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1864ref. 718321864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner Trial. Steamer Peterhoff. Betts Samuel R. 1786-1868. Marvin William 1808-1902. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court By Judge Betts. With an Appendix Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida In the Cases of the Dolphin and the Pearl. New York: John W. Amerman Printer 1864. 116 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking bound into recent calf-stamped cloth printed paper title label to spine. Light wear to corners of text block moderate toning to text light soiling and some edgewear to title page. $750. Only edition. At head of title page: District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The Peterhoff was a English blockade runner that was boarded and seized by the U.S. Navy in the harbor of St. Thomas then a Danish possession. Brought to Key West she was later condemned by the New York prize court and sold to the U.S. Navy which refitted it as a patrol ship. The international dispute over the legality of the seizure delayed her service for almost a year. After the Civil War the Supreme Court overturned the prize court's decision and the U.S. Government was compelled to compensate the Peterhoff's owners for their loss. OCLC locates 14 copies 11 in North America 3 in law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 61179. unknown
1864ref. 718321864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. New-York J.W. Amerman printer 1864. Interesting Civil War Prize Case Concerning an English Blockade Runner Trial. Steamer Peterhoff. Betts Samuel R. 1786-1868. Marvin William 1808-1902. The United States vs. The Steamer Peterhoff and Her Cargo. In Prize. Opinion of the Court By Judge Betts. With an Appendix Containing the Opinions of Judge Marvin In the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida In the Cases of the Dolphin and the Pearl. New York: John W. Amerman Printer 1864. 116 pp. Octavo 9" x 6". Stab-stitched pamphlet wrappers lacking bound into recent calf-stamped cloth printed paper title label to spine. Light wear to corners of text block moderate toning to text light soiling and some edgewear to title page. $750. Only edition. At head of title page: District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The Peterhoff was a English blockade runner that was boarded and seized by the U.S. Navy in the harbor of St. Thomas then a Danish possession. Brought to Key West she was later condemned by the New York prize court and sold to the U.S. Navy which refitted it as a patrol ship. The international dispute over the legality of the seizure delayed her service for almost a year. After the Civil War the Supreme Court overturned the prize court's decision and the U.S. Government was compelled to compensate the Peterhoff's owners for their loss. OCLC locates 14 copies 11 in North America 3 in law libraries Columbia Harvard Library of Congress. Sabin A Dictionary of Books Relating to America 61179. unknown books
1873ref. 712941873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. The Infamous "Gilded Age" Murder of Jim Fisk Trial. Stokes Edward 1841-1901 Defendant. Life Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes; For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk Jr. To Which is Added The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time Made Public. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. ii 19-111 1 pp. 12 full-page woodcuts. Complete. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4"; 23.5 x 14.6 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and a few faint dampstains and minor tears to wrappers spine abraded moderate wear to corners of wrappers and text block. Moderate toning to interior corners of some leaves dog-eared faint stains to a few leaves. $750. Only edition Philadelphia Issue: Published shortly after the conclusion of the second trial. Barclay concurrently issued this work with a Cleveland imprint Great Western Publishing Company. "Jim Fisk. was a financial wonder in New York in 1872. Edward Stokes had been associated with him in the oil business but they had become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield." This classic Barclay sensation pamphlet captures one of the most notorious crimes of New York's Gilded Age-a volatile cocktail of corporate espionage blackmail and romantic betrayal. After a bitter falling out over the Erie Railroad-backed oil business and the affections of Josie Mansfield Fisk and Stokes engaged in a flurry of litigious retaliation including charges of embezzlement and false imprisonment. The boiling point