Crime
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1892 Some Records of CrimeLondon: 1892A very scarce first edition of this investigative work on crime in India in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
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1881 Punishments in the Olden TimeLondon: 1881A finely bound copy of this work of crime history. Being an account of punishments in England, pre 19th century.
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1987 Dangerous Precincts the Mystery of the Wakeford CaseLondon: 1987A fine first edition of this interesting study, the author's presentation copy, to the publisher Tom Maschler. -
1780 The State of Prisons in England and Wales with Preliminary ObservationsWarrington; London: 1780A smartly bound excellent, second and best edition of this pioneering analysis of the English and Welsh prison systems in the eighteenth century. Written by early English prison reformer, John Howard.
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1971 The Maul and the Pear Tree the Ratcliffe Highway Murders 1811London: 1971The first edition of this fascinating true crime work on the 1811 Ratcliff Highway murders.
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1812 Substance of the Trials of John Skelton Neil Sutherland Hugh MacdonaldLeith : 1812Two very scarce works regarding murder trials in Scotland during the start of the nineteenth century following the Tron riot in Edinburgh.
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1764 The History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the ClansGlasgow: 1764The first edition of this historical work regarding the conflicts among the clans in the Northern parts of Scotland and the Western Isles.
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Notes of an Exile to Van Dieman's LandFredonia : 1846An uncommon, first-hand account of the convict system in Tasmania written by political prisoner Linus Wilson Miller. The first edition of this work.
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1980 Black and White Shiva Naipaul First Edition Dustwrapper People's TempleLondon: 1980A first edition of this non fiction work by Shiva Naipaul.
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1857 2vol De la Prostitution dans la Ville de Paris AJB Parent-Duchatelet FrenchParis: 1857Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Parent du Chtelet's famous work on prostitution in the French capital.
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1859-62 3Vol Catalogue of the Splendid Manuscripts M Guglielmo Libri SothebyLondon : 1859-1862A three volume set of catalogues relating to M Guglielmo Libri
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1840 The Last Days of a Condemned from the French of Victor HugoLondon : 1840A copy of The Last Days of a Condemned.
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1929 The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh James Tucker Convict Australia BiographyLondon : 1929The autobiographical text of a convict who was deported to Australia.
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1976 Bound for Botany Bay Transportation and Convict Life Australia J D ShearerSydney, Auckland, London, New York: 1976A first edition of this wittily illustrated history of the transportation of convicts to American in the eighteenth century.
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1879 Economy Of The Fleete An apologeticall Answeare Of Alexander Harris ScarceLondon: 1879The Œconomy of the Fleete: Or an Aapologeticall Answeare of Alexander Harris (Late Warden there) unto XIX Articles Sett Forth Against him by the Prisoners.
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1924-1926 3Vol Metropolitan Police Daily Orders Police Orders Scarce Legal LawLondon : 1924-1926Three scarce volumes of daily police orders for the Metropolitan Police.