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2002ref. 23902NY: Putnam. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0399149325 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Putnam hardcover books
2005ref. 35567NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. Hardcover. 0192805991 . A later printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
2004ref. 25305Amherst: Prometheus Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1591021995 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Prometheus Books hardcover books
1824ref. BB056Murder Trial Account of the Murder of the late Mr William Weare . the coroner's inquest the trials of the prisoners and the execution. By George Henry Jones. London 1824. With 3 landscapes 2 folding plates finely lithographed by C J Hullmandel. 8vo iv344pp; half-leather marbled boards spine label "Thurtell's Trial" lightly scuffed very solid and clean throughout. First edition. William Weare was a solicitor of Lyon's Inn and a gambler. His killer was John Thurtell 1794–1824 a sports promoter amateur boxer a former Royal Marine officer and a son of the Mayor of Norwich. Thurtell owed Weare a gambling debt of £300 an immense sum at the time equivalent to £24500 in 20151. Thurtell believed Weare had cheated him of the money. Whatever the truth when Weare demanded payment Thurtell murdered him rather than pay up. He invited Weare to join him and his friends – Joseph Hunt a tavern landlord and William Probert a former convict and alcohol merchant – for a weekend of gambling at Probert's cottage at the site of Oaks Close off Gills Hill Lane subsequently popularly known as Murder Lane23 Radlett. On 24 October 1823 they journeyed from London in Thurtell's horse-drawn gig but Weare was killed in a dark lane just short of their destination. The gruesome and callous events created such public sensation that it attracted numerous ballads and theatre shows at the time along with comment by the essayist Babington Macaulay and the crime used variously in the work of Sir Walter Scott William Hazllitt and Robert Louis Stevenson. After the trial one of the accused was hanged and another Joseph Hunt was transported to Botany Bay Australia. Charles Joseph Hullmandel 1789–1850 studied art and printmaking and is considered amongst the most important figures in the development of British lithography. He developed a method for reproducing gradations in tones and for creating the effect of soft color washes which enabled the reproduction of Romantic landscape paintings of the type made popular by J. M. W. Turner. Hullmandel's essay The Art of Drawing on Stone 1824 was an important handbook of lithography issued the same year as this account of the trial. books
ref. 606339not signed from the 1979 film "Murder By Decree." 1. 1/2 length shot Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes in his laboratory. 2. 1/2 length shot of David Hemmings as Inspector Foxborough. Photographs are on single weight stock; 10 1/8" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling; 1979. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
ref. 606368not signed of David Hemmings as police inspector Foxborough being mortally stabbed by Peter Jonfield in the 1979 film "Murder By Decree." Photograph is on single weight stock; 10 1/8" x 8"; very good minor signs of handling; 1979. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1991ref. SBBI-mon0000122419Marshall Cavendish 1991. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Marshall Cavendish paperback
1991ref. SBBI-mon0000122411Marshall Cavendish 1991. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Marshall Cavendish paperback
1991ref. SBBIH-D5P5LM7TIPJVMarshall Cavendish 1991. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Marshall Cavendish paperback
ref. SBBIH-URBCUQLL6W2Mpaperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. paperback
1991ref. SBBIH-NNY2X4AAR377Marshall Cavendish 1991. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Marshall Cavendish paperback
1825ref. 88889Concord: Jacob B. Moore 1825. First Edition. Octavo. Sewn wrappers; 127pp. Lacking cover wraps if issued; half-title and title page quite worn with mended horizontal tears and nearly detached from text block; final text leaf crudely repaired by an early owner. A complete copy Fair to Good only. A case of filicide. The "father and stepmother were charged with the murder of a five-year-old child by neglect and starvation. The father was convicted of manslaughter" McDade. SABIN 96867. McDADE 328. Jacob B. Moore unknown
