[Rarebooks] fs-Fraud

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on fraud and its
legal implications and related subjects; for others, please feel
free to browse our web site, where you may search our entire
inventory by any word or phrase: www.meyerbos.com

1.  [AMERICA'S OLD BAILEY].  The New-York City-Hall Recorder,
Volume III, No. 11.  N.p., [New-York], 1818.  Self-wraps, disbound
and browned, ex-library, a working copy; 32pp. [68661 L74] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=68661     $ 125.00

Early American crime reporting comparable to the Old Bailey
Proceedings, those held at the New York City's Mayor's Court, four
cases, including one substantial matter involving lottery
swindling, with Ogden Hoffman representing the defendant.

2.  [ERNST, MORRIS].  Leonard Walter McIntosh vs. People of the
Virgin Islands, Opinion [of the Third Circuit] [with] Brief for
Defendant-Appellant [McIntosh] [with] Supplemental Brief for
Defendant-Appellant.  The Ballou Press, New York, 1935-36.
Original stapled self-wraps, some browning, the opinion a bit
crinkled, else sound copies; Col F B Wiener's copies, with a note
serving one brief. [71726]                                $ 75.00

One of Ernst's earliest cases, in which "in a bigotry case" he
counseled Drew Pearson's father (then Governor of St. Thomas in the
Virgin Islands), his client's conviction on fraud charges upheld
despite obvious irregularities in the trial.

3.  [FALSE ADVERTISING].  Ivan L. Preston.  The Tangled Web They
Weave, Truth, Falsity, and Advertisers.  University of Wisconsin
Press, Madison, 1994.  Advance, uncorrected page proofs, spiral
bound wraps; 220 pages. [48425 L37L53]                    $ 25.00

4.  [FRAUD IN THE EXCHEQUER].  The Case of the Bona Fide Holders of
the Repudiated Exchequer Bills, Briefly Stated.  William Blackwood
and Sons, 22, Pall Mall, London, 1842.  Disbound, 14 pages, just
usable. [69138 L75]                                      $ 125.00

The persuasive argument supporting the duped holders of exchequer
bills, victims of six years' worth of systematic fraud by an
Exchequer clerk who issued hundreds of fake bills; not common, two
copies in RLIN, four in OCLC, none in England.

5.  Fraud.  American Society for Industrial Security, Arlington,
1992.  Oversized wraps; 81 pages. [90529]                 $ 45.00

Some two dozen articles on fraud prevention and investigations,
with an emphasis on insurance and finance.

6.  GRABOSKY, Peter N. (ed.).  Complex Commercial Fraud.
Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, 1992.  Printed
wraps, a bit rubbed, but still a good copy; 218 pages. [90426]
                                                          $ 45.00

Inscribed on the half-title to Gilbert Geis, noted criminologist
and authority on all aspects of social deviance: "To Gil Geis, with
warmest wishes. Kingston, Ont., November 1992 -- Peter Grabosky".

7.  [GRANNAN, Joseph C.].  Grannan's Warning Against Fraud and
Valuable Information. A Treatise upon Subjects Relating to Crime
and Business [etc.].  The Werner Ptg. & Litho. Co., Akron, 1890.
Original russet cloth, hinges cracking, else a good copy. [66948
L70] PHOTO: http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=66948
                                                         $ 150.00

A seemingly unrecorded edition of the popular work issued by
Grannan's Detective Agency, with substantial portions on swindling
games and tricks, on counterfeiting, on crime generally, and on
extradition; not in the NUC, OCLC, or RLIN.

8.  [MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION].  Report on the Causes of Municipal
Corruption in San Francisco, as Disclosed by the Investigations of
the Oliver Grand Jury, and the Prosecution of Certain Persons for
Bribery and Other Offenses Against the State.  Reprinted. . .by the
California Weekly, San Francisco, 1910.  Original wraps, pages 25
and 26 defective; 54 pages. [43352 L19]                   $ 25.00

9.  [PERJURY AND COMMERCIAL FRAUD].  An Authentic Report of the
Trial of Michael Stocks, Esq. for Wilful and Corrupt Perjury, at
the Yorkshire Lent Assizes, 1815, Before The Honorable Sir
Alexander Thompson, Knt. Chief Baron of his Majesty's Court of
Exchequer, and a Special Jury.  Sold by the Principal Booksellers
in London [etc.], Huddersfield, 1815.  Original wraps, quite
chipped and worn, a bit of foxing, else a good untrimmed,
unsophisticated copy; 112 copies. [71613]               $ 250.00

A rare trial, well reported, charging Stocks, a Yorkshire
magistrate, with perjury in perpetrating a large-scale commercial
fraud (securing 10,000 tons of coal to his own use), then seeking
to cover it up; one copy in RLIN, none in OCLC or KVK.

10.  [PRINCE OF SWINDLERS].  The Northern Hero; Being a faithful
Narrative of the Life, Adventures, and Deceptions, of James George
Semple, commonly called Major Semple . . . Together with An Account
of his Trial, Before Mr. Justice Gould and the Recorder, at the Old
Bailey [etc.].  Printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street
[etc.], London, 1786.  Later 1/4 calf over marbled boards, rubbed,
title and last leaf quite dusty, a few marginal repairs, else a
clean copy; without the plate. [70147 L77]               $ 850.00

The rare first edition of an account of Semple's life and trial,
deftly recounting dozens of frauds earning him the sobriquet 'The
Prince of Swindlers', with an account of his trial transporting him
to Australia; three copies in RLIN, none in England.

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