Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
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Lot 669
ELLIOTT, Robert G. ?? BEATTY, Albert R. Agent of Death: The...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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ELLIOTT, Robert G. ?? BEATTY, Albert R. Agent of Death: The Memoirs of an Executioner. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1940. 8vo. Numerous illustrations from photographs. Publisher?s grey cloth stamped in blue, uncut; original price clipped dust jacket (toned with some chipping along front edge, old tape repairs verso). FIRST EDITION, second printing of the memoirs of the chief executioner of New York State, including Sing Sing Prison. Elliott oversaw the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti, Ruth Snyder, and Bruno Hauptmann, among hundreds of others. INSCRIBED BY ALBERT BEATTY who helped Elliott finish the book as he was in failing health and died only days after approving the final manuscript. SCARCE IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.