1832ref. 843911832. Murder in the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Sphere: A Rare Provincial Broadside Broadside. Execution. Wollard Joseph d.1832. The Life Trial And Execution of Josh. Wollard Who Suffered Death on the New Drop at Stafford on Monday Last For the Wilful Murder He Committed on the Body of His Wife. Litchfield England: Thompson Printer 1832. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" 25 x 18.7 cm broadside mounted to 13" x 10" 33.2 x 25.3 cm backing sheet. Text in two columns below headline nine-stanza "Copy of Verses at foot of second column." Light toning and negligible light soiling to broadside small paper residue at its top-edge from mounting moderate toning to backing sheet which was removed from an album. Rare. $1850. This rare survival offers a grim unvarnished window into 19th-century domestic violence crime and the culture of public punishment in provincial England. The broadside details the argument the fatal assault the trial and Wollard's execution via the "New Drop" at Stafford. While historical accounts of the event vary in minor details this popular street literature piece focuses heavily on the pathos of the victim's condition noting she was "in a far advanced state of pregnancy." The execution ballads at the foot of the sheet amplify the husband's remorse and the dual nature of the homicide noting that "two lives at once" were taken. Street literature of this nature from regional presses like Thompson of Litchfield was printed on cheap paper sold for pennies and almost universally discarded. Completely unrecorded in OCLC and Library Hub. The only other known copy is housed at the New York State Library; missing from the British Library and Harvard. unknown
1813ref. 843901813. A Rare Regency Murder Broadside & Moral "Caution": OCLC and Library Hub Locate Only One Copy Broadside. Murder. Welch Matthew. An Account of the Cruel and Barbarous Murder of Mary Baker Supposed by Matthew Welch With Whom She Lived in Adultery In Drury-Lane London Early on Monday Morning June 21 1813. Being an Awful Caution and Warning to All Whoremongers and Adulterers. Newcastle: Marshall Printer 1813. 11-1/2" x 6-3/4" 29 x 17.3 cm broadside mounted to 13" x 10" 33 x 25.9 cm backing sheet. Moderate toning light foxing and soiling small tear and a few tiny holes to broadside without loss to text moderate toning and light foxing to backing sheet which was removed from an album. Rare. $1850. A remarkably rare luridly titled provincial broadside detailing a gruesome London murder. Mary Baker and Matthew Welch "cohabited as man and wife" in Drury Lane despite both being married to other people. Following a violent domestic quarrel that required the landlord's intervention Baker was discovered murdered with "her brains beat out several cuts on her head and her breast black from the blows she had received." According to this account the violence was triggered by jealousy after Baker paid a visit to her actual husband which "provoked the vengeance of her bloody paramour." While Regency-era street literature and true-crime broadsides typically balanced moral instruction with cheap titillation this Newcastle printing adopts an exceptionally strident fire-and-brimstone tone. Rather than casting Baker purely as a victim the text frames her horrific murder as a consequence of her own sins-calling it "not only.an awful judgment of God upon the guilty offenders but also.a salutary caution and warning to others that they may avoid the paths which inevitably lead to destruction." An exceptional survival of regional popular print culture capturing 19th-century attitudes toward domestic violence infidelity and divine retribution. Extremely rare. OCLC and Library Hub locate only one solitary copy globally held at the British Library. 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
1850ref. 829831850. N.p: S.n. 1850. N.p: S.n. 1850. A Verse Broadside by a Female Poet About the Sensational Parkman-Webster Murder Broadside. Murder. Doe Mary G. 1801-1870. Webster John White 1793-1850. Soliloquy of Prof. John W. Webster After the Murder of Dr. Geo. Parkman up to the Time of His Execution. N.p: S.n. 1850. 