The Ricky Jay Collection Part II
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[CRIME] SMALL GROUP OF TURN OF THE 20TH-CENTURY CRIME BOOKS AND MUGSHOTS. Including: BYRNES, Thomas. Professional Criminals of America. New York: Cassell & Company, 1886. Original half buckram, gilt-lettered, hinges neatly reinforced. Illustrated with numerous plates of mugshots of burglars, con-men, swindlers, thieves, and pickpockets, including some women. 4to.

— Descriptive Catalogue giving an interesting History of the Curiosities on Exhibition in the Detectives’ Museum. [New York], n.d. 16-page pamphlet, listing criminal curiosities, police implements, lock-picking equipment, displayed by S.S. Barber.

— and eight mugshots, late 19th/early 20th century, of male and two female criminals, most from Chicago and New York, whose crimes include card shark, confidence/con games, pickpocket, and badger.

 [CRIME]. Small group of turn of the 20th-century crime book...
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