GUITEAU, Charles. The Assassin’s Doom. Full Account Of The Jail Life, Trial And Sentence Of Chas. J. Guiteau. A Sequel To “Guiteau’s Crime.” (1882)

AUTHOR: GUITEAU, Charles. 

TITLE: The Assassin’s Doom. Full Account Of The Jail Life, Trial And Sentence Of Chas. J. Guiteau. A Sequel To “Guiteau’s Crime.” Completely Illustrated By The Best Artists.

PUBLISHER: New York, Richard K. Fox, 1882.

DESCRIPTION: 1 vol., 9-1/2" x 6-3/8", (ii)61pp.(i), frontis portrait plate, illustrated, original stitching, publishers original yellow pictorial wrappers.

CONDITION: Toning to pages, small chip to head of spine, completely unsophisticated, short closed tear to frontis, overall a VERY GOOD copy.

REFERENCE: Mcdade 400.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: OCLC locate 7 copies. According to RBH only 1 copy has ever appeared at auction in 1910.

According to RBH no copy has ever appeared at auction.

The pamphlet is one of the "Police Gazette Series of Famous Criminals," available, back in the day, for "25 cts." McDade has a long explanation of the crime, noting Guiteau's insanity and his ties to the Conkling branch of the Republican Party. When Garfield, an opponent of the Conkling faction, received the Republican presidential nomination and won the election, Guiteau thought he could improve his career chances by killing Garfield and thus paving the way for vice president Chester Arthur, an ally of Conkling, to step up to the presidency.