London: John S. Levey, 1876. First edition. 8vo, unbound, 8 pages. Data no doubt supplied in the service of the criminal and penological reforms of the period, a report from the former Union officer-turned-diplomat Andrews on the criminal systems of Norway and Sweden; Andrews commends such features as detailed annual..... More

Chicago: Daily Democrat Steam Press, 1858. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 8.25 x 5.5 inches, 40 pages. With much in the way of tabular data on the demographics of the delinquents (43 American born delinquents in 1858, 47 Irish born), education levels, crimes committed, sanitary condition of the homes from..... More

[N. p., but Hollidaysburg, Penna.? n. p., 1906]. First edition. Original pictorial peach wrappers (spine overstitched in an amateur restoration effort at an early date), [2], 8, [2] pages. Illus. A discursive commemoration of a well-known tragedy delivered at the dedication of a memorial to Joseph and George Cox, two..... More

Boston: Published by S. G. Simpkins, 1841. First edition. 16mo, original blind-stamped diaper grain blue cloth, gilt lettering, 48 pages. "No man of ordinary observation can pass through the streets of New York or Philadelphia, without meeting numerous living witnesses of the misery which exists in both of those cities..... More

Boston, n. d., [ca. 1903]. 3 leaves printed rectos only, 11 x 8.38 inches, text in green ink, printed letterhead and testimonials on the first lead in red and blue ink. An entertaining and extensive (likely canned) horoscope that predicts in part, “The profession you should follow is that of..... More

Philadelphia: n. p., 1853. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, contemporary (original?) blue paper spine reinforcement, 8.75 x 5.5 inches, 20 pages. “We visited the house of an astrologer in Small Street, below Seventh. ‘Crazy Nancy’ is the soubriquet borne by an old Negro woman who professes to ‘read the stars,’ and..... More

[Rutland, Vt. n. p.], 1816. Second edition. 8vo, unbound original self-wrappers (stitching perished but the title page—which appears to have been the only leaf loosened—neatly re-attached along the gutter), 12 pages, untrimmed. An uncommon account of a curious attempt at extortion: beginning on August 5, 1796, Abraham Morhouse began to..... More

Cincinnati: n. p., 1853. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 40 pages. A detailed look at the mores of gentlemanly conflict and the popular press of the Queen City of 1853: whenever Dr. Fisher Ames met railroad president James C. Hall on the street, vituperation, sword canes, and gunshots..... More

[Paisley? Glasgow?]: Printed for the Booksellers, 1863. First edition. Removed chapbook, 6 x 3.75 inches, 8 pages. The son of a respectable farmer was carrying on an "illicit connection" with Jane Henderson, whom he was courting; when she became pregnant, Johnstone turned his attentions to a young woman who might..... More

(Sacramento, Calif. Chas. N. Fleming, Co.), [ca. mid-1930s]. First edition. 16mo, original pictorial wrappers, [12] pages. "We often worked Confederate bills, And sometimes, phoney rings, So I became acquainted with, The Big House at Sing Sing." Ephemeral verses from a California serial criminal offender who bounced around various prisons from..... More

London: Published by Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, and Egerton, 1814. Stated second edition at the head of the title. 8vo, contemporary black morocco spine, marbled boards, vellum corners, gilt lettering. Folding table. Quentin had been charged with incapacity and misconduct in the field, charges stemming in part from his opposition..... More

Grand Prairie, Texas: Sargent-Sowell, Inc., 1959. First edition. Original pictorial wrappers, 11.25 x 8.5 inches, 120 pages, [8] page order form. Illus. Amply illustrated throughout, everything a town needs to keep traffic running, from stoplights and road signs, to self-propelled line markers and asphalt pots, to service revolvers, police uniforms..... More

Philadelphia: J. Harding, Printer, 1828. First edition. Original printed light brown wrappers, stitched, 8.63 x 5.88 inches, 154, [1] pages. On the real-world consequences of theological disputes: the Green Street monthly meeting (a Hicksite meeting that had just been laid down in 1827 by the Orthodox Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting in..... More