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24075np nd. 9 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued. Spine reinforced. Light dusting a few chips to blank upper margins. Good. <br/><br/> Jim West was convicted of first degree murder for killing George McNelly; he was sentenced to life. This his appeal brief was filed by his attorneys Sheeks & Sneed and R.L. Brockenbrough. West's claim of self-defense had failed at trial although the jury heard testimony that McNelly told West "I will see you before Saturday night and put more holes in you than there is in a sifter." His lawyers argue "Deceased had armed himself and prepared himself to kill West and flee the country. In his attempt to kill West he was killed himself-- a blessing to civilization and to society. unknown books
xxiv, 256-320 pages. Features: Cover illustration of St. Lucia, Windward Islands; The Death-Patrol - strange R.C.M.P. manhunt in Canada's far north after a murder on Moskeet Island; The Tobacco Farmers - three youngsters put their combined savings into an abandoned farm in North Queensland - article with photos; The Jewelled Cross - a strange story of buried treasure; Photo of New Zealand's "Bottle House"; The Stowaway; The Tale of a Shirt - what happened when an African 'bush-boy' acquired a taste for European clothing; The Miracle of the Sacred Eagles - photo-illustrated article on a daily phenomenon at a hilltop temple in Tirrukalikundram in Southern India; The Landlord's Tale - a rousing sea story told by the host of a village inn on the south coast; The Wai Wai Indians of the interior of British Guiana - article with eight photos; The Delectable Island - the isle of Re lies in the Bay of Biscay; Jungle Magic - an inexplicable performance witnessed in Malaya; Australian Treasure Trove - the wealth awaiting lucky finders in the Australian wilds; and more, plus many vintage ads. Small name atop front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 129-192 plus 16 pages of advertisements. Features: The Grey Car Mystery - a Winnipeg murder case is solved - with photos of Sheriff Delos Blanchard, Harry Heipel, J.A. Kaesar (the victim), Inspector M.F. Anthony, and Chief George Smith; Premonition - an odd recollection by ship's engineer R.A. Jordan, R.N.R.; Photo of mystery stone coffin in the village of Turville; The Foundling - the tale of a temporarily adopted baboon in Nigeria; The Gold-Seekers - reprint of a Honduran adventure published in 1915 involving Charles Row, Dr. John F. Howard, Bert Dare, Edward J. Hoyt and W.W. Palmer; White Man's Magic - a Scots tugboat skipper uses his intelligence to restore order to a colony of Negroes in Columbia who were whipped to a frenzy by a self-appointed medicine-man; Photos of aftermath of cyclone which struck Townsville, Queensland, Australia in March, 1946; On the Razmak Road - a curious happening on the northwest frontier of India; Two Cot Cases - a Royal Navy rescue story involving the H.M.S. Keppel; Patrolling the Gulf of Carpentaria; Indian Pole-Trick; Vast Pools of Silver Salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska - article with photos; Hide and Seek - a tale from the coast of Dalmatia in the Adriatic where motor-gunboats of the Royal Navy harried German supply schooners; Nice Mars chocolate bar ad inside back cover. Colour ad for Wavy Navy tobacco on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. Modest sticker removal blemish to front cover. Binding tight. A sound vintage copy. Book
19816002Jean-Claude Lattès 1981 220 pages in8. 1981. Broché. 220 pages. Les services spéciaux allemands et français élaborent un plan pour éliminer la terroriste Birgitt Haas en lui donnant l'apparence d'une mort naturelle. L'histoire débute par la mort d'un inconnu à Colmar et l'arrestation de Haas à Munich le même soir événements qui semblent sans lien jusqu'à ce qu'Athanase un vieux spécialiste des services secrets entre en scène
1953182791953 Editions Presses de la Cité, Collection "Un Mystère", n°118 - 1953 - In-12, broché, couverture illustrée - 221 p.
