American woman (1860-1927) who was tried and acquitted in the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. The saga ultimately became one of the most celebrated unsolved cases in the history of American crime. Lizzie Borden's personally-owned signed book: The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. Later printing. NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1917. Hardcover, 5 x 6.5, 583 pages. Signed on the first page with her initials, "L. A. B.," and "Washington," presumably the location of purchase. A green-and-gold "Maplecroft" seal has been applied to the reverse of the signed page. Maplecroft was the name of the mansion that Borden purchased following her acquittal. Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/None.
To escape the pressures of Fall River, Massachusetts, Borden would often take off for Washington, DC. In Washington, she could live a life without being scrutinized in public, and she enjoyed theater, traveling, and shopping. She evidently bought this dictionary—which features definitions of both 'axe' and 'murder'—during one such jaunt to the nation's capital.
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