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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

Sat, Aug 17, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 369

[NEW YORK – CRIME]. Four books and booklets on New York cri...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[NEW YORK ? CRIME]. Four books and booklets on New York crime and underworld. Including: FOSTER, G.G. New York by Gas-light. New York: Dewitt & Davenport, 1850. Pictorial wrappers. Sixth edition. Wright I, 979.? HANKINS, Mary Louise. Women of New York. New York: Marie Louise Hankins, 1861. Original cloth. Frontispieces and plates on green paper. Wright II, 1092 ? WILKES, George. The Mysteries of the Tombs: A Journal of Thirty Days Imprisonment in the New York City Prison for Libel. New York, 1844. Wrappers. 64pp. Text in two columns. ? CONNORS, Chuck. Bowery Life. New York: Richard K. Fox, 1904. Pictorial wrappers (splitting, tears, and some losses). Size 8vo or 12mo. Overall, good or very good copies.