was reached on January 6 1872 following a humiliating police court cross-examination of Mansfield regarding her relations with Fisk and the threatened publication of his financial secrets. In a fury Stokes tracked the flamboyant "Jubilee Jim" to the Broadway Central Hotel and fatally shot him on the grand staircase. Following two sensational trials a high-powered defense team managed to mitigate the charge resulting in a controversial conviction for third-degree manslaughter. The twelve dramatic full-page woodcuts vividly illustrate the protagonists the assassination scene and the subsequent courtroom theater characteristic of Barclay's highly sought-after true crime publications. This Barclay account was published af. unknown
1873ref. 712941873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. The Infamous "Gilded Age" Murder of Jim Fisk Trial. Stokes Edward 1841-1901 Defendant. Life Trial and Conviction of Edward Stokes; For the Assassination of Jas. Fisk Jr. To Which is Added The Life and Eventful Career of Josephine Mansfield. The Interesting Trial. Many Secrets Now for the First Time Made Public. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1873. ii 19-111 1 pp. 12 full-page woodcuts. Complete. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4"; 23.5 x 14.6 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and a few faint dampstains and minor tears to wrappers spine abraded moderate wear to corners of wrappers and text block. Moderate toning to interior corners of some leaves dog-eared faint stains to a few leaves. $750. Only edition Philadelphia Issue: Published shortly after the conclusion of the second trial. Barclay concurrently issued this work with a Cleveland imprint Great Western Publishing Company. "Jim Fisk. was a financial wonder in New York in 1872. Edward Stokes had been associated with him in the oil business but they had become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield." This classic Barclay sensation pamphlet captures one of the most notorious crimes of New York's Gilded Age-a volatile cocktail of corporate espionage blackmail and romantic betrayal. After a bitter falling out over the Erie Railroad-backed oil business and the affections of Josie Mansfield Fisk and Stokes engaged in a flurry of litigious retaliation including charges of embezzlement and false imprisonment. The boiling point was reached on January 6 1872 following a humiliating police court cross-examination of Mansfield regarding her relations with Fisk and the threatened publication of his financial secrets. In a fury Stokes tracked the flamboyant "Jubilee Jim" to the Broadway Central Hotel and fatally shot him on the grand staircase. Following two sensational trials a high-powered defense team managed to mitigate the charge resulting in a controversial conviction for third-degree manslaughter. The twelve dramatic full-page woodcuts vividly illustrate the protagonists the assassination scene and the subsequent courtroom theater characteristic of Barclay's highly sought-after true crime publications. This Barclay account was published af. unknown books
1825ref. 707211825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. The Notorious Thayer Brothers: McDade 972 Trial. Thayer Nelson 1798-1825 Defendant. Thayer Israel 1801-1825 Defendant. Thayer Isaac 1804-1825 Defendant. The Life Trial Condemnation And Dying Address Of the Three Thayers! Who were Executed for the Murder of John Love At Buffalo N.Y. June 17th 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges large woodcut of three coffins to front. Light browning and faint dampspotting light soiling to exterior faint stain to foot of front wrapper. A well-preserved copy. $750. The Thayer brothers Nelson Israel and Isaac were convicted in 1825 for the robbery and murder of their boarder John Love to whom they owed a substantial amount of money. The brothers shot him in the head then lacerated his body with a meat cleaver. After disguising the murder scene with a pig carcass they buried Love in a shallow grave. Their crime was discovered a short while later. After two brief trials the Thayers were executed together by hanging on June 17 1825. A sensational event it was probably the first hanging to take place in Erie County New York. This event was the subject of several pamphlets four published in Buffalo. In this edition the dying address is followed by an account of the trial and execution in verse. This imprint which is listed in Cohen and mentioned in McDade is a variant of a copy described in McDade which has an image of a single coffin. McDade The Annals of Murder 972. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13088. unknown