12" x 9" 31 x 23 cm broadside headline and three-column text within decorative border. Moderate toning and a few small stains edges and fold lines reinforced with cellotape on verso some chips and wear to edges several tears mostly invisible minor loss to text in two places legibility not affected. $450. This verse broadside concerns one of the most sensational events in Antebellum America: the murder at Harvard Medical School of Dr. George Parkman a prominent Boston business man and Harvard alumnus by Professor John W. Webster who was deeply in debt to him. This case attracted attention due to its gruesome nature and the high social status of the victim and murderer. Doe was a Maine poet. There are three other issues of her Webster broadside: one with the imprint "Advertiser Press Biddeford Maine"; one with a slightly different title Soliloquy Of Prof. John W. Webster After the Disappearance of Dr. Geo. Parkman up to the Time of His Execution and an Advertiser Press imprint; and one with the latter title and no imprint. All are rare. OCLC locates 5 copies of our imprint American Antiquarian Society Brown Harvard Harvard Law School University of Michigan. Not in Sabin. unknown
1801ref. 822491801. McDade 297: One of the Most Sensational American Trials of the Early 1800s Trial. Fairbanks Jason Defendant. Report of the Trial of Jason Fairbanks On an Indictment for the Murder of Miss Elizabeth Fales. At the Supreme Court Holden at Dedham in the County of Norfolk On Thursday the 6th And Friday the 7th Days of August 1801. Boston: Printed by Russell and Cutler 1801. 87 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet with untrimmed edges bound into later cloth gilt title and fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities moderate browning and light foxing to interior corner folds and small chips to edges of a few leaves tears with early repairs to title page and following leaf. $350. Second edition one of four editions all issued in 1801. The second third and fourth editions have a history of the case and an eye-witness account of Fairbanks's execution. This was one of the most sensational American trials of the early 1800s. The parents of Elizabeth Fales objected to Fairbanks's suit and he in revenge or frustration slit her throat in a field attempting at the same time to commit suicide. When apprehended he claimed that she tried to kill herself. After his conviction Fairbanks escaped custody and almost reached Canada but was apprehended in Vermont. He was hanged a short time later. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 12550. McDade The Annals of Murder 297. unknown
1823ref. 789481823. Only Known Copy. Padua: Molinari 1823. 4 pp. Only Known Copy. Padua: Molinari 1823. 4 pp. He Killed Him With a Billhook Murder. Italy. Estratto Degli Inquisizionali Contro Baldassare Zotta Detto Morte Colpevole del Delitto di Omicidio Proditorio Consumato Nella Persona di Giammaria Zotta Bellotto il Dopo Panzo del 10 Luglio 1822 Redatto a Termini del .450 del Codice Penale Caption Title. Padua: Tip. Molinari 1823. 4 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Later plain wrappers light soiling to exterior chipping to spine ends and corners moderate toning to interior. Rare. $450. A remarkable and apparently unique survival detailing the brutal murder of Giammaria Zotta Bellotto by his fellow townsman Baldassare Zotta a farm laborer from the Trento region harbored a deep-seated grievance against Bellotto holding him directly responsible for significant damages suffered by his family. On the afternoon dopo pranzo of July 10 1822 Zotta ambushed Bellotto from behind striking him repeatedly with a heavy billhook roncola until he was dead. The official report dryly notes that Zotta resorted to a ambush because Bellotto was physically much stronger and Zotta lacked the courage to confront him face-to-face. Zotta was charged under 450 of the Austrian Penal Code of 1803 which governed the territory of Trentino-Alto Adige during this era. The statute specifically defined omicidio proditorio treacherous or ambush murder-an aggravated form of homicide carrying mandatory capital punishment. Imprints of ephemeral legal extracts Inquisizionali printed in smaller provincial centers like Padua for regional trial proceedings were produced in extremely small quantities-primarily for court officers local magistracies and public notice-making survival of such broadsheets exceptionally rare. No copies located on OCLC Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico or other online catalogues. unknown
