Skillman's New-York Police Reports. Written in 1828-29.
New York: printed by Ludwig & Tolefree, corner of Greenwich & Vesey, 1830.
Price: $650.00
About the item
Frontispiece and engraved illustrations in text. 151 pp. Half-title. 8vo. Original linen backed boards. Boards and spine worn, upper cover detached, spine label chipped; light scattered foxing but largely clean internally. Cohen 1555; Cooper 3498; Sabin 81589; Shoemaker 3498.
Item #313319
A compilation of anecdotes and dialogues sourced from New York City police registers in the late 1820s, presented as comic, featuring prostitutes, drunks, street hoodlums, pickpockets, robbery victims, etc. Illustrated.