1825ref. 707211825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. The Notorious Thayer Brothers: McDade 972 Trial. Thayer Nelson 1798-1825 Defendant. Thayer Israel 1801-1825 Defendant. Thayer Isaac 1804-1825 Defendant. The Life Trial Condemnation And Dying Address Of the Three Thayers! Who were Executed for the Murder of John Love At Buffalo N.Y. June 17th 1825. Buffalo: Printed for the Publisher 1825. 16 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers untrimmed edges large woodcut of three coffins to front. Light browning and faint dampspotting light soiling to exterior faint stain to foot of front wrapper. A well-preserved copy. $750. The Thayer brothers Nelson Israel and Isaac were convicted in 1825 for the robbery and murder of their boarder John Love to whom they owed a substantial amount of money. The brothers shot him in the head then lacerated his body with a meat cleaver. After disguising the murder scene with a pig carcass they buried Love in a shallow grave. Their crime was discovered a short while later. After two brief trials the Thayers were executed together by hanging on June 17 1825. A sensational event it was probably the first hanging to take place in Erie County New York. This event was the subject of several pamphlets four published in Buffalo. In this edition the dying address is followed by an account of the trial and execution in verse. This imprint which is listed in Cohen and mentioned in McDade is a variant of a copy described in McDade which has an image of a single coffin. McDade The Annals of Murder 972. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 13088. unknown books
1732ref. 734361732. By Reason of Some Natural Imperfection" Trial. Weld v. Weld. The Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury in a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld Daughter to the Lord Aston; And Edward Weld Esq; Her Husband. Containing I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and Replication. III. Certificates of Ambrose Dickens Esq; His Majesty's Serjeant Surgeon Mr. Williams and Several Other Eminent Surgeons Who Examined Mr. Weld; And also of three Midwives who Examined Mrs. Weld. IV. Copies of the Depositions of Several Noble Persons Relating to This Cause. V. The Sentence Pronounced. To Which is Prefixed a Preface. London: Printed for H. Owen 1757. 48 pp. Octavo 7-1/2' x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent stiff marbled-paper wrappers calf lettering piece to spine. Moderate toning to interior faint vertical crease to text block some wear to outer corners of text block light foxing to a few leaves light soiling to title page and p. 48. $750. Third stated edition. The Welds married in 1727 but when there was no issue after three years Catherine sued Edward for divorce in ecclesiastical court on the grounds that he was "unable to perform the Conjugal Rites by Reason of some natural Imperfection which he well knew in himself." Edward fought to clear his name claiming that after a simple surgical procedure he had in fact consummated the marriage twice. The case gained a great deal of public attention largely because the detail of Catherine's claim and the amount of medical evidence presented were unusual even for an impotency trial. Ultimately the divorce was denied and the couple reached a private resolution to live apart. Edward remarried after Catherine's death and fathered a daughter and four sons. It is unclear why our copy is designated the third edition. It appears to be based on an account issued by E. Raynor which went through five editions and two Dublin reprints all in 1732. OCLC and the ESTC locate 3 copies in North America Cornell Rice Harvard Law School. English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC N11985. unknown
1732ref. 727691732. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. "Unable to Perform the Conjugal Rites" Trial. Weld v. Weld. The Whole of the Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury In a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld Daughter to the Lord Aston And Edward Weld Esquire Her Husband. Containing I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and Replication. III. Certificates of Ambrose Dickens Esq; His Majesty's Serjeant-Surgeon Mr. Williams And Several Other Surgeons Who Examin'd Mr. Weld; And Also of Three Midwives who Examined Mrs. Weld. IV. Copies of the Depositions of Several Noble Persons Relating to this Cause. V. The Sentence Pronounced by the Worshipful Dr. Bettesworth Feb. 15. 1731. To Which is Prefixed a Preface By the Author of the Tryal of F. Girard and Miss Cadiere. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. 