CONFESSIONS, TRIALS, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE MOST COLD BLOODED MURDERERS, WHO HAVE BEEN EXECUTED IN THIS COUNTRY, From Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time - Compiled Entirely from the Most Authentic Sources;.......

Hardback, US edn. reprint. Containing also, accounts of various other Daring Outrages Committed in this and other Countries. Embellished with numerous Engravings, representing the Scenes of Blood and correct Likenesses of the Criminals. Contents include : Heroic Exploit of Hannah Duston; Sketch of the Trial of the British Soldiers; Murder of Miss Jane McCrea; Mary Bateman; Murder of the family of Logan; Murder of Sewell; Murder of Billy Williams; John Calas; Madam Tiquet: Gibbs and Wansley; Murder of Wm. Huddlestone; Confessions of Seven Brothers; Murder of Mr. Joseph White; Burning of the Ursuline Convent; Murder of Col. Sharp by Beauchamp; Death of the Prize Fighter Thomas McCoy; The Mutiny on board the United States Brig Somers; Beating a Wife to death; Brutal Murder in Middletown; Murder of Mr, Sweeney by his wife + much, much more. Illus. 420pp. 12mo. Lacks top third of fep, lightly foxed eps, brown cloth covers decorated in blind, with gilt decoration and title on sp., corners worn with small piece missing from lower front corner, but still a G++ copy of a scarce title.