Search Results: Animal Cruelty from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, printed by Wright & Potter, April 4, 1881. First edition. Original folio broadside measuring approximately 15 inches by 9.5 inches printed recto only on medium paper. Not found in OCLC as of 3/30/2024.
Old folds, Moderately toned & soiled, edge wear including creasing & a one inch tear, otherwise good or better & still quite attractive.
"The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asks the attention of all good citizens to the law of the Commonwealth for the protection of our small birds and their nests, and it invites their co-operation in the enforcement of the same. The penalty is ten dollars for killing each bird, and for wilfully destroying, disturbing or taking their nests or eggs, the same sum; one-half of the fine goes to the complainant, and one-half to the city or town where the offense is committed …" ~Excerpted from the text.

Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1872. First edition. Duodecimo (7.5" x 5.5"), 8 pages. Publisher's pictorial paper wraps, sewn. OCLC locates 8 copies under 2 accession numbers as of 4/7/2024.
Lightly toned & soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise very good.
"To awaken attention to the improper use of check-reins, we wish to give a wide circulation to the following article, prepared from the best authorities. Packages of the pamphlet will be sent, without cost, to friends who will distribute them to stable-keepers, teamsters, drivers, and others who have to do with horses." ~Frank B. Fay, Secretary, excerpted from the front cover.
George Thorndike Angell (1823 – 1909) founded the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1868 & in 1889 founded the American Humane Education Society. Both organizations continue to this day.

Asheville, North Carolina: RS Meroney, five issues: volume 20, numbers 10 & 11, December, 1944 & January, 1945; volume 22, number 3, May, 1946; volume 23, numbers 6 & 7, August & September, 1947 Small folios, 16 pp each, illustrated throughout Pictorial, stapled paper wraps
Soiling, foxing, browning, edge wear, creasing, some light staining, staples rusted (defects affecting some issues more than others), otherwise Good or better.
In 2007 Louisiana became the last state in America to ban cockfighting A lengthy grace period, of course, was provided apparently to aid the transition The horrific practice continues surreptitiously
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Boston: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, no date (ca. 1886). First editions. Octavos (8.75" x 5.75"), single sheets folded once vertically forming 4 pages each, illustrated. OCLC records narrow holdings for numbers 1. 3, & 4 only as of 4/7/2024
Moderately toned & soiled, brief edge wear, otherwise very good.
George Thorndike Angell (1823 – 1909) founded the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 1868 & in 1889 founded the American Humane Education Society. Both organizations continue to this day.