- British Crime 130+ Vintage Rare Books on USB -

A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 130 rare and out of print books covering Britsh Crime on a USB flash drive.

Each book has been scanned in as a faithful reproduction of the original. The USB contains digital scans of all of the books in (Adobe) PDF format which allows each volume to be read individually.

The books will require suitable PDF software to view them, almost certainly you will already have this on your computer or device - if not we recommend Adobe Reader which is available free.

You wll receive a USB flash drive in a plastic sleeve.

Please note this USB flash drive is for use in a PC/Laptop that has a USB 2.0/3.0 slot, it will not fit into mini USB (unless you have an extension, mini to large) and it will not work in a DVD player that is connected to a TV, X-Box, or CD player.

You can use this USB flash drive on your PC/Laptop both Windows & MAC. Files can be printed and transferred to tablets/phones or other devices.

The list of some of the many titles on the USB is shown below:

The underworld of London - S. T. Felstead (1923)

The Old Bailey and Newgate - C. Gordon (1902)

The prisoners' memoirs - C. Andrews (1852)

The punishment and prevention of crime - E. F. Du Cane (1885)

The seven curses of London - J. Greenwood (1869)

The seven deadly sinnes of London - T. Dekker (1905)

The seven deadly sinnes of London - T. Dekker (1922)

The story of crime, from the cradle to the grave - H. L. Adam (1908)

The story of Dartmoor prison - B. Thomson (1907)

The substance of a conversation with John Bellingham, the assassin of the late Right Hon. Spencer Perceval - D. Wilson (1812)

The thirde & last part of conny-catching, with the new devised knauish art of fooletaking - R. Greene (1923)

The trial, sentence and confessions of Bishop, Williams, and May, at the Old Bailey, London, 1831, for the murder of Carlo Ferrari, an Italian boy - J Bishop (1831)A description of Dartmoor Prison, with an account of the massacre of the prisoners - J. Melish (1815)

The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Vol. 1 - C. Pelham (1841)

The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Vol. 1 - C. Pelham (1887)

The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Vol. 1 - C. Pelham (1891)

The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Vol. 2 - C. Pelham (1841)

The chronicles of Newgate Vol. 1 - A. Griffiths (1884)

The chronicles of Newgate Vol. 2 - A. Griffiths (1884)

The criminal recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 1 - A. F. (1804)

The criminal recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 2 - A. F. (1804)

The criminal recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 3 - A. F. (1804)

The criminal recorder; or, Biographical sketches of notorious public characters Vol. 4 - A. F. (1809)

The diary of Benjamin F. Palmer - B F palmer (1914)

The elements of criminal law and procedure, with a chapter on summary convictions - A. M. Wilshire (1911)

The English convict; a statistical study - C. B. Goring (1913)

The English prison system - E. J. Ruggles-Brise (1921)

The English Prison System and What We Can Learn from It Charles ellwood (1916) [10-page Article]

The history of Burke and Hare and of the resurrectionist times; a fragment from the criminal annals of Scotland - G MacGregor (1884)

The jurisdiction, practice and procedure of the Quarter sessions in judicial matters, criminal, civil and appellate - T. S. Pritchard (1904)

The life of Dick Turpin - Rhodes (1840)

The life of Richard Palmer better known as Dick Turpin, the notorious highwayman and robber - H. D. Miles (1839)

The loom of the law - J. A. R. Cairns (1922)

The modern prison curriculum, a general review of our penal system - R. F. Quiton (1912)

The new and complete Newgate calendar; villany in all its branches ...narratives of executions in England,Wales,Scotland,Ireland 1700-present time Vol 6 - W. Jackson (1795)

The new and complete Newgate calendar; villany in all its branches ...narratives of executions in England,Wales,Scotland,Ireland 1700-present time Vols 1-2- W. Jackson (1795)

The new and complete Newgate calendar; villany in all its branches ...narratives of executions in England,Wales,Scotland,Ireland 1700-present time Vols 2-4- W. Jackson (1795)

The new and complete Newgate calendar; villany in all its branches ...narratives of executions in England,Wales,Scotland,Ireland 1700-present time Vols 4-5- W. Jackson (1795)

The Newgate calendar - Comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England Vol 1 - A. Knapp (1824)

The Newgate calendar - Comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England Vol 2 - A. Knapp (1825)

The Newgate calendar - Comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England Vol 3 - A. Knapp (1825)

The Newgate calendar - Comprising interesting memoirs of the most notorious characters who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England Vol 4 - A. Knapp (1826)