48 pp. leaves B3 and B4 pp. 13-16 misnumbered 9-12. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and date to spine a number of blank leaves added by binder after p. 48. Light rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at ends. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing light soiling in a few places slight offsetting to preliminaries and first two leaves. $750. Fifth and final edition. The Welds married in 1727 but when there was no issue after three years Catherine sued Edward for divorce in ecclesiastical court on the grounds that he was "unable to perform the Conjugal Rites by Reason of some natural Imperfection which he well knew in himself." Edward fought to clear his name claiming that after a simple surgical procedure he had in fact consummated the marriage twice. The case gained a great deal of public attention largely because the detail of Catherine's claim and the amount of medical evidence presented were unusual even for an impotency trial. Ultimately the divorce was denied and the couple reached a private resolution to live apart. Edward remarried after Catherine's death and successfully produced a daughter and four sons. English Short-Title Catalogue T52462. unknown
1732ref. 734361732. By Reason of Some Natural Imperfection" Trial. Weld v. Weld. The Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury in a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld Daughter to the Lord Aston; And Edward Weld Esq; Her Husband. Containing I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and Replication. III. Certificates of Ambrose Dickens Esq; His Majesty's Serjeant Surgeon Mr. Williams and Several Other Eminent Surgeons Who Examined Mr. Weld; And also of three Midwives who Examined Mrs. Weld. IV. Copies of the Depositions of Several Noble Persons Relating to This Cause. V. The Sentence Pronounced. To Which is Prefixed a Preface. London: Printed for H. Owen 1757. 48 pp. Octavo 7-1/2' x 4-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent stiff marbled-paper wrappers calf lettering piece to spine. Moderate toning to interior faint vertical crease to text block some wear to outer corners of text block light foxing to a few leaves light soiling to title page and p. 48. $750. Third stated edition. The Welds married in 1727 but when there was no issue after three years Catherine sued Edward for divorce in ecclesiastical court on the grounds that he was "unable to perform the Conjugal Rites by Reason of some natural Imperfection which he well knew in himself." Edward fought to clear his name claiming that after a simple surgical procedure he had in fact consummated the marriage twice. The case gained a great deal of public attention largely because the detail of Catherine's claim and the amount of medical evidence presented were unusual even for an impotency trial. Ultimately the divorce was denied and the couple reached a private resolution to live apart. Edward remarried after Catherine's death and fathered a daughter and four sons. It is unclear why our copy is designated the third edition. It appears to be based on an account issued by E. Raynor which went through five editions and two Dublin reprints all in 1732. OCLC and the ESTC locate 3 copies in North America Cornell Rice Harvard Law School. English Short-Title Catalogue ESTC N11985. unknown books
1732ref. 727691732. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. "Unable to Perform the Conjugal Rites" Trial. Weld v. Weld. The Whole of the Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury In a Cause Between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld Daughter to the Lord Aston And Edward Weld Esquire Her Husband. Containing I. Her Libel Exhibited Against Him for Impotency. II. Her Answer and Replication. III. Certificates of Ambrose Dickens Esq; His Majesty's Serjeant-Surgeon Mr. Williams And Several Other Surgeons Who Examin'd Mr. Weld; And Also of Three Midwives who Examined Mrs. Weld. IV. Copies of the Depositions of Several Noble Persons Relating to this Cause. V. The Sentence Pronounced by the Worshipful Dr. Bettesworth Feb. 15. 1731. To Which is Prefixed a Preface By the Author of the Tryal of F. Girard and Miss Cadiere. London: Printed for E. Rayner 1732. 48 pp. leaves B3 and B4 pp. 13-16 misnumbered 9-12. