Washington DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, December 13, 1968. First Edition. Issued on December 13, 1968, and signed in facsimile by J. Edgar Hoover, three days after a Federal warrant was issued in San Francisco, "charging Cleaver with unlawful interstate flight to avoid confinement." Additionally, "CLEAVER ALLEGEDLY HAS ENGAGED POLICE... More about Drop title] Wanted by the FBI: Interstate Flight - Assault with Intent to Commit Murder / Leroy...

Atlanta: United States Penitentiary, [1907]. "Wanted" sign to be posted "In Conspicuous Place," offering a reward for the arrest and detention of William Finney, alias Ivory L. Rolland, an inmate of the United States Penitentiary of Atlanta, Georgia, and escaped on May 27, 1907. Finney, who had been serving a.... More about $60 Reward

New York: The American Jewish Committee, 1969. Bibliography of books, pamphlets, magazine articles, and training materials related to police interaction and race. Third Printing. Quarto (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Some trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. More about The Police and Race Relations: A Selected Bibliography

Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Company, 1973. First Edition. Sharp copy of the Detroit author's fifth stand-alone novel. "In this, his fifth novel, the author introduces Chester Hines and takes you inside prison walls. From bust to county jail - with its caste system, beatings, and rapes - to the... More about White Man's Justice: Black Man's Grief

Plainfield, NJ: Plainfield Joint Defense Committee, [1969]. Appeal pamphlet by the Plainfield Joint Defense Committee written on behalf of the three remaining members of the Plainfield 12 - Bobby Lee Williams, Gail Madden, and George Merritt, Jr. During the summer of 1967, Williams was shot by John V. Gleason, a.... More about Speak Out! For the Release of Plainfield's Black Hostages: Bobby Lee Williams, Gail Madden,...

Buffalo: Attica Defense Committee, 1973. Quarto (29cm). Bifolium, on newsprint [4pp]. Paper slightly toned, else a fresh, unworn copy, Very Good to Near Fine. Fundraising brochure for the Attica Defense Committee, calling for the dismissal of indictments against the 28 prisoners indicted for participating in the Attica Prison riots of... More about Attica: Two Years Later [drop-title] "We Have The Solution. The Solution is Unity"

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First American Edition. Bentley's follow-up to his 1913 novel Trent's Last Case, co-written with his friend H. Warner Allen. HUBIN, p.31. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 324pp, [2]. Hint of darkening... More about Trent's Own Case

[Washington, D.C.]: Police Foundation, [1974]. First Edition. Quarto (27.5cm.); original red staplebound card wrappers; [2],vii,[1],67pp.; illus. Fine. Post-Equal Rights Amendment evaluation of policewomen. More about Policewomen on Patrol: Final Report

New York: William Morrow and Company, 2008. First Edition. First Printing, Limited Issue, one of an unstated number of copies stamped, canceled and signed on the first day of publication, this being copy no.675. Octavo; black and red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; publisher's slipcase;... More about Hit and Run [Limited Edition, Signed

Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2001. First Hardcover Edition. Handsome edition of the fifth Evan Tanner novel, first published as a paperback original in 1968 by Gold Medal. One of 175 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.27. Octavo; brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine;... More about Tanner's Tiger [Limited Edition, Signed

Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 2002. First, Limited Edition. Handsome edition of the British crime writer's third novel, featuring Derbyshire detectives Cooper and Fry. One of 80 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.76. Octavo; marbled paper over hunter green leather, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; green... More about Blood on the Tongue [Limited Edition, Signed

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1949. First Edition. Basis for Gerd Oswald's 1958 film noir, starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, and Gypsy Rose Lee. HUBIN, p.54. First Printing. Octavo; yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in black to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 248, [8]pp. Slight... More about The Screaming Mimi

New York: William-Frederick Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Cloth boards, dustjacket, 117pp. Fine and unmarked in crisp but faintly foxed dustwrapper, Near Fine. Collection of short fiction by an inmate of the Lorton, Virginia penitentiary. Includes several stories of prison life. More about Baby Chocolate and Other Short Stories: Aspects of the Black Experience. An Original Collection