[LINCOLN ASSASSINATION]. TOWNSEND, George Alfred. The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, with Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of which he was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of His Accomplices. New York: New York: Dick & Fitzgerald Publishers, [1865]. Large 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece portait of Booth, four diagrams, a map of Maryland, and an engravings of the house where Booth died. [65], [14, ads ? bound out of sequence] pp. Bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, red and green gilt morocco lettering labels on spines, four raised bands, marbled endleaves, bound with numerous blank leaves (spine toned, worn, joints worn, boards edgeworn, soiled, hinges starting, text toned, foxed, edgeworn, with several visible tears, p. 5 with hole in text (with some loss)). Good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE, EARLY CONSPIRACY PAMPHLET. This pamphlet deals with the entire assassination conspiracy, not just Booth?s murder of Lincoln. Measurements: 10 x 8 x 1?.