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and date to spine a number of blank leaves added by binder after p. 48. Light rubbing to extremities front joint just starting at ends. Light toning to interior occasional light foxing light soiling in a few places slight offsetting to preliminaries and first two leaves. $750. Fifth and final edition. The Welds married in 1727 but when there was no issue after three years Catherine sued Edward for divorce in ecclesiastical court on the grounds that he was "unable to perform the Conjugal Rites by Reason of some natural Imperfection which he well knew in himself." Edward fought to clear his name claiming that after a simple surgical procedure he had in fact consummated the marriage twice. The case gained a great deal of public attention largely because the detail of Catherine's claim and the amount of medical evidence presented were unusual even for an impotency trial. Ultimately the divorce was denied and the couple reached a private resolution to live apart. Edward remarried after Catherine's death and successfully produced a daughter and four sons. English Short-Title Catalogue T52462. unknown books
1852ref. 641061852. Vannoud Louis; Cavallari Luigi. Vannoud Louis; Cavallari Luigi. A Sensational Case of Kidnapping Trial. Wikoff Henry 1813-1884 Principal Defendant. Vannoud Louis Defendant. Cavallari Luigi Defendant. Trial of Wikoff Vannoud And Cavallari For a Forced Marriage Between Miss Gamble and One of the Accused. Before the High Court of Genoa February 9-10 1852. London: William Shoberl 1852. 64 pp. Lithograph portrait frontispiece of Wikoff. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners. Light toning to text foxing to a few leaves internally clean. $750. Only edition. An account of one of the sensational trials of the early 1850s. Wikoff or as he called himself Chevalier Wikoff was an American impresario occasional European correspondent for the New York Herald and possibly a spy for Lord Palmerston. He was engaged to Jane Catherine Gamble an English woman. Gamble changed her mind shortly before the wedding and fled to Genoa. Wikoff tracked her down and apparently tricked her into coming along with him to his apartment. Shortly afterwards Gamble filed a complaint of kidnapping that landed Wikoff in an Italian jail for 15 months. He was found guilty in an Italian court and forced to return her letters and "extorted promise of marriage." Ever enterprising Wikoff responded to the negative publicity with a memoir entitled My Courtship and Its Consequences 1855 which became a best-seller. Copies of The Trial of Wikoff are scarce. OCLC locates 7 worldwide: 2 in the British Library and 5 in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress University of Georgia University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania. unknown
1852ref. 641061852. Vannoud Louis; Cavallari Luigi. Vannoud Louis; Cavallari Luigi. A Sensational Case of Kidnapping Trial. Wikoff Henry 1813-1884 Principal Defendant. Vannoud Louis Defendant. Cavallari Luigi Defendant. Trial of Wikoff Vannoud And Cavallari For a Forced Marriage Between Miss Gamble and One of the Accused. Before the High Court of Genoa February 9-10 1852. London: William Shoberl 1852. 64 pp. Lithograph portrait frontispiece of Wikoff. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Moderate soiling rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners. Light toning to text foxing to a few leaves internally clean. $750. Only edition. An account of one of the sensational trials of the early 1850s. Wikoff or as he called himself Chevalier Wikoff was an American impresario occasional European correspondent for the New York Herald and possibly a spy for Lord Palmerston. He was engaged to Jane Catherine Gamble an English woman. Gamble changed her mind shortly before the wedding and fled to Genoa. Wikoff tracked her down and apparently tricked her into coming along with him to his apartment. Shortly afterwards Gamble filed a complaint of kidnapping that landed Wikoff in an Italian jail for 15 months. He was found guilty in an Italian court and forced to return her letters and "extorted promise of marriage." Ever enterprising Wikoff responded to the negative publicity with a memoir entitled My Courtship and Its Consequences 1855 which became a best-seller. Copies of The Trial of Wikoff are scarce. OCLC locates 7 worldwide: 2 in the British Library and 5 in North American law libraries Harvard Library of Congress University of Georgia University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania. unknown books