The Newgate calendar improved; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters who have been convicted of offences against the laws of England Vol 1 - G. T. Wilkinson (1800)

The Newgate calendar improved; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters who have been convicted of offences against the laws of England Vol 2 - G. T. Wilkinson (1800)

The Newgate calendar improved; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters who have been convicted of offences against the laws of England Vol 3 - G. T. Wilkinson (1800)

The Newgate calendar improved; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters who have been convicted of offences against the laws of England Vol 4 - G. T. Wilkinson (1800)

The Newgate calendar improved; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters who have been convicted of offences against the laws of England Vol 5 - G. T. Wilkinson (1800)

The Newgate calendar improved; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters who have been convicted of offences against the laws of England Vol 6 - G. T. Wilkinson (1800)

A digest of the criminal law (crimes and punishments) [Fifth Edition] - J. F. Stephen (1894)

A digest of the criminal law (crimes and punishments) [Third Edition] - J. F. Stephen (1883)

A general and true history of the lives and actions of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, street-robbers, etc. - D. Defoe (1742)

A green hand's first cruise ... together with a residence of five months in Dartmoor Vol 1 - J Cobb (1841)

A green hand's first cruise ... together with a residence of five months in Dartmoor Vol 2 - J Cobb (1841)

A history of crime in England Vol. 1 - L. O. Pike (1873)

A history of crime in England Vol. 2 - L. O. Pike (1876)

A history of the criminal law of England Vol. 1 - J. F. Stephen (1883)

A history of the criminal law of England Vol. 2 - J. F. Stephen (1883)

A history of the criminal law of England Vol. 3 - J. F. Stephen (1883)

A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, etc. of John Sheppard giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate - D. Defoe (1724)

A notable discovery of coosnage, 1591. The second part of conny-catching, 1592 - R. Greene (1923)

A prison chaplain on Dartmoor - C. Rickards (1920)

A selection of cases illustrative of English criminal law - C. S. Kenny (1901)

A selection of cases illustrative of English criminal law [Third Edition] - C. S. Kenny (1912)

A selection of leading cases in the criminal law (founded on Shirley's Leading cases), with notes - H. Warburton (1892)

A sketch of the criminal law - W. S. Shirley (1880)

A Sketch of the Early Development of English Criminal Law as Displayed in Anglo-Saxon Law - H Carson (1916) [15-page Article]

A System of Penal Discipline With a Report on the Treatment of Prisoners in Great Britain and Van Dieman's Land - Henry Phibbs Fry (1850)

A treatise on the law of evidence as administered in England and Ireland with illustrations from Scotch, Indian, American, and other legal systems - J Taylor (1920)

A treatise on the police of London; containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors - P Colquhoun (1798)

A treatise on the police of the metropolis; containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors [Sixth Edition] - P Colquhoun (1805)

An account of the circumstances attending the imprisonment and death of the late William Millard - A Millard (1825)

An account of the manner in which sentences of penal servitude are carried out in England - E. F. Cu Cane (1882)

Body-snatching - S Smith (1824)

Cases on criminal law selected from decisions of English and American courts - W. E. Mikell (1908)

Cases on criminal law selected from decisions of English and American courts - W. E. Mikell (1910)

Chronicles of Bow Street police-office, with an account of the magistrates, runners, and police; and a selection of the most interesting cases Vol. 1 - P. H. Fitzgerald (1888)

Chronicles of Bow Street police-office, with an account of the magistrates, runners, and police; and a selection of the most interesting cases Vol. 2 - P. H. Fitzgerald (1888)

Clinical studies in vice and in insanity - G. R. Wilson (1899)

Convict life or, Revelations concerning convicts and convict prisons - A Ticket-of-leave-man (1880)

Crime and criminals, 1876-1910 - Richard Quinton (1910)

Criminal chronology of York castle; with a register of criminals capitally convicted and executed at the County assizes, 1379, to the present time - W. Knipe (1867)

Dartmoor Prison past and present - V. Harris (1888)

Days of my years - M. L. Macnaghten (1915)

Dramatic days at the Old Bailey - C. Kingston (192-)

England's exiles, or, A view of a system of instruction and discipline as carried into effect during the voyage to the penal colonies of Australia - C Browning (1842)

English Prisons and Their Methods - H Montgomery (1904) [8-page Article]

English prisons to-day; being the report of the Prison System Enquiry Committee (1922)

