In The Belly Of The Beast; Letters from Prison.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1981). vg. More
CRIME
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons: or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. A True Story, written by Himself.
New York: Privately Printed, 1870. 3 illustrations. 205pp. 12mo, burgundy cloth (worn), gilt spine. New York: Published for the author, 1870. First Edition. Good. More
The Great Prisoners; The First Anthology of Literature Written in Prison
New York: Dutton, 1946. 879pp. 8vo, tan cloth. New York: Dutton, 1946. Very good. More
The Story Of Crime; From the Cradle to the Grave.
illus. Thick 8vo, black cloth,stamped in citron; (head of spine slightly worn). London: T. Laurie, n.d. More
Six-Guns and Saddle Leather; A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen.
426pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1954). First Edition. vg. More
Very Much a Lady; The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Hermann Tarnower.
Boston: Little Brown, 1983. Illus. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Boston, (1983). More
Winterset
Washington: Anderson House, 1935. 134 pages, small 8vo, pale grey cloth (a little faded stain from old tape on back attached endpaper), dust wrapper (price-clipped, worn, and repaired with tape on verso). Washington: Anderson House, 1935. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Large signature on the half title page of American actor Burgess Meredith, who stared in the movie based on Anderson's play. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. More
The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd; Forgery and Betrayal in Eighteen-Century London
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2001). Endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page, all dampstained. Some top margins wrinkled from exposure to dampness, but not dampstained. More
Sicarios: Latin American Assassins
New York: FotoEvidence, 2011. Heavily illustrated in color. 111 pages, oblong 4to, illustrated black boards. New York: FotoEvidence, 2011. A very good(+) copy with mild scratches on front and back covers. More
The Sky Pirates.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1972). History of hijacking. More
An Astonishing Affair! The Rev. Samuel Arnold Cast and Tried for His Cruelty,
Concord: Luther Roby, 1830. Though His Cause Was Advocated in a Masterly Manner, by the Right Hon. Joseph Almon Clark Pray. By Philandros. Frontis. 168pp., 24mo, 1/2 brown calf, calf and boards rubbed, spine ends lightly worn, pages slightly wavy throughout, a few pages with a few pencil marks in margins, many pages with light foxing, mostly to margins, edges of board corners worn. Concord: Luther Roby, 1830. First Edition Curious self-defense of a New Hampshire minister accused of nearly..... More
Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld
London: John Murray, 1994. Illustrated. x + 246 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. London: John Murray, (1994). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Finest Judges Money Can Buy; and Other Forms of Judicial Pollution.
8vo, boards, d.w. Los Angeles, (1973). Presentation copy. More
Warped In The Making; Crimes of Love and Hate.
8vo, cloth; (cloth soiled). Boston: Hougton Mifflin, 1928. More
Hot Paper.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Saturday Review, (1975). vg 1969 theft of. More
Prisons, Protest, and Politics.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1972). More
Annual Report of The Attorney General of the United States for the Year 1911
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Many tables including one large folding. v + 408 pages, 8vo, brown cloth. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911. A very good copy. More
More of Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Shapolsky Publishers, (1991). vg Deaths of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and others. More
Miranda: Crime, Law and Politics.
New York: Atheneum, 1983. 463 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Atheneum, (1983). First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Fatal Fascination.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston, (1964). Study of four murders: Lord Darnley, William Joyce, Duke of Enghien, and the Norse saga of Burnt Njal. More
Not Here But In Another Place.
New York: St. Martin's, 1980. illus. 8vo, cloth- backed boards, d.w. New York, (1980). vg. More
Address of William T. Barry, Postmaster General, to the People of the United States
Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. 24pp. 8vo, disbound, margins browned throughout, foxing to margins of title page. Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. First Edition Author became postmaster general in 1829. Beginning in 1830, Barry was investigated by Congress for corruption. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with increasing payments to contractors far beyond the published schedules...Barry successfully refuted the charges..." DAB I, page 657. Sabin 3692. More
Du Systeme Penitentiaire aux Etats-Unis et de son Application en France; Suivi d'un Appendice sur les Colonies Penales et de Notes Statistiques.
Paris: H. Fournier, 1833. Illustrated at rear with 5 plates depicting prisons and their floor plans, 3 folding. (iv), (viii), 439 pages. 8vo, attractively bound in contemporary 1/4 black calf; marbled boards and endpapers (minor rubbing to extremities; light foxing throughout). Paris: H. Fournier Jeune, 1833. First edition. A very good(+) copy. In 1831 Beaumont and De Tocqueville were commissioned by the French government to examine America's latest prisons, which were renowned for their innovative approaches to penology. Their nine-month..... More