1813ref. 695001813. London: J. Fairburn 1813. 24 pp. London: J. Fairburn 1813. 24 pp. "A Figure with the Body Feet And Tail of a Rat With the Head and Face of a Man Resembling the Plaintiff" Trial. Wood William Defendant. St. Luke's Parish Malt!!! Fairburn's Edition of the Trial Between Doctor Smith and Mr. Wm. Wood: For a Malicious and Scandalous Libel Against the Said Doctor Smith Contained in a Print Or Picture Commonly Called a Caricature!! Intitled "The Inside of a Newly-Reformed Workhouse with All Abuses Removed": In Which Caricature was Depicted 4 Sacks of Parish Malt and a Figure with the Body Feet And Tail of a Rat With the Head and Face of a Man Resembling the Plaintiff Nibbling at Them: Also a Figure of a Women in Breeches Pulling the Rat by the Tail Intended to Represent the Plaintiff's Wife: With the Defendant Charging the Vestry-Clerk with Receiving 45 for Bastardy of an Adjoining Parish who with Satan at his Elbow Prompting Him to Tell a Good Fat Lie Denies the Charge &c.: Including the Evidence at Full Length Taken in Short Hand. Which was Tried in the Court of King's Bench Guildhall On Wednesday January 20 1813 Before Lord Ellenborough And a Special Jury. London: Published by John Fairburn 1813. 24 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning and foxing moderate edgewear final few leaves partially detached negligible light soiling to exterior "5" in early hand to head of front wrapper. A rare title. $750. Only edition. "This was an action brought by John Smith a surgeon and apothecary . against William Wood a boot and shoe maker . in the same parish; to recover a compensation in damages for publishing a gross scandalous and malicious libel in the form of a caricature picture or print . tending to injure and defame the character of the plaintiff.-The damages were laid at one thousand pounds" pp. 3-4. The court found for the defendant. OCLC locates 2 print copies Cornell University University of Minnesota Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1191. unknown
1813ref. 695001813. London: J. Fairburn 1813. 24 pp. London: J. Fairburn 1813. 24 pp. "A Figure with the Body Feet And Tail of a Rat With the Head and Face of a Man Resembling the Plaintiff" Trial. Wood William Defendant. St. Luke's Parish Malt!!! Fairburn's Edition of the Trial Between Doctor Smith and Mr. Wm. Wood: For a Malicious and Scandalous Libel Against the Said Doctor Smith Contained in a Print Or Picture Commonly Called a Caricature!! Intitled "The Inside of a Newly-Reformed Workhouse with All Abuses Removed": In Which Caricature was Depicted 4 Sacks of Parish Malt and a Figure with the Body Feet And Tail of a Rat With the Head and Face of a Man Resembling the Plaintiff Nibbling at Them: Also a Figure of a Women in Breeches Pulling the Rat by the Tail Intended to Represent the Plaintiff's Wife: With the Defendant Charging the Vestry-Clerk with Receiving 45 for Bastardy of an Adjoining Parish who with Satan at his Elbow Prompting Him to Tell a Good Fat Lie Denies the Charge &c.: Including the Evidence at Full Length Taken in Short Hand. Which was Tried in the Court of King's Bench Guildhall On Wednesday January 20 1813 Before Lord Ellenborough And a Special Jury. London: Published by John Fairburn 1813. 24 pp. Octavo 8" x 5-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning and foxing moderate edgewear final few leaves partially detached negligible light soiling to exterior "5" in early hand to head of front wrapper. A rare title. $750. Only edition. "This was an action brought by John Smith a surgeon and apothecary . against William Wood a boot and shoe maker . in the same parish; to recover a compensation in damages for publishing a gross scandalous and malicious libel in the form of a caricature picture or print . tending to injure and defame the character of the plaintiff.-The damages were laid at one thousand pounds" pp. 3-4. The court found for the defendant. OCLC locates 2 print copies Cornell University University of Minnesota Law School. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 II:1191. unknown books
1702ref. 14527La Haye, Louis et Henri van Dole, 1702 ; 3 tomes in-12 ; plein veau blond glacé, dos à nerfs très décoré et doré, pièce de titre grenat, filet à froid d'encadrement des plats, roulette sur les coupes et d'intérieur, tranches mouchetées de rouge (reliure de l'époque) ; (32), 451, (1 bl.) ; (8), 447 ; (8), 438 pp. et portrait gravé par P. Bouttats en frontispice du Tome I.
1702ref. 12377Lyon, Laurent Langlois, 1702 ; petit in-folio, plein veau havane, dos à nerfs décoré et doré, pièce de titre bordeaux, tranches mouchetées (reliure de l’époque) ; (4), 27 pp. (Mémoire pour le Sieur Procureur du Roy, en la Sénéchaussée & Siège Présidial de Lyon), (1), 28 pp. (Factum, Pour le Procureur Général au Parlement de Grenoble), 40 pp. (Procez verbal de maitre Louis Tindo), 20 pp. (extrait des Registres du Conseil d’Etat privé du Roy), 1 carte dépliante hors-texte.
