 256 pages.
20066278DENOEL X-Trème Broché , couverture ill éditeur , COMME NEUF , 363 Clichés Judiciaires , 206 pages , format 14x20cm .SURPRENANT !
197513639London: Macmillan 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First edition of the author's first novel. Winner of the John Creasey Award. Pages tanned as usual else a fine copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. Suspense LSD. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
344 pages. eng
Broch?. 673 pages. Couverture d?fra?chie. Petit manque au dos.
12mo, 227 pages, not illustrated. Previous owner's inscription on the inside front cover. eng
2002500034866SEUIL 2002 400 pages 14x2 6x20 4cm. 2002. Broché. 400 pages.
8vo, 192 pages, not illustrated. Ex library copy. eng
in-8°, 213 pp., broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire, bien complet de la bande pub (Grandeur et décadence d'un pornographe). [AZ-13]
Broch?. 448 pages. Rousseurs.
AIX-2645Éditions de l'Harmattan, 2021, broché, 696 pages.
Paris, Aux Bureaux des Archives des Tribunaux - Limoges, Blondel, 1843. In-8 relié demi-basane noire, dos à filets dorés, gardes de papier marbré. Grand portrait de Jacques Besson en frontispice + III + 464 pages. Bel envoi autographe en page de faux titre "Offert à Mr le Directeur du Petit Journal par la soeur de la victime du Chateau de Chamblas, Vicomtesse Irma de Tarade née de Marcellange, ce 22 avril 68". Jacques Besson a été reconnu coupable d'avoir assasiné et condamné à la peine de mort pour le meurtre de Louis de Marcellange propriétaire et chatelain de Chamblas, victime d'une intrigue sordide. Petits frottements à la reliure sans gravité, exemplaire sans rousseurs.
20221212502022 Editions Héraclite - 2022 - In-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 236 p.
2013500130854Jigal 2013 208 pages 12 4x2x19 4cm. 2013. Broché. 208 pages.
BEL842London, Little, o.J. (1995), 490 Seiten, Gr.- 8°, ISBN: 0316875686, illustr.Okart., illustrierter OU., (Tb. in englischer Sprache) - sehr gute, neuwertige Erhaltung. fest gebunden/ hardcover
193016297Hodder and Stoughton, London ca. 1930. 315 p., 4 p. advertisements. Red cloth. Traces of use. Spine bumped and a bit damaged.
24 vols., 8vo., First Edition; decorative black cloth, upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in gilt and red, red tops, red endpapers, red lettering on backstrips heavily faded on only three volumes, an unusually bright, clean, crisp set in unclipped dustwrapper. A notably bright, clean set of the definitive collected edition, including the author's short stories, issued on a subscription basis by the publisher and not available through bookshops. Each volume contains three stories or story collections. It would seem that many subscribers may have lacked commitment during the four years of publication for complete sets are far less common than one might imagine. The attractive bindings incorporate a golden dagger. The dustwrappers feature an attractive design format with every volume carrying a striking illustration symbolising one of the stories therein (without plot spoilers!) but were less successful in production terms for the backstrips in particular are notoriously prone to fading (the present set is far better than many). The set comprises The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, They do it with Mirrors, Mrs. McGinty's Dead (1969); Cards on the Table, N or M?, A Murder is Announced (1969); Appointment with Death, Crooked House, Sad Cypress (1969); 4.50 from Paddington, Lord Edgware Dies, Murder in Mesopotamia (1969); Murder on the Orient Express, Death in the Clouds, Why didn't they ask Evans? (1969); The Murder on the Links, A Pocket Full of Rye, Destination Unknown (1969); The Hollow, The Moving Finger, Three Act Tragedy (1969); Mystery of the Blue Train, The Listerdale Mystery (short stories), Murder at the Vicarage (1970); Murder is Easy, Dead Man's Folly, The Man in the Brown Suit (1970); The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, They came to Baghdad, The ABC Murders (1970); Ordeal by Innocence, One Two Buckle my Shoe, Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1970); Cat among the Pigeons, The Labours of Hercules, Hickory Dickory Dock (1970); The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Ten Little Niggers, Dumb Witness (1970); The Pale Horse, The Big Four, The Secret Adversary (1970); Peril at End House, The Body in the Library, Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1970); Death on the Nile, Towards Zero, After the Funeral (1970); Sparkling Cyanide, The Secret of Chimneys, Five Little Pigs (1970); Evil Under the Sun, Death Comes as the End, The Sittaford Mystery (1970); A Caribbean Mystery, Taken at the Flood, The Seven Dials Mystery (1971); By the Pricking of my Thumbs, The Mysterious Mr. Quin, Endless Night (1971); Hallowe'en Party, Passenger to Frankfurt, The Thirteen Problems (1971); The Clocks, Third Girl, Murder in the Mews (1971); Partners in Crime, At Bertram's Hotel, The Hound of Death (1972); Nemesis, Parker Pyne Investigates, Poirot Investigates (1972). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITIONS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE
1998500156532ED DU MASQUE 1998 1344 pages 12 6x19 2x4cm. 1998. mass_market. 1344 pages.
