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Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1862. First Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. pp. 267, [1]. Period dark brown publisher’s cloth. Re-backed preserving the original spine. Board edges are carefully repaired; covers show some rubbing and spots of discoloration. Interior is generally clean with occasional small spots of foxing. A small chip is present on the outer edge of the title page; the front free end paper contains a larger chip. A case reference note is written in an early hand bellow the first part of the title on the title page. The inside front cover contains a small tag with handwritten initials. Published court transcript of the famous trial of George C. Hersey for the poisoning / murder of his sister-in-law to be Betsy Frances Tirrell (who was pregnant by him). Hersey was convicted and hanged. The preface claims that as of 1862 this book "is believed to be the only published trial for murder in which the presence of strychnine has been detected by chemical analysis in the… Read More

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. R. Cross, P. Wogan, L. White, P. Byrne, A. Grueber, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. Jones, W. M’Kenzie, and J. Rice., 1793. Hardcover. See Description. 8vo. 2 vols. Vol. I. pp. Vol. II. pp. With 3 maps one of which is colored. First printed in 1792. According to Cox this Dublin 1793 printing was probably a pirate edition. The official second edition appeared a year later. Re-bound in modern half calf with gilt spine labels and marbled boards. An ink shelf number is handwritten on the verso of both titles (with miniscule bleed through on the title of volume II). A shelf number is also written on the bottom margin of p. 101 in both volumes, and on the final blanks in volume II. The map in volume II is re-hinged and contains a tear (professionally sealed) along the inner margin and crossing one printed corner tip. The interior shows some marginal foxing, mild staining and age-toning. Pages 431-432 (folio 3I4) in volume II contain a manufacturing tear through a large part of the… Read More

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. Hardcover. See Description. 11th printing. 8vo. (206mm). 158pp. Bound in maroon cloth with paper titles on the spine and on the front cover. No dust jacket. The binding is generally tight and clean but shows some minor wear to the rear cover. Fore-edges of the book block are a bit foxed and spotted. Interior pages are clean. Vash Young was a popular motivational speaker and an author during the Great Depression. His paternal great grandfather was a brother of Brigham Young [Wiki].Vash’s first book "A fortune to share" (first printed in August, 1931) became a best-seller in its day.