Brooke, edited by Henry K., Tragedies on the Land, containing An Authentic Account of the Most Awful Murders that have been Committed in this Country; With a Report of the Trial, Judge's Charge, and the Confession and Execution of the Criminals from the year 1823 to 1840, embellished with numerous spirited engravings, 1855, later printing, John B. Perry, Philadelphia, hardcover, 12mo., original full green cloth, gilt title, 162 pp., illustrated throughout with woodcuts showing stabbings, shootings, executions, murder scenes and some of the most infamous American criminals from 1823-1840, some of the later works have their own title pages. An uncommon book on early American murderers.