Le Bordereau, Etude des Depositions de M. Bertillon et du Capitaine Valerio au Conseil de Guerre de Rennes, Par un Ancien Eleve De L'ecole Polytechnique. Texte / Planches [The Slip, a Study of the Depositions of Mr. Bertillon and Captain Valerio at the Military Court in Rennes, by a Former Student at the École Polytechnique]. Paris: Hardy & Bernard, 1904. French. One volume of text and one volume of plates.
Two booklets composing a research on the subject of the "Bordereau" ["Slip"], which Alfred Dreyfus was accused of having written. The discovery of this slip – containing classified French military intelligence and dispatched to the Germany Embassy in Paris – sparked the beginning of what became known as the "Dreyfus Affair." The first booklet contains the text, and the second features plates, including photocopies of Dreyfus's handwriting, diagrams analyzing handwriting, and more. Much is based on the testimonies in court against Dreyfus, in particular those delivered by Alphonse Bertillon. The latter was a French police officer, regarded as one of the pioneers of biometric identification. Although, in the end, he did not turn out to be much of an expert on handwriting analysis, he was called upon to testify in the trial as an expert witness, whereupon he insisted that Dreyfus was the person responsible for writing the slip.
Volume of text: 64 pp., 27 cm. Good condition. Few stains and creases. Notations in pencil. Volume of plates: [23] ff., 37.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and creases. Repairs with adhesive tape to some folded plates. Two booklets bound together in new binding, 38 cm.

Album Fun Beilises Protzess [The Beilis Trial Album]. Warsaw: N. Riwin, 1913. Yiddish and Russian.
Small album documenting – with illustrations and photos – the life of Mendel Beilis, in particular the trial in which he stood accused, and personalities associated with the trial, including the murder victim, the panel of judges, witnesses, attorneys, and others. Each picture is captioned in Yiddish and Russian.
Menahem Mendel Beilis was accused of the ritual murder of a Ukrainian Christian youth, Andrei Iushchinskii, in April, 1911. Beilis was arrested on the basis of false testimony, and his trial commenced in September 1913. The purported murder and trial triggered an anti-Jewish campaign of incitement. Beilis was finally acquitted on November 10, 1913, following three years in detention. In the wake of the 1917 Revolution, a commission of inquiry into the affair was established. Its findings revealed that the authorities were fully aware of the true story; the trial was staged, and the motives behind it were purely anti-Semitic. This album was printed to mark the occasion of Beilis's acquittal. The final photograph shows Beilis in the company of his family.
31 pp., 14.5X10.5 cm. Fair condition. Numerous stains and wear. Tears and creases. Spine reinforced with adhesive tape. Several notations in pen and pencil. Ownership stamps.

44 small printed paper labels and 45 propaganda notes with anti-Semitic illustrations and messages. Germany, [ca. 1920s-1940s]. German.
Propaganda notes and labels bearing anti-Semitic, racist and nationalistic messages, some also with vitriolically anti-Semitic imagery. The labels, with glue on the back, were meant to serve as stickers; some are designed to look like postage stamps.
The propaganda notes were all issued by the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
Several duplicate items.
Sizes vary. Good overall condition.