Item #32505 The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, with a Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of Which He Was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of His Accomplices. George Alfred Townsend.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, with a Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of Which He Was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of His Accomplices.

The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, with a Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of Which He Was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of His Accomplices.

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1865. First Edition. Self-wraps. Item #32505

First issue published during the trial. iv, [5]-64 + 10 misnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements. Disbound, stitched. Two portrait frontispieces of John Wilkes Booth, two plates (the Garrett's House where Booth died and a map), and four in-text maps. Soiling and foxing to leaves, a few short closed tears to edges, stain affecting the upper edge of the first few leaves. Howes T-315. ; Octavo.

Price: $750.00