Nov 21, 2024 - Sale 2687

Sale 2687 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 594
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CRIME.) Thomas Byrnes. Professional Criminals of America, plus the "New and Revised Edition." 36 heliotype plates containing 204 portraits; 47 plates containing 405 new portraits. 2 volumes. [12], 433; 402 pages. 4to, first volume contemporary ½ calf gilt, worn, crudely rebacked and coming disbound, second volume in modern buckram; first with moderate wear to early leaves, second with minimal wear to contents. New York, [1886] and [1895]
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The first volume contains biographies and photographs of 204 New York City burglars, pickpockets, confidence men, forgers, and sneak thieves, compiled by the city's chief detective. Criminals included a section of 18 women, numerous Irish Americans and Jewish Americans, and disgraced former South Carolina governor Franklin J. Moses. The second volume is updated and greatly expanded.