Essayes and characters of a prison and prisoners - G. Minshull (1821)

Female life in prison Vol. 1 - F. W. Robinson (1862)

Female life in prison Vol. 2 - F. W. Robinson (1862)

Five years' penal servitude, by one who has endured it (1877)

Forging his chains - the autobiography of George Bidwell. His trial and incarceration in English prisons fourteen years on a life sentence - G. Bidwell (1899)

Forty years at the criminal bar; experiences and impressions - E. D. Purcell (1916)

Half-hours with the highwaymen, picturesque biographies and traditions of the knights of the road Vol. 1 - C. G. Harper (1908)

Half-hours with the highwaymen, picturesque biographies and traditions of the knights of the road Vol. 2 - C. G. Harper (1908)

History of the maiden or Scottish beheading machine, with notices of the criminals who suffered by it - W. T. M'Culloch (1870)

How criminals are made and prevented; a retrospect of forty years - J Horsley (1913)

Hughes' criminal law; the law of crimes, prosecutions, defenses and procedure a... decisions of the courts of last resort in the United States and England - C. Hughes (1901)

Irish rebels in English prisons, a record of prison life - J O'Donnovan Rossa (1899)

Journal of Joseph Valpey, jr., of Salem, November, 1813-April, 1815, with other papers relating to his experience in Dartmoor prison - J Valpey (1922)

Judicial puzzles, gathered from the state trials - J Paget (1876)

Known to the police - T. Holmes (1908)

Life and adventures of Harry Tracy, 'the modern Dick Turpin' - L Jones (1902)

Life and adventures of Richard Turpin, a most notorious highwayman - W. S. Fortey (1860)

Life on the road or, Claude, Turpin, and Jack, being a complete account of the most daring adventures of the notorious highwaymen (1800)

Lives and exploits of English highwaymen, pirates, and robbers - C. Whitehead (1865)

Lives of the most notorious and daring highwaymen, robbers and murderers - C. Whitehead (1867)

Lives of twelve bad men, original studies of eminent scoundrels by various hands - T. Seccombe (1894)

Lives of twelve bad women; illustrations and reviews of feminine turpitude set forth by impartial hands - A. Vincent (1897)

London labour and the London poor Vol. 1 - H. Mayhew (1861)

London labour and the London poor Vol. 2 - H. Mayhew (1861)

London labour and the London poor Vol. 3 - H. Mayhew (1861)

London labour and the London poor Vol. 4 - H. Mayhew (1862)

Observations on Mr. Fielding's Enquiry into the causes of the late increase of robbers, etc. - R. Sedgley (1751)

Observations on the phrenological development of Burke, Hare, and other atrocious murderers - T. Stone (1829)

O'Donovan Rossa's prison life; six years in six English prisons - J O'Donnovan Rossa (1874)

Old Bailey experience. Criminal jurisprudence and the actual working of our penal code of laws, ... the crimes committed by offenders in the present day - T. Wontner (1833)

Our prisons - A. Paterson (1911)

Penal Discipline. Three Letters Suggested by the Interest Taken in the Recent Inquiry in Birmingham - A Maconochie (1853)

Pictures and problems from London police courts - T. Holmes (1900)

Prisoners of the Tower of London - V. Brooke-Hunt (1901)

Prisons & prisoners, some personal experiences - G. C. Lytton (1914)

Prisons and prisoners - J. W. Horsley (1849)

Prisons and prisoners - J. W. Horsley (1899)

Punishment and prevention - A. Thomson (1857)

Queer people - B. Thomson (1922)

Recollections of forty years; being an account at first hand of some famous criminal lunacy cases, English and American - L. F. Winslow (1910)

Records of York Castle - fortress, court house, and prison - A. W. Twyford (1880)

Reminiscences of an ex-detective - F. Carlin (192-)

Romantic trials of three centuries - H. Childers (1913)

Some distinguished victims of the scaffold - H. Bleackley (1905)

State trials of Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Captain William Kidd - C E Lloyd (1899)

State trials of the reign of Edward the First, 1289-1293 - T. F. Tout (1906)

Stories from Scotland Yard - M. Moser (1890)

Supplement to the trial of William Burke & Helen M'Dougal (1829)

Survivors' tales of famous crimes - W. Wood (1916)

Tales of bohemia, taverns, and the underworld - S. Scott (19--)

Tort, crime, and police in mediaeval Britain - J. W. Jeudwine (1917)

Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal (1829)

Trials from the Newgate calendar (1908)

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