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1831ref. 827581831. Rare Account of a 14-Year-Old Murderer Murder. Bell John Any Bird 1816-1831. A Narrative of the Facts Relative to the Murder of Richard Faulkner Taylor In the Woods Between Rochester and Maidstone On Friday the 4th of March 1831 With the Proceedings on the Coroner's Inquest: The Highly Interesting Evidence of James Bell Not Adduced on the Trial Comprising a Complete and Circumstantial History of the Diabolical Affair Together with the Trial of John Any Bird Bell for the Murder: Including the Confession of the Prisoner And an Account of His Behaviour After Condemnation: Also an Abstract from the Very Excellent Discourse of the Rev. J. Winter Being the Condemned Sermon Preached at the Chapel of the Gaol on the Sunday Previous to the Execution: To Which is Added A Sketch of the Prisoner's Life. Rochester England: Printed and Sold by S. Caddel; And May be Had of Every Bookseller in the County 1831. 42 pp. Lithograph portrait frontispiece of John and James Bell. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent wrappers incorporating front cover of original printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Negligible light edgewear and a few minor creases light soiling and a few faint spots to original wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light soiling and wear to outer edges of several leaves light foxing to a few leaves early owner signature J.S. Bullard dated August 1831 to head of title page. $500. The fourteen-year-old Bell confessed to killing Richard Faulkner Taylor 1817-1831 thirteen presumably for the small sum of money Taylor was carrying home. Any Bird Bell's name is sometimes given as James probably a result of confusion with his younger brother James Bell. The younger brother apparently a witness to the crime testified against him at trial where he was convicted of murder. Bell was the youngest person executed in England in the nineteenth century. Death sentences were often given to children and teenagers but they were usually commuted. He was also the first person hanged by William Calcraft 1800-1879 who went on to become one of the most prolific British executioners and something of a celebrity. An online search of Rochester genealogy resources locates a J.S. Bullard who was a solicitor's clerk during the 1830s. OCLC locates 4 copies British Library 2 copies Library of Cong. unknown books
ref. ABE-1740533517482A small archive of 14 handwritten works entitled 'Minx' comprising three erotic shorts by convicted murderer and gay author Wayne Lonergan. Lonergan was a Toronto Ontario native born in 1918 to mentally unstable parents. He dropped out of school at a young age and had several ensuing run ins with the law leading to a term at the Langstaff Jail Farm in Richmond Hill where police reports indicate that he had been making money as a male hustler. Lonergan frequented gay clubs where he met and ultimately wed young socialite Patricia Burton heiress to the Lion brewery fortune. The two became fixtures on the Toronto and New York party circuit where it was rumored that they were both acting as sexual escorts. The marriage was further complicated when it emerged that Wayne was engaging in a consensual sexual relationship with his own father in law William Burton. The pair eventually divorced and Patricia cut her husband out of her will though not before they had a son together. Lonergan eventually returned to Canada where he served in the Canadian Air Force and in October 1943 while visiting his son in New York he and Patricia fought violently leading to her death. Lonergan fled and was captured in Canada; in April 1944 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in Sing Sing. The case was heavily covered in the media and served as the inspiration for the Kenneth Fearing novel 'The Big Clock' which formed the basis of the 1948 movie of the same name starring Ray Milland and Maureen O'Sullivan. Two more adaptations would follow: Police Python 357 1976 and No Way Out 1987 starring Kevin Costner. The murder was more recently revisited in the book 'Details Are Unprintable: Wayne Lonergan and the Sensational Cafe Society Murder' by Allan Levine 2000. The three pieces here are short vignettes involving sexual encounters between both men and women and include 'Tom Minds the House' 'Freddie the Farmer's Boy' and 'Leonard Helps on the Farm'. The letters are housed in an envelope addressed to a George E. McCann of Toronto dated 1948 and feature Lonergan's name on the recto in his own hand though it is unclear when the shorts themselves were written. A small but significant archive of material related to a sensational trial set amidst the backdrop of wealthy 1940s America. No Binding. Very Good. unknown
