Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company, 1964. 528 pp. Originally published for military use this revised edition was marketed to police officers, special guards, and the individual. Includes instruction on dealing with Mob Violence, Communist Tactics, Chemical Munitions, and more.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. 265 pp. An Anthology of Poems, Essays, Stories, and Plays by Ten Black Inmates in the Norfolk Prison in Massachusetts. Foreword by Elma Louis. Drawings by Alfred Howell, Jr. Photographs by Ted Polumbaum.
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1938. 306 pp. From the author of "I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang." Dust jacket not price clipped. Some chipping to the jacket around spine and edges.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. 337 pp. James A. Johnston was the warden of Folsom, San Quentin, and Alcatraz prisons in California. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. 325 pp. First edition. Thomas McDade, author of The Annals of Murder, personal copy with bookplate on inside cover.
Wayne State University Press, 2001. New and still shrink wrapped.
Rochester: American Public Health Association, 1890. 190 pp. Binding moderately faded, corners bumped and most of the rear free end paper has been removed.
Cincinnati: The Eagle Carriage Co., circa 1910. 56 pp. Very good condition with light soiling to the wraps and corners bumped. This also includes a tipped-in price list.
1912. Broadside. 8" x 10". Staining along the edges but otherwise in good condition. Formerly framed. The loose backing board from the frame has a note in ink indicating this piece was printed in 1912 and hung in the Beersville Hotel in 1912.
New York: Printed for the Author, 1885. 120 pp. Wraps chipped and soiled. A scarce pamphlet reviewing colonial laws on witchcraft.
1860-1867. Three lottery tickets for the Grand Consolidated Lottery, Mechanics Art Union, and the International Joint Stock Company. Good condition and very attractive designs.
New York: circa 1907. Zacker was a twenty-four-year-old housekeeper in New York City and was accused of stealing from her employer. Good condition in storage envelope and a clipping on the case.
Hillacre: 1917. 41 pp. Uncut. Dust jacket lightly worn and faded. Waldo Pierce's copy with his bookplate and a note signed "Waldo" laid into the front. Reed was an active American Communist who died in Russia in 1920.
Mount Lebanon, NY: The Shakers, circa 1910. Silk bookmark mounted on cardstock. The Shakers order a large quantity of these but for some reason never distributed them. Good condition but top edge of the silk bookmark is glued to the cardstock.
London: C. and G. Kearsley, 1792. 239 pp. Very ggod in full calf. Binding sound. Minor stains and foxing. Has a bookplate of Lord Sinclair with an ink inscription to his daughter.
London: T. Cadell, 1805. 329, 403 pp. Good in full calf with hinges starting to crack, occasional foxing, remnants of small labels on the front covers.
Dorchester, MA: 1800-1801. [32] pp. Fair condition withs oiling, corners dog-eared. 2 pages lacking that contain the months Sept.-Dec. As a young man Bedlam travelled to Argentina and remained there until his death in 1814.
Philadelphia: Gustavus V. Town, 1856. Broadside. 12" x 18". Good with folds. Not examined out of the frame.
Washington: The Washington Star, 1935. 25 pp. Good condition. Reprinted from The Washington Star. An illustrated guide to FBI training.
New York: 1883-84. 8 medical School lecture tickets for courses taken by Jay Humphreys at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Department of Columbia Collage, City of New York Session of 1883-84. 8 cards for classes in Pathology, Physiology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Obstetrics, Matriculation Ticket, General Ticket, Surgery. Good condition.....
Trade card for Nolconi & Co. who specialized in supply medical products for sailing ships. Good with soiling and a charming folk-art painting on the reverse of a boy fishing. Circa 1850's.
Philadelphia: D. Landreth & Sons, 1898. 64 pp. Good condition with decorative color wraps. Illustrated in black and white. Some wear to the spine.
Alfred, ME: The Shaker, c.1915. Two postcards of the Alfred Maine Shaker village. The bottom image pictures the Church Family showing the 3rd dwelling house recently finished to replace the 2nd dwelling which had burned to the ground. The top image pictures the Second or Gathering Family which was where.....
1850. 93 pp. Wraps soiled but otherwise in good condition. John Dunlavy of one of the most important Shaker theologians. Richmond 521, Ericson 2636.
East Canterbury: Shakers, 1907. 16 pp. Good condition. The first edition of this often-republished introduction to Shaker life and beliefs. Richmond 684, Ericson 3307.
