Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(CRIME.) Colburn, J.G.W.; editor. The Life of Sile Doty, the Most Noted Thief and Daring Burglar of his Time. 3 plates; portrait plate detached and worn, with repairs on verso. 8vo, contemporary cloth, moderate wear; minor foxing; several early owner's signatures in pencil, and a later one in ink on front free endpaper. Toledo, OH, 1880
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Silas Doty (1800-1876) was a Vermont native whose long and diverse career in crime was pursued in New England, New York, Canada, England, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Mexico, and elsewhere. "Told of with gusto by the old rogue at seventy-five; his horrified family succeeded in destroying many copies"--Howes C566 ("b"). Streeter sale V:4286.