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[Urban Crime] Shelf of 13 Works Pertaining to Crime in Amer...

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[Urban Crime] Shelf of 13 Works Pertaining to Crime in American Cities. Thirteen mid-late 19th century volumes on crime in American cities and the greater ills of modern society, including Mysteries and Miseries of America?s Great Cities (1884), Buel; Traps for the Young (1884), Comstock; Social Dynamite; or the Wickedness of Modern Society (1888), Talmage; Darkness and Daylight in New York (1892); Great American Crimes and Criminals (1885), Triplett; A Tour of St. Louis; or The Inside Life of a Great City (1878); Secrets of the Great City (1868), Martin; Ten Years Among the Mail Bags (1855), Holbrook; and others. Primarily tall cloth 8vos. Some bindings worn. Condition fair to very good.