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• A hue and cry after Edward Kerby, a stone-cutter, and his wife Margaret with their two sons Joseph and Benjamine Kerby. Being a full and true account of the wicked robbery committed near St. Giles's Church, on Saturday last, at a joyners house in Plumb-tree-street, having first robbed the house of all movable goods, set if afterwards on fire. (London : Printed for Robert Thompson in Holborn, 1700) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A true account how Mr. Reading's house at Santost happened to be burnt ([London : s.n., 1700?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• A true and perfect narrative of the tryal and acquitment of Mr. John Satterthwayt at the assizes held at Kingston, March 13 being accused for firing the house of Mr. Peter Delanoy, dyer in Southwark / written in his own hand, in a letter to his friend in London. ([London? : s.n., 1680?]), by John Satterthwayt (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The true narrative of the confession and execution of the three prisoners at Kingstone upon Thames, in the county of Surrie. On Monday the 22th of March, 1679. With the account of their particular facts for which they suffered, as more particularly the last confession and exhortation of Margaret Clark, who fired her masters house in Southwark. And James Christian for killing the waterman, John Selby, John Seamor alias Herring, three notorious highway men. With the names of the places where they committed the facts, for which they now suffer; and many other remarkable circumstances. ([London : s.n., 1680]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• By the King, a proclamation for the discovery and apprehending of several persons justly suspected to have contrived and acted in the felonious burning of houses in and about the city of London (London : Printed by John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills ..., 1679), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) and King Charles II of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Getting at the roots of man-caused forest fires; a case study of a southern forest area (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1940), by United States Forest Service and John Penfield Shea (page images at HathiTrust)
• Incendiarism in Greater New York, 1912. ([The J. W. Pratt Company, printers], 1913), by New York (N.Y.). Fire Department and Joseph Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Nachweis von Schriftfälschungen, Blut, Sperma, usw. : unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Photographie mit einem Anhange über Brandstiftungen, für Chemiker, Pharmazeuten, Mediziner, Juristen, Polizeiorgane, usw. (Vieweg, 1906), by Max Eugen Hermann Dennstedt and F. Voigtländer (page images at HathiTrust)
• People who start fires (Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1971), by John R. Christiansen and William S. Folkman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Faithful Walter, and the incendiary. : Showing how divine Providence sometimes accomplishes great events through the medium of children. (Published by Edward Livermore. ;, 1849), by A. A. Gray, Edward Livermore, Mrs. Colman, and J. A. & U. P. James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arson task force assistance program : anti-arson implementation kits. (Federal Emergency Managememnt Agency, U.S. Fire Administration : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1980), by United States Fire Administration and United States. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Office of Criminal Justice Programs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die brandstiftung in den strafgesetzbüchern Deutschlands und der deutschen Schweiz. (Leipzig, 1854), by Eduard Osenbrüggen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on incendiarism in New York City, 1912 : submitted to his honor Wm. J. Gaynor, Mayor (s.n., 1912), by New York (N.Y.). Fire Department and Joseph Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur psychologie der brandstifter. ([Leipzig, 1914), by Hans Schmid (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplementary memorial with reference to the claim of His Grace the Archbishop of Quebec, against the Board of Public Works (s.n.], 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mémoire supplémentaire sur la réclamation de Sa Grace Mgr. l'archevêque de Québec, contre le bureau des travaux publics (s.n., 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Iets over brandstichting ... (A.H. Adriani, 1882), by Joannes Henricus Muller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Artikel 328 wetboek van strafrecht. (Leiden, 1891), by Willem Pieter Roedolf Bouman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai sur l'incendie ... (Imprimerie Genèvoise, 1875), by Jean J. Condéesco (page images at HathiTrust)
• Étude sur le crime d'incendie. (Genève, 1884), by Alfred Gautier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbok för undersökningar rörande mordbrand; till tjenst för Hrr jurister, tjenstemän i brandförsäkringsanstalter samt kronolänsmän och andra, som hafva att hålla undersökningar efter eldsvådor. (Göteborg, 1896), by Albert Weingart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Istoricheskīĭ ocherk prestuplenīi︠a︡ podzhoga po rimskomu, germanskomu i russkomu pravu (G. Falʹk, 1885), by Pavel Besi︠e︡dkin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Versuch und vollendung bei der brandstiftung. (Halle A. S., 1889), by Ernst Pape (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property at Lawrence, Kansas May 21, 1856. (U.S. G.P.O.], 1863) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elements of arson investigation. (R.H. Donnelley Corp., 1963), by Benjamin S. Huron (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arson and kindred crimes in Illinois. A manual for deputy fire marshals, state's attorneys and others interested in the investigation and prosecution of criminal burnings, and in the reduction of fire waste. (Illinois State Register, 1923), by Illinois. Division of Fire Prevention (page images at HathiTrust)
• A brief for the people : arson, burning to defraud, conspiracy and kindred crimes, together with suggestions for the condemnation and removal of fire hazard conditions (Fire Marshal Dept., State of Illinois, 1915), by Walter H. Bennett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arson : the neglected epidemic : report and hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Fire Services. (The Senate, 1977), by California. Legislature. Senate. Select Committee on Fire Services (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le crime d'incendie. (Paris, 1913), by Emile Duché (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die brandstiftung nach dem geltenden recht und nach dem vorentwurf zu einem deutschen strafgesetzbuch. (Erlangen, 1912), by Richard Hermann Fleischmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Casuistische beiträge zur forensischen psychiatrie (4 fälle von brandstiftung) ([Berlin, 1902), by E. Meyer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• God our protector and refuge in danger and trouble. A discourse, delivered at the public lecture in Boston, on Thursday, March 16, 1797. / By John Lathrop, D.D. A.A.S. ; With an appendix, containing an account of several daring attempts to set fire to the town and rob the inhabitants; together with hints tending to the security of populous towns and cities, against the evils to which they are more particularly exposed. (Boston: : Printed by Manning & Loring., 1797), by John Lathrop (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Arson : a selected bibliography (United States Dept. of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by J. T. Skip Duncan, Marjorie Kravitz, Marc H. Caplan, and United States. National Criminal Justice Reference Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Arsonists in California and New York : a tentative look (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1985), by William G. Bradshaw, Timothy G. Huff, and Calif.) Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arson investigation ([Sacramento, Calif., 1949), by William L. Wiesinger and California. Bureau of Industrial Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• California trooper (Beadle and Adams, 1883), by Frederick H. Dewey and Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery, by William Augustine Leahy (Gutenberg ebook)

