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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
18491364770Frankfort: WM. Tanner & J. W. Finnell 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 1129 pages; G; Re-bound in full brown vinyl with blue spine label and gilt lettering on spine; Very light bumping to corners otherwise binding tight and in good condition; Moderate staining to bottom of text block slight age toning to text block slight age toning to pages moderate uneven foxing to pages throughout slight warping to pages throughout and previous owners inscription in ink on sfep; Previous seller contents description on ffep; Sabin 37500. RWO.<br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved Upstairs outside of Allan's Office. 1364770. Special Collections. WM. Tanner & J. W. Finnell hardcover
1890A115958London: Simkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. 1890. 4th edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth 410pp. text ills. index Both hinges pulled o/w VG copy of a 19th century guide for the serious amateur horticulturist Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. hardcover
