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Pandis, RobertBiblio.com

CHEKA - The History Organization and Awards of the Russian Secret Police & Intelligence Services 1917-2017

Irvine, Leigh HBiblio.com

By Right Of Sword A Defense of Capital Punishment Based on a Searching Examination of History Theology and Philosophy

1915A33752New York: Baker & Taylor Company. Very Good. 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The front cover of the book has some ground-in dirt and spotting / foxing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Among the Pacific Coast writers Mr. Leigh H. Irvine author of the Iron Highway.and others is attracting attention throughout the country by the strong and masterful manner in which he is placing the various labor and other problems before the people. It is often a fact that labor reformers and writers who address themselves to the wage-earner fail to make themselves understood." "Although some U. S. States began abolishing the death penalty most states held onto capital punishment. Some states made more crimes capital offenses especially for offenses committed by slaves. In 1838 in an effort to make the death penalty more palatable to the public some states began passing laws against mandatory death sentencing instead enacting discretionary death penalty statutes. The 1838 enactment of discretionary death penalty statutes in Tennessee and later in Alabama were seen as a great reform. This introduction of sentencing discretion in the capital process was perceived as a victory for abolitionists because prior to the enactment of these statutes all states mandated the death penalty for anyone convicted of a capital crime regardless of circumstances. With the exception of a small number of rarely committed crimes in a few jurisdictions all mandatory capital punishment laws had been abolished by 1963. Bohm 1999 " . Baker & Taylor Company hardcover

S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) · États-Unis65,00 $US≈ 55,00 €

[Crime]. Pinkerton, William ABiblio.com

Bound Volume of Six Pinkerton Booklets

190432076-5/8 x 5-3/8 inches. 84pp; 524pp; 6411pp; 444pp; 10pp; 1223pp illustrations. Blue cloth with maroon and black spine labels stamped in gilt; original blue or grey wrappers printed in black for each booklet bound in. B&w illustrations. Minor wear to board corners and spine ends; light sunning to some bound-in wrappers; slight scuffing to title page and archivally repaired corner of one leaf in first booklet. Very Good or better overall.A bound volume of addresses by William A. Pinkerton on various types of crime as well two booklets on individual criminals by Pinkerton and from the archives of the Pinkerton detective agency. Contains the following in the order bound in:- Train Robberies Train Robbers and the "Holdup" Men. Address by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. Jamestown VA. 1907. Chicago and New York: Copyrighted by Wm. A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton November 1907.- Bank "Sneak" Thieves. Paper Read by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. Hot Springs Ark. April 11th 1906. Chicago and New York: Copyrighted by William A. and Robert A. Pinkerton Nov. 1906.- The "Yeggman": Bank Vault and Safe Burglar of To-Day. Paper Read by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. St. Louis MO. June 6th to June 11th 1904. Chicago and New York: William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton August 1904.- "Forgery". Paper Read by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. Washington D. C. May 22nd 1905. Chicago and New York: William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton August 1905.- Timothy Webster Spy of the Rebellion. Chicago and New York: William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton November 1906.- Adam Worth Alias "Little Adam." Theft and Recover of Gainsborough's "Duchess of Devonshire." Third Edition. New York Pinkerton's National Detective Agency January 1904.Of varying degrees of scarcity in OCLC all uncommon in commerce. [William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton / Pinkerton Detective Agency] hardcover

Kate Mitas, Bookseller · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

[Crime - Plug Uglies] Denver, James WBiblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed by James Denver as Commissioner of Indian Affairs to his Wife Louise Rombach Denver Describing Crime on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Referencing the Plug Uglies 1857

