New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1970. First Edition. A substantial and moving collection of prison letters written by George Lester Jackson (1941-1971), written chiefly from Soledad Correction Training Facility and San Quentin Prison. Published two years before his death in San Quentin and the release of Blood In My Eye, this..... More

New York: Atria Books, 2006. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); black and cream paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xiv,302,[4]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication along the lower margin of the frontispiece: "8/4/06 - To Carl Reddy / Will you..... More

New York: Committee to Defend the Panther 21, [1970]. First Edition. Slim octavo (21.5cm); pictorial mimeographed wraps; [iii],6,[3]pp. Light wear and handling, else very Near Fine. McLucas (1945-2016), one of the New Haven 9, was convicted of conspiracy in the torture-murder of Alex Rackley, who at the time of his..... More

London: Amnesty International Publications, 1977. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); original blue staplebound card wrappers; 92p.; printed from typescript. Fine. Issued during Argentina's "Dirty War," contents include chapters on prisoners, disappearances, and torture, as well as Lord Avebury's description of Villa Devoto Prison and its female detainees. More

New York: Sacco-Vanzetti National League, [1927]. First Edition. Only printing. Octavo. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 21pp. Near Fine. Post-mortem examination of the Sacco-Vanzetti case by a mainstream left-wing commentator, citing evidentiary gaps, questionable witnesses, and the ultimate injustice of the imposed death penalty. More

Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1924. [Second Edition - see note below]. Octavo (23cm). Staple-bound, printed wrappers; 24pp; frontispiece portrait. Partial split to wrappers at bound edge; light soil, with expected toning to text; Very Good. Vanzetti's brief autobiographical statement, penned while imprisoned at Charlestown State Prison following his conviction, with..... More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 292pp. Small (ca 1/2" dia) faint stain at upper corner of front board, else a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original W.A. Dwiggins dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap) with..... More

New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); grey linen, with titling and rule stamped in black and red on spine; dustjacket; 283pp. Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket, gently spine-sunned, with a few small tears to extremities, one larger tear with attendant crease to lower..... More

[London: Christian Action Publications, n.d., 1965]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original black and white pictorial staplebound wrappers; 40pp. A Fine, partially unopened copy. "A Christian Action pamphlet" - upper wrapper. More

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, N.d. [ca 1950?]. Haldeman-Julius Big Blue Book no. 904; probably a later issue, in ivory wrappers without the "BB" prefix. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 24pp. Text toned, as usual; Very Good. Transcript of a debate that took place at Chicago's Garrick Theater in 1910, with Darrow taking the..... More

Menlo Park, CA: Midpeninsula Coalition Against 17, (1972). Leaflet. Single 14" x 11" sheet folded in four to make eight panels; folded dimensions 4-1/4" x 7". Fine. Campaign leaflet issued in opposition to California's Proposition 17, a 1972 ballot measure that restored the death penalty in the state. The text..... More

Orwigsburg, PA: Bacon and Freeman Publishers, 1989. "This is a book about Alcatraz before prisoners controlled their own cell lights - before they had radios and talked as they wished. We write here of the prison's first four years, 1934-1938, when the big names and the hard guys were in..... More

New York: John Wiley, 1849. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (20cm). Green cloth, blindstamped, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; [ii], [119]-332pp. A straight, tight copy, cloth rubbed and faded, water damage to lower corner of front board, browned with occasional heavy foxing: Good only. Sequel to his 1846..... More