1831ref. 827581831. Rare Account of a 14-Year-Old Murderer Murder. Bell John Any Bird 1816-1831. A Narrative of the Facts Relative to the Murder of Richard Faulkner Taylor In the Woods Between Rochester and Maidstone On Friday the 4th of March 1831 With the Proceedings on the Coroner's Inquest: The Highly Interesting Evidence of James Bell Not Adduced on the Trial Comprising a Complete and Circumstantial History of the Diabolical Affair Together with the Trial of John Any Bird Bell for the Murder: Including the Confession of the Prisoner And an Account of His Behaviour After Condemnation: Also an Abstract from the Very Excellent Discourse of the Rev. J. Winter Being the Condemned Sermon Preached at the Chapel of the Gaol on the Sunday Previous to the Execution: To Which is Added A Sketch of the Prisoner's Life. Rochester England: Printed and Sold by S. Caddel; And May be Had of Every Bookseller in the County 1831. 42 pp. Lithograph portrait frontispiece of John and James Bell. Octavo 9" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in recent wrappers incorporating front cover of original printed wrappers untrimmed edges. Negligible light edgewear and a few minor creases light soiling and a few faint spots to original wrapper. Moderate toning to interior light soiling and wear to outer edges of several leaves light foxing to a few leaves early owner signature J.S. Bullard dated August 1831 to head of title page. $500. The fourteen-year-old Bell confessed to killing Richard Faulkner Taylor 1817-1831 thirteen presumably for the small sum of money Taylor was carrying home. Any Bird Bell's name is sometimes given as James probably a result of confusion with his younger brother James Bell. The younger brother apparently a witness to the crime testified against him at trial where he was convicted of murder. Bell was the youngest person executed in England in the nineteenth century. Death sentences were often given to children and teenagers but they were usually commuted. He was also the first person hanged by William Calcraft 1800-1879 who went on to become one of the most prolific British executioners and something of a celebrity. An online search of Rochester genealogy resources locates a J.S. Bullard who was a solicitor's clerk during the 1830s. OCLC locates 4 copies British Library 2 copies Library of Cong. unknown
1610ref. 2178Rouen, Jean Petit, 1610, in-8; vélin à bords rempliés, nerfs apparents (rel. de l’époque); (6) ff., 2 pp., 178 pp. (la dernière paginée 174 par erreur), (1) f.
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1919Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Pages 90-176 plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: In a Submarine in War-Time - Perils and harships; Billy the Kid - Photo-illustrated article on his demise at the hand of Sheriff P.F. Garrett; The Valley of Wonders - The first description and photos ever published of Red Rock Canyon in Southern California; Photo of ostrich-powered cart in Pasadena, California - the ostrich is named 'Black Diamond' and is worth $2k!; The Golden Image; In Quest of Cannibals - part 2 - Exploration and adventure in New Guinea - with interesting photos; Brief photo-illustrated article of an Indian juggler who lifts heavy weights with his eyelids; Snipe-Hunting; A Sapper's Night Out; On Foot Through South America - part 1 - Author tramped the entire terrible length of the Andes, a feat probably never accomplished before - with nice photos; On the Trail of the Big Black Elk - Hunting adventure in the Umpqua Mountains of Oregon; My South African Adventures - part 4 - In Search of Kruger's Millions; Cutting Ships in Halves - Photo-illustrated article on how a difficult transport problem was solved; Desert Flying - part 2 - The difficulties of flying over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Persia; The Saving of Freddie Wilson - The incredible story of how Negro woman Agnes Henderson witnessed the Mexican murder of an American couple, saved their son, and took him to Tampico to return him to his relatives; African Snakes. Unmarked with average wear. Covers detached as one but present. A worthy copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
1930Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Our Wild Boar - Coolies were afraid to work on a tea plantation in Assam, India due to a huge wild boar; Two Mysteries - Two strange incidents that happened in a North Country hospital during WWI; Bred in the Bone - What happened to an Australian aborigine couple who offended their tribal elders; Photo of an excellent example of French topiary; Round the World in a "Baby" Car - Part II (of II) of Gladys de Havilland's world-tour in a midget car, with photo of her in Hollywood talking to Mr. Lupino Lane plus five other wonderful photos; The Forbidden Valley - The fascinating photo-illustrated account of how RCMP officers Horsfield, Berger, and Greenfield accompanied a surveyor sent to the Kitwancool Valley in Northern British Columbia where the local natives had