First edition, [4], 288, 149, [1]pp., folding engraved map, Birmingham Law Society stamp on title, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco title label. The Appin Murder occurred on 14 May 1752 near Appin in the west of Scotland, and it resulted in what is often held to be a notorious miscarriage of justice. It occurred in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The murder inspired events in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
1879In-folio massimo (cm. 47,2x33), ogni fasc. 4 pagine, solo la prima con grande scenografica LITOGRAFIA firmata G. o Giovanni DEMICHELIS splendido nelle scene storiche, caricaturista di morbide sensuali forme (specie nelle allegorie femminili) e gran ritrattistta. I fascicoli recano timbri postali di Torino, e etichette con l'indirizzo "Giovanni DEMICHELIS, Torino via San Lazzaro 20 (ora via dei Mille, ove soggiornò Garibaldi, probabile occasione per il magistrale sottocitato ritratto dal vero), ciò che fa immaginare la prestigiosa provenienza dell'esemplare. Il giornale, fortemente garibaldino ma lealista coi Savoia, avverso al Potere tempoirale del papa e ai Gesuiti (e al clero rapace), critico sul Parlamento (specie sul retrivo Senato), di sentimenti sociali moderati, ottimista sul Progresso, occhiuto su processi sensazionali "alle Assisie" riferiti via telegrafo! Uscì nel dicembre 1877. Molti articoli di O. TURCHETTI (forse Odoardo il medico lunigianese,che curò Garibaldi, e/o l'autore di scritti sulla Rivista Europea). Segnaliamo 1) i 14 fasc.dal1-2 ott. 1879 (e poi ben oltre) sul molto spettacolarizzato PROCESSO FADDA (reduce risorgimentale impotente ucciso dall'amante della giovane moglie), seguìto con diffusa morbosità 2) Il Processo dei LAZZERETTISTI (seguaci del profeta visionario "giurisdavidico" di Arcidosso nell'AMIATA Davide LAZZARETTI), in ben 11 fasc. (dal 24 ott. al 16 nov. 1879. 3) Processo al prete Salvatore DE MATTIA e soci per truffa billionaria al Lotto. 4) Processo a Domenico MANGIONE. 5) 16 fasc, su GARIBALDI a GENOVA Milano Roma 4-5 ott. -9 nov. con gran RITRATTO dal vero, e vari altri fasc. su GARIBALDI in spiaggia a Civitavecchia e sua figlia Clelia salvatrice di un'annegante, sulla di lui morte (2 giugno 1882), gesta e ricorrenze. 6) Processo per l'uccisione del giornalista antigaribaldino FERENZONA. INOLTRE: Le evoluzioni della tassa sul MACINATO tra Sella, Cairoli e Depretis, la "minestra del Povero", l'Emigrazione, la guerra Anglo- ZULù, le mene di Leone XIII e Gesuiti, ricorrenze risorgimentali, MAZZINI, Arnaldo da Brescia, Masaniello, rivendicazioni (suffragio universale ecc.). A richiesta forniremo l'elenco preciso dei fascicoli presenti, che, pur così numerosi NON costituiscono alcuna annata completa. Presente in diverse biblioteche, lacunoso e in pochi fascicoli, e perlopiù di annate più recenti.
ref. 55900, Paris, chez l’auteur- Durand- Nyon- Merigot jeune 1778-1784, 9 vol. in-8, pl. veau blond marbré, tit. et tom. dorés sur pc. de cuir grenat et olive, dos à 5 nerfs ornés de fers dorés, caissons richement décorés de fleurons, motifs floraux et filets encadrants dorés, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tr. rouges, bandeaux et vignettes, (coiffes parfois lég. accidentées, coupes frottées, rel. lég. usée, rares rousseurs et piqûres), très bel exemplaire, env. 3600p.
1863In-16 p. (mm. 172x101), brossura orig. (picc. manc. al dorso), pp. 58, con fregio xilografato al frontespizio. Rara "prima edizione italiana" di questo libretto stampato a Napoli. L’autore era giunto a Napoli al seguito di Garibaldi che lo aveva nominato Direttore onorario delle Belle Arti. Spirito vulcanico, vi fondò il giornale ‘L’Indipendente’ e si occupò degli scavi di Pompei. Il libretto fu scritto a commento di un processo che aveva appena concluso il clamoroso giallo di un omicidio: vittima, un orologiaio napoletano, tal Francesco Ruffa. L'assassinio era avvenuto nell’agosto del 1862, un anno dopo l’Unità d’Italia, quando i codici non erano stati ancora unificati. Solo in Toscana era già stata abrogata la pena di morte mentre vigeva ancora a Napoli. Di fatto, però, i magistrati napoletani - aperti a quel rinnovamento culturale e morale che sul solco di Cesare Beccaria propugnava l'abolizione della pena capitale - ricorrevano sistematicamente a stratagemmi e a cavilli per non applicarla, anche a costo di forzature paradossali. Così, nel caso dell'omicidio Ruffa, la giuria accordò agli assassini le attenuanti generiche per poterli condannare ai lavori forzati, anziché alla fucilazione. Contro questa sentenza insorse Alessandro Dumas, che in polemica elegante ma dura con i magistrati scrisse "La pena di morte e il giurì napoletano". (dall’articolo di V. A. Stagno su L'Onda Razzista, 1983). Testo ben conservato, con ex libris di Cesare Correnti e la dedica autografa al frontespizio “De la part de l’auteur / A Dumas”.
