Ogdensburgh, N.Y. Hitchcock, Tillotson & Stillwell's Steam Presses, 1857. 130pp. Original pictorial wraps. Remnants of plain overwraps on spine and gutter margins of wrappers. Some wear at edges, particularly to initial leaves. Light tanning and dust soiling; occasional patches of light dampstaining. A lengthy and scarce account of a trial..... More
![Archive of a Police Patrolman's Logs from WWII-Era Cincinnati, Ohio]. Elmer W. Eubanks](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1379_01.JPG?v=1594045628)
Cincinnati: 1943-1946. Twelve notebooks, [358]pp. total. 12mo. Stapled sheets, stapled at top edge. No covers. Some light wear and soiling, but generally clean and in a legible hand. World War II-era manuscript log books kept by Cincinnati, Ohio police officer Elmer Winder Eubanks (1913-2012). Eubanks began his career in law..... More
![Two Great Features All Talking Colossal Screen Scoop The Killing of Dillinger... [caption title]....](/pictures/thumb/McBRB3203.JPG?v=1651607110)
[N.p. ca. 1935]. Photographically illustrated film herald, 12 x 6 inches. Even toning, minor edge wear, short closed tear near top edge. A rare small broadside advertising a true crime presentation including real footage related to the shooting death of famed gangster John Dillinger. This "sensational story," most likely a...... More
Indianapolis: Central Printing Co., 1880. 16pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Moderate soiling and wear, heavier to lower edge and outer leaves. Evenly toned. Scarce first edition of this pamphlet regarding the circumstances of the murder of John R. Goodwin in Brookville, Indiana, published under the auspices of the Women's Christian..... More
Puebla: 1892. xii,123,[1]pp., plus twenty plates, of which nine folding. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Moderate wear to spine leather, edges, and corners; some scuffing to boards. Light toning and dust soiling. Borderline phrenological late-19th-century study of Mexican criminals by a pair of Pueblan army doctors, Francisco..... More
[Mineral del Monte: 1775]. [8]pp. 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..... More
![The Mentor. Vol. V [Nos. 1-12]. Prison Magazines, Massachusetts](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1949_01.jpg?v=1631720585)
[Boston]: Charlestown Prison, 1904-1905. 502pp. Lithographed. Folio. Contemporary tooled calf; spine perished. Corners heavily worn, minor soiling to boards. Light toning and wear to contents, but generally clean. A complete run of the twelve issues comprising Volume 5 of the magazine printed at the Massachusetts State Prison. Content includes fiction..... More
![Corporation Court Docket & Fee Book. City of San Marcos [spine title]. Texas, Law](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1484_01.jpg?v=1607005205)
San Marcos, Tx. 1902-1908. [12],374pp. Large folio. Original half calf and cloth, spine gilt. Light wear and soiling to boards, spine and corners a bit scuffed. Contemporary typescript sheet pasted to front flyleaf. Minor soiling and wear to contents. Extensive, early 20th-century court docket recording book for the city of..... More