previously evicted the few settlers, wanting nothing to do with the white man - with photos and illustrations; the "Fool Afoot" in Italy - Part V - John Gibbons continues his amusing walking trip; Photo and explanation of "Sati" memorials in India, where wives were burnt in the same funeral pyre as their deceased husbands; The Haunting of the "Flamingo" - Bad luck strikes a vessel named Flamingo after her third engineer takes a shot at an albatross; Filming in the Wilds - Part II - Major C. Lestock Reid and his film crew experience major adventures as they attempt to film an adventure story in Siam - with photos; The Brand of the "Circle H" - A charming little story from the far west by Edith Ammons Kohl; Payment in Kind - A curious tale from Western India; The Mystery of the Post - Sergeant A.R. Cooper of the French Foreign Legion is sent to a lonely Moroccon outpost where N.C.O.s have been murdered - with photos; My Island Home - Henry G. Lamond describes his idyllic life on Homestead Bay on South Molle Island - article with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 32 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
1915Pages 93-108 (16 pages in this issue). Features: Why the Money Trust Wants War - Part IV, by Charles A. Collman - connections betwen Trust companies and munitions makers; President Wilson Should Take Counsel Against England Also for Violated Dignity, by William Bayard Hale; The War of 1920 (continued); United States Senator G.M. Hitchcock's Plea for an Embargo on Arms; Bravo Dr. Dumba!; The Sinking of the Hesperian - False Flag Attack?; Credit Where Credit is Due - President Wilson has resisted the demands of the war manufacturers to join the war; Pope Benedict renews his efforts to restore peace; Professor John A Walz Endorses this publication; News from Germany - floating hospitals; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
193988 pages. Features: Vogue's-Eye View of Summer Fashions; New fashions, pleasures, and politics in Paris today; Waists dwindle at Paris Mid-Seasons - great Horst photos; Murder in the Art Galleries; One-page colour portrait of Mrs. Edgar Scott (Number 6 in a series); Cherchez la femme - an illustrated article on lipstick; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Bergdorf Goodman features lady seated by cabana with white dog; Random notes on waists, women and what-not; Summer Stock; This Summer's Debutantes - photos of Colette Gay, Mary Steel, Elizabeth Gibson, Rosamund Reed, Marjorie Flagg, Margaret Harper, Mary Filley, Elizabeth Kean, Dorothy Blackwell, Margot Finletter, Ann Wickes, Elizabeth Putnam and Barbara Iselin; Photos and brief write-ups of Barry Fitzgerald, Patricia Collinge, Morris Carnovsky, Hal Sherman and Sam Jaffe; House of Jewels at the Fair - with lovely one-page color photo; Color-illustrated article on 'Color - for the sand and sea'; Gorgeous one-page color photo of model in blue and white-striped dress in front of green-striped backdrop; Country Dinner - skirts or trousers?; Italy sends fashions to the Fair; Young ideas for your home life; Good for your Game - golf fashion photos; Picasso, Degas and Zola - samples of their photography; Come to Lunch on Sunday; Great photos of how a woman should look - and not look - when seeking a job; Two gorgeous one-page photos of models with little waists in dinner wear; Designs for dressmaking; Shop-hound's Early Crop; Discoveries in Beauty; Augustus John; For Mothers of Tomorrow; Cast on these sweaters; and more. Ads: Color photo ad for Cannon towels inside front cover; Bonwit Teller (shoes); Two-page ad for Lucien Lelong Carefree Perfume and Cologne; Two-page ad for the Cunard White Star and its vessel the Mauretania which will make her maiden voyage from New York on June 30th; Great one-page color-photo ad for the La Salle five-passenger four-door touring sedan (green); One-page photo ad for Oldsmobile cars; Imra; Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics; Fantastic one-page ad for the new Lastex Pagan Charm Girleiere by Formfit; Campbell's Consomme (Soup); Pond's Cold Cream - featuring photos of Lady Rosemary Gresham of England, the Hon. Ann Schaughnessy in Montreal, Mrs. Robert W. Armstrong of Toronto, the former Ann Clark (now a Roosevelt), the Lady Cynthia Williams and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont of Wilmington; Gorgeous two-color one-page ad for Lentheric fragrances; Old Gold Cigarettes - with photo of World's Fair Gown; One-page two-color Helena Rubenstein lipstick ad introduces new color 'Sporting Pink'; Nice one-page two-color ad for Bourjois's Mais Oui fragrance; Le Gant's "Sta-up-Top"; Revlon cream nail enamel; Tasteful leggy one-page ad for Bellin's Wondersteoen magic hair eraser; One-page ad by Japan's Board of Tourist Industry promotes tourism to that country; Fantastic color ad inside back cover features the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 in a desert scene; Nice color-photo Fisher Body ad on back cover features seaman standing by lady in red Pontiac. Faint hand-written name upon front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Short openings at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
