Tragedy Report, First Edition (9 results)

Newspaper. [48p] 8.25x10.75 inches, articles, reviews, interviews, event listings, local gay business ads, mild toning else very good magazine-style newspaper on pastebound newsprint. Cover story on the Gay Freedom Day Parade with a photo spread inside, the first major version of the SF Pride day. Also a report on the gay bar fire at The Upstairs in NOLA. Interview with Female Impersonator Jim Bailey.

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. No date (1946?) 62pp Cover by 'Davy' (David Caplan), and a whole page cartoon by Vicky in the text. Very slight loss to bottom of spine - repaired.

Condition: Gut. xi, 216 S.; Rücken etwas aufgehellt, sonst sehr gut. /h0065 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 8°; gebunden, Orig.-Leinen mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel;

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book small octavo 79pp., b/w pls., plans, appendix, Papers originally published by HMSO in 1945. Fine reference.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

First Edition. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). Side-stapled wrappers; 36pp. Fine. On racial conflict in Somerville and Fayette County Tennessee during the summer and fall of 1969.

Wraps. Condition: good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. 24 cm, 1723, wraps, illus., footnotes, tables. House Report 106-1037. From July 26 through August 1, 1995, this committee's Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice and the Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime held joint hearings on all aspects of the Federal Government's role in the 1993 tragedy at the Mt. Carmel Center, a religious community about 10 miles northeast of Waco, TX. This is one of several reports produced. The committee has reached the following conclusions as a result of its investigation: THE EVENTS OF APRIL 19, 1993: Aerial Forward-Looking Infrared videos filmed on April 19, 1993, include flashes around the Mt. Carmel Center that at first blush resemble muzzle blasts. Careful scientific analysis of the flashes does not, however, appear to support allegations that these flashes are the result of gunfire. Analysts who submitted reports to both this committee and the Office of Special Counsel reached similar conclusions: that the flashes they were asked to examine appeared to be solar or other thermal reflections emanating from debris. However, the analyst retained by this committee reported that an overhead FLIR camera of the type used by the FBI on April 19, 1993, would not record every muzzle flash occurring within its field of view. Therefore, while the flashes that have generated such controversy do not appear to represent gunshots, it is within the range of possibility that gunshots may have occurred that were not captured by the FLIR camera. This conclusion is bolstered by the March 21, 2000, FLIR reenactment performed at Ft. Hood, TX. Every FBI agent interviewed by the committee has denied discharging any weapons (other than for the delivery of CS gas) on April 19, 1993, or knowing of any gunfire from government sources. This committee has uncovered no evidence to contradict these claims. There is no evidence that HRT snipers stationed at a house (designated the Sierra One sniper position) across the Double EE Ranch Road from the compound fired shots on April 19, 1993. Shell casings recovered at the house by the Texas Rangers have been tested by the Office of Special Counsel and matched weapons used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on February 28, 1993. The operations plan approved by Attorney General Janet Reno called for a gradual, section-by-section, insertion of CS gas over the course of 2 days, followed by ``deconstruction'' of the building if the Branch Davidians had not surrendered after 48 hours. Nonetheless, on the morning of April 19, 1993, the HRT punched large holes in the walls of the building, drove M-728 Combat Engineering Vehicles deep into the building, and destroyed one-half of the gymnasium on the side of the building. At approximately 8 a.m. on April 19, 1993, HRT member David Corderman, after obtaining authorization from HRT commander Richard Rogers, fired either two or three pyrotechnic M-651 rounds in an attempt to insert gas in an underground tornado shelter on the Green side of the Center. Corderman had fired non-pyrotechnic ferret rounds at the shelter's tarpaper and plywood roof, but they had failed to penetrate it. Although HRT leadership was aware of the possibility that HRT personnel might need to use M-651 rounds, they failed to include the contingent use of M-651 rounds in the operations plan they sent for approval to the Attorney General. They also failed on April 19, 1993, to obtain authorization for this deviation from higher up the chain of command.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very rare original Victorian true crime pamphlet. It is undated, but circa sometime around 1860. The pamphlet explores the murder of 3-year-old Francis Saville Kent who went missing from his father's home (known as the Road Hill House) on June 29th, 1860. His body was later discovered in the vault of a privy-house on the property. The pamphlet is overall in very good antiquarian condition with some signs of wear and age. The self-wrappers have some age discoloration and some mild wear with a few small chips and tears. The interior is toned from age some occasional foxing & grubbiness. Along with that there may be the occasional page with some kind of minor imperfection such as a creased page corner, tiny chip or tear, minor stain or marking, etc. Generally though, it's a nice copy. The pamphlet measures approximately 9 inches by 5 1/8 inches and is 63 pages long. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition.

First edn. 8vo, pp. [ii], 312. Illustrated, Pulpy paper browned as usual with the hinges front tender, title page browned and starting, name on end paper, genersally a very good copy. Howes P-486; McDade 117:"This is the basic book on the case and now hard to find." McDade:"The Borden case still ranks as one of the great American murder cases . On August 14, 1892, Andrew J. Borden and his wife, Abby, were hacked to death in their home in Fall River, MA. Lizzie . was tried and acquitted for the murder of her father and stepmother. It is difficult today to read the case and and conclude that Lizzie was innocent.".