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Providence: (Standard Printing Company), 1906. Wrappers. Octavo. 29 pages. Very good. Memorial to Hay, Brown University class of 1858, secretary to Lincoln, diplomat, journalist, biographer, and Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Bound in tan paper covers stitched to textblock, Yapp edges, front cover titled in black. A few edge wrinkles.

Dover, MA: Hired Hand Press, 1979. Limited Edition. Full cloth. Square octavo. 87 pages. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Black & White Photographs. Premier reference and complete study of the photographs of John Wilkes Booth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors on half title, SIGNED by both on limitation page at rear. The book reproduces and details every known photograph of the dashing young actor who would assassinate Abraham Lincoln. So much of what's been written about Booth is colored by that tragic act. His photographs, on the other hand, show him the way he wanted to project himself. Taken together, these 40 photographs form a fuller impression of the man. Bound in brown cloth over boards with gilt titles to spine and upper board, small photo of Booth laid onto upper board. Jacket has mild edge wear, some rubs, and a closed 2.5" tear angling down from top edge of front panel. . Jacket in Mylar protector.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. First printing of the revised edition. Hardcover. Square duodecimo. [viii], 334 pages. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in brown cloth over boards with gilt-stamped spine and upper board, dark brown endpapers, integral ribbon bookmark. No noticeable wear to book. Jacket has a hint of sun-fading to spine and along upper joint fold, else fine also.. Drawings by Maurice Sendak. A superb selection of 27 stories chosen from Grimm's tales. In addition to several familiar standards there are many that will be new to most readers, such as the title story--a masterpiece that is definitely one of the Grimms' darker tales.<br /> <br /> This copy is signed by Sendak on the title page.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 261 pages. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Slight rubs and abrasions to binding extremities. Jacket has surface rubs and shallow chips at extremities. Binding remains sturdy. Clean and sound copy overall.. This Edgar Award nominee is Raab's exposé on police methods during investigation of the 1963 "Career Girls" murder case in New York City. A confession was coerced from a young African American man named George Whitmore, Jr., who was eventually exonerated and another suspect convicted. <br /> <br /> This case was cited by the Supreme Court when it issued the guidelines known as the Miranda Rights in 1966.