ref. 34284Edinburgh: Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour 1753. First edition 4 288 149 1pp. 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. Edinburgh: Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753 hardcover
ref. 10516MALET Léo Nestor BURMA-Les nouveaux mystères de Paris 12 volumes (sur 15) in 12 brochés,180x117mm, couvertures illustrées en couleurs. Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris Le numéro de chaque volume est celui imprimé en pied. Volume 1 Le soleil naît derrière le Louvre Une enquête de Nestor BURMA dans les nouveaux mystères de Paris volume in 12 broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs 223 pages troisième trimestre 1954. Edition originale, un manque en pied restauré Volume 2 : Des kilomètres de linceuls. Une enquête de Nestor BURMA dans les nouveaux mystères de Paris. In 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 205 pages 10 janvier 1955. Edition originale. Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris Volume 3 : L’ours et la culotte Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Enquête dans le Nestor BURMA enquête dans le IIIème arrondissement. In 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 205 pages, Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris 25 février 1955. Edition originale Volume 4 : Le sapin pousse dans les caves Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA à Saint Germain-des-Près. In 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 223 pages, 25 février 1955. Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris Volume 5 : Les rats de Montsouris Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans le XIVème arrondissement de Paris. In 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 207 pages, 23 août 1955. Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris édition originale Volume 6 : M’as-t-vu en cadavre ? Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans le Xème arrondissement de Paris. In 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 221 pages, 3 janvier 1956 Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris édition originale Volume 7 : Corrida aux Champs Elysées Léo Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans VIIIème arrondissement de Paris. In 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 23 février 1956 Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris édition originale Volume 8 : Pas de bavards à la muette Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans le XVIème arrondissement de Paris. in 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 235 pages, 25 janvier 1956 Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris édition originale Volume 9 : Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans le XIIIème arrondissement de Paris in 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 243 pages Quatrième trimestre 1956 Edition originale Volume 13 : Mic Mac moche au Boul’Mich’ Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans le Vème arrondissement in 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 203 pages 20 décembre 1957, Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris édition originale Volume 14 :Du Rebecca rue des rosiers Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans le IVème arrondissement de Paris. in 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 229 pages 18 avril 1958 Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris édition originale Volume XVII : l’envahissant cadavre Les nouveaux mystères de Paris Nestor BURMA enquête dans le XVIIème arrondissement de Parsi in 12 broché couverture illustrée en couleurs 233 pages 18 février 1959 Robert LAFFONT éditeur Paris édition originale
1830ref. 798021830. Boston: L. Deming 1830. Broadside Heavily trimmed. Boston: L. Deming 1830. Broadside Heavily trimmed. A Murder Broadside Mounted to a Scrapbook Leaf with Images and Other Texts Broadside. Murder. White Joseph 1747 or 1748-1830. Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death of Mr. Joseph White Of Salem Who was Found Murdered in His Bed on the Morning of the 7th of April 1830 Aged 82. Boston: Leonard Deming Sold Wholesale and Retail Corner of Merchants' Row & Market Square 1830. Broadside trimmed to 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" 21.6 x 14 ten-stanza verse text in two columns below headline single-column introductory text and woodcut image of a coffin text sections divided by rules. Broadside mounted to scrapbook leaf derived from a ledger and surrounded by clipped images of people and animals and an unrelated text other unrelated texts and animal images to verso. Moderate browning and foxing chipping and a few tears to edges with minor loss to a few of the surrounding images. $750. This is one of several different verse broadsides about the murder of Joseph White a wealthy sea captain in his 80s who lived in Salem. He was murdered by Joseph Knapp with the assistance of Richard and George Crowninshield. It was one of the most famous American cases of the 1830s due to the sensational nature of the crime and the participation and oratory of Daniel Webster who was one of the trial prosecutors. Initially the jury could not decide whether the defendants had bludgeoned White to death. A second trial convicted Knapp and Richard Crowninshield who were sentenced to death. OCLC locates 4 copies American Antiquarian Society Harvard Divinity School Harvard Law School Peabody Essex Museum. Burt American Murder Ballads 87. unknown books
ref. 15686MAINE MURDER 1811. The Trial of Ebenezer Ball before the Hon. Samuel Sewall . . . For the murder of John Tileston Downes at Robinstown Jan. 28 1811. Castine: By Samuel Hall 1811. 40 p. Removed from a bound volume. Old library stamps minor overall browning and foxing. Very good. John Tileston Downes was shot and killed by Ebenezer Ball in Robbinston Maine while attempting to arrest Ball on suspicion of forgery. Ball was found guilty and was hanged in what was the first legal hanging for murder in Eastern Maine. See W. L. Welch "Hanging Ebenezer Ball" Maine History 45 2010 pp. 151-167. Shaw and Shoemaker 24056; Skillin Bibliography of Maine Imprints 11-09; McDade Annals of Murder 65. unknown books
1870ref. 756251870. Rare Images of Murderer Edward Stokes His Victim James Fisk And the Woman Who Drove Him to Murder Murder. Fisk James Jr. 1835-1872 Stokes Edward 1841-1901. Mansfield Helen Josephine "Josie" 1847-1931. 3-1/2" x 2-1/4" Cartes-de-Visite of Fisk Stokes and Mansfield Mounted on 4" x 2-1/2" Cards. New York c.1870. Light toning and soiling to edges of cards a few minor finger smudges outside of images light wear to corners. Overall very good. $750. These images relate to a sensational event that occurred in New York in 1872: the murder of the financier Fisk also known as "Diamond Jim" and "Jubilee Jim" by his former business associate Stokes. McDade's summary of the case: "Stokes and Fisk become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield. In retaliation Fisk had charged Stokes with embezzling oil company funds; Stokes replied with a charge of false imprisonment. Then Mansfield threatened to publish letters from Fisk revealing some of his transactions. On January 5 an injunction was issued restraining the publication of the letters; on the next day Josie Mansfield was exposed to a humiliating cross-examination in police court on her relations with Fisk. Stokes in a rage followed Fisk to the Broadway Central Hotel where he shot him on the stairs. After two trials the state could only convict Stokes of third-degree manslaughter." No copies of any of these cartes on OCLC; no sale records in RareBookHub since 1919. McDade The Annals of Murder annotation to entry 917. unknown books
1830ref. 798021830. Boston: L. Deming 1830. Broadside Heavily trimmed. Boston: L. Deming 1830. Broadside Heavily trimmed. A Murder Broadside Mounted to a Scrapbook Leaf with Images and Other Texts Broadside. Murder. White Joseph 1747 or 1748-1830. Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death of Mr. Joseph White Of Salem Who was Found Murdered in His Bed on the Morning of the 7th of April 1830 Aged 82. Boston: Leonard Deming Sold Wholesale and Retail Corner of Merchants' Row & Market Square 1830. Broadside trimmed to 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" 21.6 x 14 ten-stanza verse text in two columns below headline single-column introductory text and woodcut image of a coffin text sections divided by rules. Broadside mounted to scrapbook leaf derived from a ledger and surrounded by clipped images of people and animals and an unrelated text other unrelated texts and animal images to verso. Moderate browning and foxing chipping and a few tears to edges with minor loss to a few of the surrounding images. $750. This is one of several different verse broadsides about the murder of Joseph White a wealthy sea captain in his 80s who lived in Salem. He was murdered by Joseph Knapp with the assistance of Richard and George Crowninshield. It was one of the most famous American cases of the 1830s due to the sensational nature of the crime and the participation and oratory of Daniel Webster who was one of the trial prosecutors. Initially the jury could not decide whether the defendants had bludgeoned White to death. A second trial convicted Knapp and Richard Crowninshield who were sentenced to death. OCLC locates 4 copies American Antiquarian Society Harvard Divinity School Harvard Law School Peabody Essex Museum. Burt American Murder Ballads 87. unknown
