[San Francisco]: [The Grabhorn Press], 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, folio size, 64 pp. We cannot introduce this book better than to set forth the opening paragraph of the Note: "On March 20, 1949, members of the Vice Squad of the Philadelphia Police Department, at the direction..... More
Paris: Gustave Havard, 1846. E. de Beaumont, Laisne, et al. Hardcover. Quarto size, 554 pp., in French. Illustrated edition, note that text is entirely in French. Two interesting prior owner bookplates, on the front pastedown is a bookplate belonging to George Paget (1818-1880), a British soldier during the Crimean War..... More
London: Printed by Henry Lintot, Law-Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for A. Millar, in the Strand, 1756. Third Edition. Full leather. Folio size, 794 pp. Richard Burn (1709-1785) was the vicar of Orton and later the justice of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland, he..... More
London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies et al, 1820. Full leather. 5 Volumes (complete), octavo size, approx. 4000 pp. Richard Burn (1709-1785) received his LLD at Oxford University; he was the vicar of Orton and later the justice of the peace for the counties of Westmoreland and..... More
San Francisco: The John H. Barry Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 672 pp. Criminals characters have often held a fascination with the public, with great quantities of books and films being inspired by them, both fiction and nonfiction. "Celebrated Criminal Cases in America", written by then-Captain of the..... More
London: Printed by Order of The Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, 1819. Hardcover. Octavo size, 416 pp. This volume comprises the trial of several men for conspiring to commit piracy, originally transcribed in shorthand by William Brodie Gurney, Esq.; the text is a fascinating look at the implementation..... More