The Fall River Tragedy. A History of the Borden Murders. A Plain Statement of the Material Facts Pertaining to the Most Famous Crime of the Century ….
Fall River: Press of J. D. Munroe, 1893.
Price: $1,000.00
About the item
First edition. Illustrated. [ii], 312 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Dark green cloth, upper board rurled in blind and titled in gilt, plain spine. Rochester, N.Y. bookseller’s label and owner signature (“S. D. Eason, Mar 29 /94” on front pastedown, small private library ink stamp (repeated in lower margin of title). Spine somewhat dark, tiny fingernail nick at upper joint, minor wear at extremities; front inner hinge cracked but holding, flyleaf detached, textblock slightly toned. A very good copy of an uncommon book.
Item #256824
Contemporary account of the events surrounding the murder of Andrew and Abbie Borden and the trial of their daughter Lizzie, by the police reporter of the Fall River Globe. At the end of the trial “she returned guiltless to her friends and home in Fall River”.
Uncommon.