1847ref. 714041847. Philadelphia: S.n. 1847. McDade 711. Philadelphia: S.n. 1847. McDade 711. A Murder in Richmond: McDade 711 Murder. Myers William R. Defendant. The Letters and Correspondence of Mrs. Virginia Myers Which Have Never Before Been Published or Even Read in Court to Dudley Marvin Hoyt Who was Murdered at Richmond Sept. 28th 1846 by Wm. R. Myers and Two Others. Together with a Denial of the Truth of Mrs. Myers' Letter of Explanation of November Last From Alta Vista. Likewise Added a Short Biography of D.M. Hoyt By a Relative of the Deceased. Philadelphia: S.n. 1847. 63 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo 9" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Front wrapper edgeworn chipped and partially detached rear wrapper lacking. Light browning to text light foxing to a few leaves final leaf lightly edgeworn and partially detached. $250. Only edition. "Dudley Hoyt had been intimate with Mrs. Myers in a hotel in Richmond Virginia. Her husband with his brother and a friend called on Hoyt and presented him with a paper to sign promising to leave the city never to return. He refused and Myers shot him. All were acquitted" McDade. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Harvard Library of Congress Northwestern University of Cincinnati University of Richmond US Supreme Court Worcester County Law Library. McDade The Annals of Murder 711. unknown
1872ref. 712841872. Jealousy Fraud Accusations and Murder: The 1872 Assassination of "Jubilee Jim" Fisk Murder. Stokes Edward S. 1841-1901. Fisk James Jr. 1835-1872. Life Adventures Strange Career And Assassination of Col. James Fisk Jr. The Fisk-Stokes Tragedy. All about Miss Mansfield. Those Rich Rare And Racy Letters and Many Oddities Now for the First Time Made Public. Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co. 1872. First and Only Edition. ii 19-111 1 pp. 12 full-page engraved woodcuts. Complete. Octavo 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet in pictorial wrappers. Binding slightly cocked light soiling rubbing to corners with light wear spine ends abraded wrappers just beginning to detach at ends. Moderate toning light foxing to a few leaves. $1250. This sensational nineteenth-century sensationalized pamphlet details the infamous Gilded Age murder of "Jubilee Jim" Fisk a notorious financial speculator and robber baron who along with Jay Gould controlled the Erie Railroad. The narrative exposes the intricate love triangle and financial feud involving Fisk his associate Edward S. Stokes and Fisk's mistress Helen Josephine "Josie" Mansfield. Following a series of escalating legal battles over embezzlement and false imprisonment Mansfield threatened to publish extortionate letters revealing Fisk's illicit corporate transactions. After a humiliating courtroom cross-examination regarding her personal life on January 6 1872 an enraged Stokes tracked Fisk to New York's Broadway Central Hotel and shot him on the grand staircase. Following three high-profile trials Stokes was ultimately convicted of third-degree manslaughter. This work serves as an important primary artifact of Gilded Age public interest in white-collar corruption tabloid journalism and the volatile business culture of 1870s New York. OCLC locates 11 copies 2 in law libraries Library of Congress Yale. McDade The Annals of Murder 919. unknown
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
ref. 329862New York: Canadian-American Records. Record. Very Good record and jacket. Canadian-American Records unknown
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
1849ref. 717871849. 14-1/2" x 10" 36.8 x 25.4 cm. 14-1/2" x 10" 36.8 x 25.4 cm. Unrecorded Oxfordshire Ephemera: A Graphic Mid-Victorian Murder Broadside Broadside. Murder. Great Britain. Attempted Murder of a Wife by Her Husband Near Banbury Oxfordshire. Reading: Jones Printer 1849. 14-1/2" x 10" 36.8 x 25.4 cm broadside triple-column text below headline and woodcut image of a man stabbing a woman flanked by six stanzas of verse. Light toning and edgewear vertical and horizontal folds the latter with early repair fold line to lower right-hand corner light foxing to margins negligible faint dampstain to left-hand margin touching a bit of text. A remarkably well-preserved example of fragile Victorian street literature. $3850. A chilling primary account of the case of James Layton. Driven by financial ruin and paranoid delusions Layton attacked his wife with both a pistol and a knife during a walk near Banbury. Despite the intervention of nearby laborers the victim eventually succumbed to her wounds. The case is a significant example of mid-19th-century forensic psychiatry; Layton was ultimately found "not guilty by reason of insanity" reflecting the evolving legal treatment of mental illness in the Victorian era. This rare broadside appears to be unrecorded. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. Not at the British Library or the university of Oxford. unknown