1870ref. 756251870. Rare Images of Murderer Edward Stokes His Victim James Fisk And the Woman Who Drove Him to Murder Murder. Fisk James Jr. 1835-1872 Stokes Edward 1841-1901. Mansfield Helen Josephine "Josie" 1847-1931. 3-1/2" x 2-1/4" Cartes-de-Visite of Fisk Stokes and Mansfield Mounted on 4" x 2-1/2" Cards. New York c.1870. Light toning and soiling to edges of cards a few minor finger smudges outside of images light wear to corners. Overall very good. $750. These images relate to a sensational event that occurred in New York in 1872: the murder of the financier Fisk also known as "Diamond Jim" and "Jubilee Jim" by his former business associate Stokes. McDade's summary of the case: "Stokes and Fisk become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield. In retaliation Fisk had charged Stokes with embezzling oil company funds; Stokes replied with a charge of false imprisonment. Then Mansfield threatened to publish letters from Fisk revealing some of his transactions. On January 5 an injunction was issued restraining the publication of the letters; on the next day Josie Mansfield was exposed to a humiliating cross-examination in police court on her relations with Fisk. Stokes in a rage followed Fisk to the Broadway Central Hotel where he shot him on the stairs. After two trials the state could only convict Stokes of third-degree manslaughter." No copies of any of these cartes on OCLC; no sale records in RareBookHub since 1919. McDade The Annals of Murder annotation to entry 917. unknown
1775ref. 2247Mineral del Monte 1775. Still very good. 8pp. Small folio. Stitched. Minor wear at edges. Light toning. Minor darkening and patchy staining at upper corner and along top edge. Fascinating documents of a murder in a colonial Mexican mining town during the late 18th century. Nicolas Gregorio Picazo was killed in the town of Mineral del Monte also known as Real del Monte in early March 1775 and a group of three men Phelipe de Avila Miguel de Avila and Manuel Gonzalez were charged with the murder. Real del Monte northeast of Pachuca in Hidalgo is located in the region where the Spanish one of their earliest discoveries of gold and silver following the conquest of the Aztecs in the early 1520s. Real del Monte is particularly rich in silver and is estimated to have produced over one billion ounces of the precious metal from its mines over the course of the last five hundred years. The present documents include affidavits and witness statements including one from the widow of the murdered man as well as several procedural decisions from the judges in the case. An interesting record of colonial Mexican homicide proceedings in one its most significant industrial and commercial areas beyond Mexico City. unknown books
1775ref. 2247Mineral del Monte 1775. Still very good. 8pp. Small folio. Stitched. Minor wear at edges. Light toning. Minor darkening and patchy staining at upper corner and along top edge. Fascinating documents of a murder in a colonial Mexican mining town during the late 18th century. Nicolas Gregorio Picazo was killed in the town of Mineral del Monte also known as Real del Monte in early March 1775 and a group of three men Phelipe de Avila Miguel de Avila and Manuel Gonzalez were charged with the murder. Real del Monte northeast of Pachuca in Hidalgo is located in the region where the Spanish one of their earliest discoveries of gold and silver following the conquest of the Aztecs in the early 1520s. Real del Monte is particularly rich in silver and is estimated to have produced over one billion ounces of the precious metal from its mines over the course of the last five hundred years. The present documents include affidavits and witness statements including one from the widow of the murdered man as well as several procedural decisions from the judges in the case. An interesting record of colonial Mexican homicide proceedings in one its most significant industrial and commercial areas beyond Mexico City. unknown
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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.
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ref. 52193aafLugduni (Lyon), Anno M. DC. LVIII., (1658), small in-12mo, title page + 94 p., last leaf's upper inner corner torn off and repaired (loss of a few words), upper margin cut too short (partial loss of page number in one or 2 cases), title page foxed, browning and small light waterstain to last part of the vol., p. 21/22 with large tear repaired, library stamps (both names are Czech) on endpaper, marbled endpaper on inside frontcover with traces of eliminated bookplate, calf binding, gold tooled spine, large goldtooled coat of arms (showing the initials "R M F") on both covers, spine ends chipped, two tiny traces of worming, some waterstains, lower corners and spine partly rubbed, top corners scraped, red sprinkled edges.