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1846ref. 715931846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State": McDade 60 Trial. Baker Abner d.1845 Defendant. Crozier C.W. 1807-1884. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker Jr. A Monomaniac Who Was Executed October 3 1845 For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution Etc. Etc. Trial and Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. iv xiii 1 152 pp. Frontispiece diagram of murder scene and additional portrait frontispiece of Baker. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.6 x 17.8 cm. Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and fillets to spine endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine moderate toning and foxing faint dampstaining to most of text. $850. Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland Kentucky he shot Bates in the back but was released as insane. The Bates family published an award for his capture and Baker family pride stung by the publication produced the Doctor who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" McDade. Our account of Baker's trial was also a family matter: it was compiled in part by his sister Elizabeth's husband Dr. Carrick White Crozier. OCLC locates 2 copies Yale Law School Los Angeles County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 60. unknown
1846ref. 715931846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State": McDade 60 Trial. Baker Abner d.1845 Defendant. Crozier C.W. 1807-1884. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker Jr. A Monomaniac Who Was Executed October 3 1845 For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution Etc. Etc. Trial and Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville KY: Prentice and Weissinger 1846. iv xiii 1 152 pp. Frontispiece diagram of murder scene and additional portrait frontispiece of Baker. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5"; 21.6 x 17.8 cm. Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards gilt title and fillets to spine endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine moderate toning and foxing faint dampstaining to most of text. $850. Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland Kentucky he shot Bates in the back but was released as insane. The Bates family published an award for his capture and Baker family pride stung by the publication produced the Doctor who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" McDade. Our account of Baker's trial was also a family matter: it was compiled in part by his sister Elizabeth's husband Dr. Carrick White Crozier. OCLC locates 2 copies Yale Law School Los Angeles County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 60. unknown books
1827ref. 684181827. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window Trial. Cook Samuel 1786-1861 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For an Alleged Seditious Libel Tried at Worcester Aug. 1 1827 Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short Hand by an Eminent Writer. Dudley Worcestershire Eng.: Sold by S. Cook Draper 1827. ii 72 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards by Philip Dusel gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places "4" in early hand to head of title page. $850. First edition one of two from 1827. Cook a linen draper and the "radical conscience of middle-class Dudley" frequently displayed posters promoting various political events and made his business "the focal point of radicalism in the Black Country" ODNB. In 1826 he was charged with seditious libel for displaying a handbill promoting a nailers' strike that accused government ministers of contributing to the starvation of the people. He was found guilty but received a relatively light sentence of a 100 fine and a 200 bond. He published this pamphlet to raise money for his legal expenses. A note at the foot of p. 72 appeals for additional financial assistance: "S. Cook will be happy to receive any Subscriptions towards his late expenses and towards such subsequent proceedings as may be deemed requisite." A second edition with an identical page count may have been published the same year. OCLC and Library Hub locate 4 copies of both editions 2 in North America Duke Southern Illinois University. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. McCoy Freedom of the Press Supplement IC318. unknown
1827ref. 684181827. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. Dudley 1827. McCoy Freedom of the Press. A Draper is Charged with Seditious Libel for Displaying a Strike Notice in His Shop Window Trial. Cook Samuel 1786-1861 Defendant. A Full Report of the Trial of Samuel Cook Draper Dudley For an Alleged Seditious Libel Tried at Worcester Aug. 1 1827 Before Mr. Justice Littledale. Taken in Short Hand by an Eminent Writer. Dudley Worcestershire Eng.: Sold by S. Cook Draper 1827. ii 72 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into period-style quarter morocco over marbled boards by Philip Dusel gilt titles and ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places "4" in early hand to head of title page. $850. First edition one of two from 1827. Cook a linen draper and the "radical conscience of middle-class Dudley" frequently displayed posters promoting various political events and made his business "the focal point of radicalism in the Black Country" ODNB. In 1826 he was charged with seditious libel for displaying a handbill promoting a nailers' strike that accused government ministers of contributing to the starvation of the people. He was found guilty but received a relatively light sentence of a 100 fine and a 200 bond. He published this pamphlet to raise money for his legal expenses. A note at the foot of p. 72 appeals for additional financial assistance: "S. Cook will be happy to receive any Subscriptions towards his late expenses and towards such subsequent proceedings as may be deemed requisite." A second edition with an identical page count may have been published the same year. OCLC and Library Hub locate 4 copies of both editions 2 in North America Duke Southern Illinois University. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography accessed online. McCoy Freedom of the Press Supplement IC318. unknown books
