Charles GUITEAU. The Crime Avenged: or, Guiteau on the gallows. 1882. Mcdade 403

Description: GUITEAU, Charles. The Crime Avenged: or, Guiteau on the gallows. A sequel to "Guiteau's Crime" and "The Assassin's Doom," and forming with them a complete secret history of the career, crime, jail life, trial and execution of Charles J. Guiteau, for the murder of President Garfield. New York, Richard K. Fox, 1882. 1 vol., 9-1/2" x 6-3/8", (vii)8-70pp.(iii), illustrated, original stitching, publishers original yellow pictorial wrappers, toning to pages, chipping and old tape repairs the first 10 leaves, otherwise completely unsophisticated. Mcdade 403 OCLC locate only 2 copies in instructional libraries one being incomplete. According to RBH no copy has ever appeared at auction. The pamphlet is one of the "Police Gazette Series of Famous Criminals," available, back in the day, for "25 cts." McDade has a long explanation of the crime, noting Guiteau's insanity and his ties to the Conkling branch of the Republican Party. When Garfield, an opponent of the Conkling faction, received the Republican presidential nomination and won the election, Guiteau thought he could improve his career chances by killing Garfield and thus paving the way for vice president Chester Arthur, an ally of Conkling, to step up to the presidency. Who we are - D&D Galleries was founded in 1985. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Provincial Bookfair Association of Great Britain (PBFA). So bid and buy with confidence. Our inventory (largely English language only) is slightly eclectic and ranges from the 16th through the 20th centuries with sub-specialties in S.T.C. and Wing books, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, presentation and association material as well as 17th and 18th C. British history, sets and bindings. Terms - Any item(s) may be returned with 7 days for a full refund if found to be not authentic or substantially at odds with our description or pictures. Items returned must be received in the same condition and completeness as sent.

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