Crime from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, printed by Wright & Potter, April 4, 1881. First edition. Original folio broadside measuring approximately 15 inches by 9.5 inches printed recto only on medium paper. Not found in OCLC as of 3/30/2024. Old folds, Moderately toned & soiled, edge wear including creasing & a one inch tear, otherwise good or… Read more about this item

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, (1930 per K-E date code). Reprint, originally published in 1921. Tall quarto (12.5" x 9.25"), xvii, [2] & 3 - 246 & [1] pages plus 25 plates in black & white plates & 11 in color with two smaller color illustrations tipped-in. Publisher's buff paper over boards with a large color illustration applied… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First edition, this a presentation copy inscribed, signed & dated in ink by Liebling at the ffep to Alger & Priscilla Hiss. 8vo (8.25" x 5.75"), 251 pages. Publisher's cloth-patterned yellow paper over boards lettered in brown on the spine, lacking the dust jacket. Spine darkened, soiled, upper joint splitting, shallow loss at… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, (1983). First edition, this copy signed in ink by Westlake at the ffep. Octavo (9" x 6"), [11] & 2 - 191 pages. Publisher's black paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered white cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. Slight sunning at the upper margin, otherwise fine in near fine dust with a 1/4 inch tear at the… Read more about this item

No place [Worcester, Massachusetts ?]: Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves, 1924. Original menu on thick card stock printed recto only measuring 7.25 inches by 4.85 inches. Brief wear at one corner, lightly toned, soiled , & foxed, otherwise very good. The attendees enjoyed a splendid meal of Eperlan Broche (apparently smelt) with Sauce Tartare, Dindonneau roti with Sauce Canneberge… Read more about this item

New York: American Social Hygiene Association, publication no. 59, 1916. Sextodecimo (6.25" x 3.5"), 14 pages. Publisher's stapled paper wraps. Toned & lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Author Raymond B. Fosdick was the fourth president of the Rockefeller Foundation. He wrote & lectured extensively on issues regarding law enforcemeint, vice, & alcohol abuse.

Havana, Cuba: Sans Souci Night Club, no date (ca. 1950's). Illustrated broadside handbill, octavo (8.5" x 5.5"), printed in green & black inks on light paper. Toned, margins lightly browned, shallow creasing at corners, moderate edge wear including a couple of nicks & a half inch tear at the bottom, otherwise good or better. Firmly in the grip of Santo Trafficante Jr.… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington: Hangman Press as presented by Superior Publishing Company, (1970). First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Breihan at the ffep. Small4to (10.25" x 7.5"),144 pages, with illustrations from photographs, facsimiles, & portraits.Publisher's pictorial red fabricoid lettered in white on the spine & upper cover. Brief wear at extremities & tips, otherwise very good. Author Breihan… Read more about this item

New York, N.Y.: Parc Publishing Company, Volume iv, No. 25, April 9, 1967; Volume iv, No. 33, June 4, 1967; Volume iv, No. 35, June 18, 1967; Volume v, No. 4, October 29, 1967 First editions, four folio tabloid newspapers (15" x 11.25"), 20 pp. each, illustrated. Folded horizontally, moderately tattered & toned, otherwise good or better. Features sensational headlines & fascinating… Read more about this item

New York, N.Y. : Inter-Press Corporation, Volume 7, No. 5, October 24, 1966: Volume 8, No. 13, June 19, 1967; Volume 9, No. 8, November 13, 1967. First editions, three folio tabloid newspapers (15" x 11.25"), 16 pp. each, illustrated. Folded horizontally, moderately tattered & toned, June 19th issue with two inch tear without loss pervasive throughout, otherwise good or better. Features… Read more about this item

Benjamin, Park (editor). Celebrated Crimes ... The Countess of Saint Geran ... as published in The New World. New York: J. Winchester, Extra series, number 81, May, 1843. Small folio, (12.25" by 8.25"), 32 pages & covers. Original self wraps, sewn, with an engraved illustration at the masthead with sentiment below: "No pent-up Utica contracts our powers; For the whole… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1944). First edition. Tall octavo (9.5" x 6.75"), xiv, 591, & xvi pp. plus 15 plates, & 4 unnumbered pages of illustrations. Publisher's gilt-lettered blue cloth, in printed & decorated dust jacket. Red top stain. Modest toning mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise near fine in good only dust jacket, browned at the spine, moderately soiled,… Read more about this item

Columbia, South Carolina: State Printing Company, (1970). First edition, this copy inscribed, signed & dated by the author ("Sam L") in ink at the half-title page to Cartha"Deke" DeLoach, then number 3 at the FBI. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25"), xv & 407 pages including numerous illustrations (some in color, some folding) Publisher's white cloth lettered in blue at the spine… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927. First edition Octavo (8.5" x 6"), 303 pages plus 15 pages of illustrations mostly from photographs. Publisher's green cloth lettered & decorated in gilt Edges moderately rubbed, light fraying at the spine extremities, spine gilt dull, sporadic foxing & occasional handling marks, a Good or better copy Chapters include: Why was the old West wild? - The… Read more about this item

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1962) First edition, this copy with the armorial bookplate of Cartha D and Barbara De Loach at the ffep. Octavo (8.5" x 6"), 247 pages, illustrated. Publisher's gray cloth lettered & decorated in gilt & white, in pictorial dust jacket Upper portion of the spine sunned, otherwise Very Good in dust jacket with loss… Read more about this item

Boston: Massachusetts Temperance Society, printed by Ford and Damrell, agents of the Society, First series, number 5, May, 1834. First edition. 12mo, vi, [7] - 28 pp. Sewn pamphlet lacking wraps. Sabin/ Dictionary of Books Relating to America 6541. Lacking wraps, sporadic foxing, title page becoming detached, small printed label of Edmund J. Cleveland on the verso of the first… Read more about this item

Boston: Printed by Joshua Cushing, 1808. Second edition. 12mo, 44 pp. Printed text only, lacking wraps (if issued). Soiled & foxed, apparently removed from a larger volume, still good. The second edition adds 4 pages not found in the first printing comprising "interesting documents, furnished by a gentleman lately from London."

New York: The Viking Press, (1977) First edition, this copy boldly signed in blue marker at the title page by Edward Bunker. 8vo, 202 pp. Publisher's tan paper over boards backed in brown cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Covers lightly soiled & sunned mostly in the margins, one corner bruised, brief offsetting at endpapers… Read more about this item

[Warrendale, Pennsylvania]: Board of Managers, Thorn Hill School, [1919]. First edition 8vo (9" x 6"), 40 pages including several illustrations from photographs. Original stapled, printed paper wraps. Covers lightly tanned & soiled, brief edge wear, soft corner crease throughout, otherwise Very Good "Thorn Hill School for Boys, also known as the Allegheny County Industrial and Training School for Boys, was… Read more about this item

Detroit: Johnson Smith & Co., no date [ca 1925]. Small 8vo, unpaginated [36 pp.], including illustrated front wrapper. Publisher's pictorial, stapled stiff paper wraps. Trace edge wear, moderately toned, otherwise very good. The story of John "Babbacombe" Lee relayed in the first person who survived execution by hanging on three different occasions in February of 1885. After the final attempt the… Read more about this item