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1899ref. 713181899. Worcester OH 1899. McDade 334. Very uncommon. Worcester OH 1899. McDade 334. Very uncommon. A Fragile Survival of a Sensational Gilded Age Murder Trial: The Killing of President McKinley's Brother-in-Law Murder. Albaugh Thurlow K. 1868-1937. George Annie E. b.1859. Saxton George D. 1848-1898. Canton's Great Tragedy: The Murder of George D. Saxton Together with a History of the Arrest and Trial of Annie E. George Charged with the Murder. With Biographical Sketches of George D. Saxton and Annie E. George. With Illustrations. Wooster OH: Press of Clapper Printing Co. 1899. ii 308 pp. 14 leaves of plates. Illustrations. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 19 x 13 cm. Original pictorial wrappers moderate soiling rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners small hole to front wrapper. Moderate browning to text faint dampstaining to fore-edges of a few leaves near rear of text. Housed in an attractive custom green cloth clamshell box with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. $950. Only edition. A detailed contemporary account of one of the most sensational American murder trials of the late nineteenth century involving the killing of George D. Saxton brother of Ida Saxton McKinley wife of President William McKinley. Saxton a prominent Canton Ohio businessman was shot and killed on October 7 1898. Annie E. George a married woman with whom he had reportedly maintained a longstanding intimate relationship was arrested and charged with his murder. The case attracted widespread publicity heightened by Saxton's relationship to the presidential family and the scandalous circumstances surrounding his death. George's trial held in Canton in 1899 became a widely followed courtroom spectacle. The prosecution sought to establish her responsibility for Saxton's death while the defense challenged the evidence against her. The proceedings brought questions of sexual morality personal reputation and the treatment of women accused of violent crimes into the public arena. George was ultimately acquitted an outcome that added to the notoriety of the case. A fragile survival of the sensational crime literature of Gilded Age America preserved in its original pictorial wrappers. Published shortly after George's acquittal Canton's Great Tragedy is a valuable contemporary account of a nationally publicized murder trial notable for its connection to the presidential family and its illuminatio. unknown books
1899ref. 713181899. Worcester OH 1899. McDade 334. Very uncommon. Worcester OH 1899. McDade 334. Very uncommon. A Fragile Survival of a Sensational Gilded Age Murder Trial: The Killing of President McKinley's Brother-in-Law Murder. Albaugh Thurlow K. 1868-1937. George Annie E. b.1859. Saxton George D. 1848-1898. Canton's Great Tragedy: The Murder of George D. Saxton Together with a History of the Arrest and Trial of Annie E. George Charged with the Murder. With Biographical Sketches of George D. Saxton and Annie E. George. With Illustrations. Wooster OH: Press of Clapper Printing Co. 1899. ii 308 pp. 14 leaves of plates. Illustrations. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5-1/4"; 19 x 13 cm. Original pictorial wrappers moderate soiling rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners small hole to front wrapper. Moderate browning to text faint dampstaining to fore-edges of a few leaves near rear of text. Housed in an attractive custom green cloth clamshell box with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. $950. Only edition. A detailed contemporary account of one of the most sensational American murder trials of the late nineteenth century involving the killing of George D. Saxton brother of Ida Saxton McKinley wife of President William McKinley. Saxton a prominent Canton Ohio businessman was shot and killed on October 7 1898. Annie E. George a married woman with whom he had reportedly maintained a longstanding intimate relationship was arrested and charged with his murder. The case attracted widespread publicity heightened by Saxton's relationship to the presidential family and the scandalous circumstances surrounding his death. George's trial held in Canton in 1899 became a widely followed courtroom spectacle. The prosecution sought to establish her responsibility for Saxton's death while the defense challenged the evidence against her. The proceedings brought questions of sexual morality personal reputation and the treatment of women accused of violent crimes into the public arena. George was ultimately acquitted an outcome that added to the notoriety of the case. A fragile survival of the sensational crime literature of Gilded Age America preserved in its original pictorial wrappers. Published shortly after George's acquittal Canton's Great Tragedy is a valuable contemporary account of a nationally publicized murder trial notable for its connection to the presidential family and its illuminatio. unknown
