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

New York: C. G. Burgoyne, [1899?]. First edition. 8vo, early library coarse full linen, leather spine labels, 1005, [1] pages. Three inserted facsimiles (two folding). The uncommon extensive proceedings (including testimony and exhibits) of an elaborate plan to blackmail the heirs of Jay Gould with claims that Mrs. Cody had..... 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

Millerton, N. Y. Millerton Telegram Print, 1884. First edition. 12mo, original printed green wrappers, 11 pages. “All members of this Society shall hold themselves in readiness at the call of the managers for the pursuit of thieves.” A nice Dutchess county imprint for this anti-crime society. OCLC notes copies at..... 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: Published for the Reporter, 1817. First edition. 12mo, modern library glazed buckram, 240 pages. “I attended their meeting in the Northern Liberties once; I believe in December late—Frederick Eberle was chairman, another man was secretary, and Christian L. Mannhardt, speaker. It was begun with a couple of verses that..... More

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1829. First edition. Original printed green-gray wrappers (spine reinforced with library cloth tape), 8.75 x 5.38 inches, 119, [1] pages. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink autograph, “Amos Lawrence Esquire with the respects of D. K. Child” at the head of the title page. “This..... More

Buckingham: Printed and Sold by J. Seeley, 1804. First edition. Removed pamphlet, 7.94 x 5.13 inches, 132 pages. “The following Trial, with the Papers which accompany it, require no comment from Rear Admiral Berkeley. He has published them with a view of shewing his Brother Officers and the Navy, that..... 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

[Washington, D. C.]: Blair & Rives, Printers, [1841]. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, stitched, 9.75 x 6.25 inches, 47, [1] pages, untrimmed and partially unopened. “Sampson Avard, a witness produced, sworn, and examined on behalf of the State, deposeth and saith: That about four months since, a band, called the Daughters..... More

Boston: Published by Thomas G. Bangs, 1820. First edition. 12mo, untrimmed sheets, stab-stitched with early (but likely unoriginal) coarse thread, 7.88 x 4.94 inches, 35 pages. Early Irish immigrant violence in New England. Per McDade, “Even the great Daniel Webster could not save Powers, who was condemned for killing Kennedy..... More

Toledo: Published by the Toledo Newsboys' Association, (1905). First edition. 8vo, original gray cloth, black lettering, pictorial paper label, 291 pages. Frontis, 32 plates. An entertaining and anecdotal account of Gunckel's work among the newsboys and bootblacks of Toledo, with much on street life, as well as his efforts to..... More