1857List2022Washington 1857. Autograph letter measuring 8 x 5 inches bifolium with free franked stampless cover. Fine condition. Fine. An interesting letter written by James W. Denver written while he was serving as Commissioner of Indian Affairs describing crime on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1857. He writes: â€œWe have great times on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For a long time past merchandise has been lost along the line by being thrown out of the cars while under way some of the confederates being ready to pitch them up and sell them. To put a stop to this the Directors ordered the cars when loaded to be sealed up and not to be opened until they should arrive at the place of destination. The conductors took offense and said that this was a reflection on them quit the trains and would not let anybody else take their places. In order to prevent this they attacked the trains passing Ellicottâ€™s Mills and succeeded in turning back all but one. Today it was rumored that the Plug Uglies had possession of the track between Baltimore and the Relay House but this is hardly so as a train has I am told arrived here this evening. This is a very extraordinary affair as it is in fact an effort to give greater license to stealing and from the way they have acted there is not much doubt but the conductors were engaged in the plundering.â€ The Plug Uglies first operated in Baltimore beginning in 1854. Several iterations of the Nativist gang eventually formed all of which were referred to by the same name. They would be involved a month later in the Know Nothing Riot in Washington D.C. in June of 1857 the same month that Denver would gain his appointment as Secretary of Kansas Territory. Full text follows: My Dear Wife The cheerful tone of your letter of the 28th ult. pleases me very much. I hope and trust that will be ever thus. A light heart and cheerful disposition makes life a perennial springtime. There is nothing like it. Keep up your sprits ever thus and besides being the pride of my life you will be my light alsoâ€”the polar star of my existence. O Lou! how lonely I feel here at times without you! Were we only together how much more pleasantly would the time pass away. Still I have no great reason to complain of fortune but ought rather to be thankful for the great boon she has vouchsafed to me in making you mine for life. To know this it is easy to imagine a good angel always hovering near me giving warning of besetting dangers and urging me on to greater usefulness and then to dream of the bright approving smiles of her I love so well. And though distant I doubt not but they are as sweet and as kind as though present and palpable to my vision. Well well what must be I suppose must be and we must grin and bear it; but I wish you were here and not the subject of mere dreams and imaginings. We have great times on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For a long time past merchandise has been lost along the line by being thrown out of the cars while under way some of the confederates being ready to pitch them up and sell them. To put a stop to this the Directors ordered the cars when loaded to be sealed up and not to be opened until they should arrive at the place of destination. The conductors took offense and said that this was a reflection on them quit the trains and would not let anybody else take their places. In order to prevent this they attacked the trains passing Ellicottâ€™s Mills and succeeded in turning back all but one. Today it was rumored that the Plug Uglies had possession of the track between Baltimore and the Relay House but this is hardly so as a train has I am told arrived here this evening. This is a very extraordinary affair as it is in fact an effort to give greater license to stealing and from the way they have acted there is not much doubt but the conductors were engaged in the plundering. Judge Stephen A. Douglass intends leaving here with his family tomorrow. Nat Cartmell was here on Friday. He said they were all well in Virginia except cousin John Lupton who was convalescing. Tell your father I will keep him posted and tell your mother to keep you at workâ€”if she can. My love to all. Goodnight. God bless you my own dear Lou. Adieu. â€” Will. unknown

Auger Down Books · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 380,75 €

Ralph Straus (1882-1950), Manchester-born writer, educated at Harrow and Pembroke College, Cambridge [Mrs Roscoe; Collins CrimeBiblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed and Typed Note from the novelist and biographer Ralph Straus to Mrs. Roscoe Secretary Society of Women Journalists the former discussing the newly-formed Collins Crime Club 'J. J. Connington' and M. R. K. Burge.

12930Autograph Letter Signed: From Exeter but on his letterhead 8E Hyde Park Mansions NW1 London; 14 May 1930. Typed Note: On his letterhead The Tanyard Shorne near Gravesend; 26 August 1945. Both items in poor condition with burn marks and damp damage fire damaged much of the Society's archive. Some of the text of the autograph letter has faded and it may be that the signature to the typed note has washed away. Autograph Letter Signed: 2pp. 4to. He begins by offering to 'oppose anybody' in a debate that Mrs Roscoe is organising at the Society of Women Journalists. 'But you should bear in mind that the Crime Club is a purely commercial affair - run entirely by Messrs Collins the publishers of 48 Pall Mall - and I gather very privately that writers of detective stories & rival publishers are not exactly welcoming its appearance. Perhaps under the circumstances it would not be politic to have anything to do with it. For your own information Sir Godfrey Collins is its onlie begetter and I believe that the Headmaster of Eton Dr Abington is "reading" for him.' He suggests two 'good people' whom Mrs Roscoe might invite: J. J. Connington 'Victor Gollancz can put you in touch with him' and M. R. K. Burge 'writes excellent thrillers under the name of Milford Kennedy'. Straus concludes: 'If you should find somebody more violently opposed to thrillers than myself don't hesitate to let him or her 'open' the opposition & I will speak afterwards - but I am certainly at your disposal'. Typed Note: 1p. 4to. He is 'happy and honoured' to be a guest of her 'Society' on 11 October 1945. 'Is there any particular aspect of fiction or biography you would like me to speak about Or just an informal ramble about anything that comes into my head I will do whatever you say.' Autograph Letter Signed: From Exeter, but on his letterhead, 8E Hyde Park Mansions, NW1 [London]; 14 May 1930. Typed Note: On hi unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni90,00 £GB≈ 102,76 €

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