• Anno primo Victoriae Reginae : an act to amend the laws relating to burning or destroying buildings and ships. (17th July 1837.) (Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's most excellent Majesty, 1837), by Great Britain, Andrew Spottiswoode, George Eyre, Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library), and Great Britain. Sovereign (1837-1901 : Victoria) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Data sources on the incidence on [i.e. of] arson in Illinois (Statistical Analysis Center, Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, 1977), by Chip Coldren and Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. Statistical Analysis Center (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Mystery of the Fires (The Mary Lou series, #2; New York and Chicago: A. L. Burt Co., c1935), by Edith Lavell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Four little Blossoms through the holidays, by Mabel C. Hawley, illust. by Robert Gaston Herbert (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sink or Swim; or, Harry Raymond's Resolve, by Horatio Alger (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Firebug, by Roy J. Snell (Gutenberg ebook)

• Iets over brandstichting ... (A.H. Adriani, 1882), by Joannes Henricus Muller (page images at HathiTrust)

• Arsonists in California and New York : a tentative look (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1985), by William G. Bradshaw, Timothy G. Huff, and Calif.) Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley (page images at HathiTrust)

• A guide for the prosecution of arson cases in Oregon. (State Fire Marshal Dept., 1947), by Oregon. Department of Justice (page images at HathiTrust)

• Suggestions for arson investigators (State Fire Marshal Dept., in the 1920s), by Indiana. State Fire Marshal Department and Clem Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• Beiträge zur Psychologie und Psychopathologie der Brandstifter. (Springer, 1917), by Heinrich Többen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Brandstiftungen in Affecten und Geistesstörungen. Ein Beitrag zur gerichtlichen Medicin für Juristen und Aerzte. (Homann, 1860), by Willers Jessen (page images at HathiTrust)

• [Circulaire] les feuilles publiques vous auront appris les tristes événements dont la capitale vient d'être le théâtre, l'insulte faite a la personne du gouverneur général ... l'incendie du lieu des délibérations du parlement .. (s.n., 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report. (Cape Times, Govt. Printers, 1916), by South Africa. Parliament. House of Assembly. Select Committee on Incendiarism (page images at HathiTrust)

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