[Omaha, NE?]: Gazette Collective, [1972]. First Edition. Rice's first book of poetry, written from prison in Omaha, NE. Rice, along with Ed Poindexter, were both both leaders in the Omaha chapter of the Black Panthers' National Committee to Combat Fascism. Both men were fingered by 15 year-old Duane Peake as..... More

New York: William-Frederick Press, 1975. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; [viii],117,[3]pp. Base of spine a little nudged, ink name to upper front endpaper, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.75), shelfworn and a little dust-soiled, with..... 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

New York: Institute of Human Relations Press / The American Jewish Committee, 1966. First Edition. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed card wrappers; 71pp. Brief ink underlining to three passages in text and a small ink notation to front cover, else tight, clean, and Near Fine. Analysis of the 1964 Columbia Avenue..... More

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1986. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm.); teal green boards stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; 241pp.; Fine condition in a (price-clipped) jacket with light rubbing only, else Fine. Novel about a Korean War veteran released in the '60s from a Louisiana prison farm where..... 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

New York: Random House, [1937]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket by "Lieberman," grey topstain; 278pp. Light shelf wear, spine a bit toned, else Very Good to Near Fine. "The Story of a Reformed Bank Robber," who finds religion in the penitentiary. More

N.p. by the Author, 1895. First and only edition. Octavo (20.5cm). Original pictorial cloth-covered boards; 128pp; illus. Mild external wear and soil; thin cracks to endpapers at gutters; Very Good. An exceedingly odd and correspondingly uncommon work. OCLC cataloguing identifies the author, certainly incorrectly, as the 19th French-Canadian journalist and..... More

[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Welfare Administration, Children's Bureau, 1965. First Edition. Quarto. Staple-bound wrappers (softcover); 39pp. Fine. Summary analysis of findings, followed by statistical tables on "...the 245 public institutions for delinquent children that reported for the fiscal year 1964." More

Martinsville: Bulletin Printing & Publishing, N.d. (ca 1890). First Edition. Brochure, ca. 22cm x 9cm. Pictorial paper wrappers; 9pp. Fine or nearly so, without significant soil or wear. The author, a private in the Virginia Cavalry, was taken prisoner by Sheridan's troops in December, 1863, following a skirmish at Charles..... More

[Silver Spring, MD; by the Author, 1995]. Octavo. Staple-bound, pictorial card wrappers; 107pp. Presentation inscripton; author's imprint handwritten on verso of title page; Near Fine in original wrappers. Uncommon self-published memoir by a WW2 American P.O.W. and survivor of Bataan Death March. "The events herein described occurred over 50 years..... More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. First American Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in blue and gilt, top edge gilt; [6],287pp. Light shelf wear, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good to Near Fine. Novel by the Canadian author, first serialized in the London Times, examining..... More