115552aafParis, J.-B. Baillière, 1874, in-8vo, 174 p. + 1 f.; 2ff. + tampon ‘E. Girod avocat Fribourg Suisse’,avocat Fribourg’, reliure en d.-cuir, qqs taches, pièce de titre au dos, pièce de bibliothèque en bas du dos,
104636aafParis, J.-B. Baillière, 1870, in-8vo, XX + 1236 p., avec 54 fig. et 2 planches, ex. non coupé, cachet ‘F. de Gottrau avocat Fribourg’, brochure originale. dos fendu.
115551aafParis, J.-B. Baillière, 1872, in-8vo, XII + 610 p., avec 15 fac-simile d’écriture d’aliénés, tampon ‘E. Girod avocat Fribourg Suisse’,avocat Fribourg’, reliure en d.-cuir, qqs taches, pièce de titre au dos, pièce de bibliothèque en bas du dos,
104635aafParis, J.-B. Baillière, 1880, in-8vo, XVIII + 686 p., ex. non coupé, cachet ‘F. de Gottrau avocat Fribourg’, brochure originale. Couverture de la brochure avec déchirures et dos dénudé.
104633aafParis, J.-B. Baillière, 1879, in-8vo, XII + 352 p., illustré de 13 planches de fig. pleine page + 1 planche en couleurs h.-t., ex. non coupé, cachet ‘F. de Gottrau avocat Fribourg’, brochure originale.
120724sd A Paris, Librairie de l'Estampe - Sans date (circa 1915) - In-folio, format à l'italienne, broché - Sans pagination - 14 planches hors texte en N&B
88 pages. Features: Vogue's-Eye View of Summer Fashions; New fashions, pleasures, and politics in Paris today; Waists dwindle at Paris Mid-Seasons - great Horst photos; Murder in the Art Galleries; One-page colour portrait of Mrs. Edgar Scott (Number 6 in a series); Cherchez la femme - an illustrated article on lipstick; Beautiful one-page color-illustrated ad for Bergdorf Goodman features lady seated by cabana with white dog; Random notes on waists, women and what-not; Summer Stock; This Summer's Debutantes - photos of Colette Gay, Mary Steel, Elizabeth Gibson, Rosamund Reed, Marjorie Flagg, Margaret Harper, Mary Filley, Elizabeth Kean, Dorothy Blackwell, Margot Finletter, Ann Wickes, Elizabeth Putnam and Barbara Iselin; Photos and brief write-ups of Barry Fitzgerald, Patricia Collinge, Morris Carnovsky, Hal Sherman and Sam Jaffe; House of Jewels at the Fair - with lovely one-page color photo; Color-illustrated article on 'Color - for the sand and sea'; Gorgeous one-page color photo of model in blue and white-striped dress in front of green-striped backdrop; Country Dinner - skirts or trousers?; Italy sends fashions to the Fair; Young ideas for your home life; Good for your Game - golf fashion photos; Picasso, Degas and Zola - samples of their photography; Come to Lunch on Sunday; Great photos of how a woman should look - and not look - when seeking a job; Two gorgeous one-page photos of models with little waists in dinner wear; Designs for dressmaking; Shop-hound's Early Crop; Discoveries in Beauty; Augustus John; For Mothers of Tomorrow; Cast on these sweaters; and more. Ads: Color photo ad for Cannon towels inside front cover; Bonwit Teller (shoes); Two-page ad for Lucien Lelong Carefree Perfume and Cologne; Two-page ad for the Cunard White Star and its vessel the Mauretania which will make her maiden voyage from New York on June 30th; Great one-page color-photo ad for the La Salle five-passenger four-door touring sedan (green); One-page photo ad for Oldsmobile cars; Imra; Jacqueline Cochran Cosmetics; Fantastic one-page ad for the new Lastex Pagan Charm Girleiere by Formfit; Campbell's Consomme (Soup); Pond's Cold Cream - featuring photos of Lady Rosemary Gresham of England, the Hon. Ann Schaughnessy in Montreal, Mrs. Robert W. Armstrong of Toronto, the former Ann Clark (now a Roosevelt), the Lady Cynthia Williams and Mrs. Nicholas R. du Pont of Wilmington; Gorgeous two-color one-page ad for Lentheric fragrances; Old Gold Cigarettes - with photo of World's Fair Gown; One-page two-color Helena Rubenstein lipstick ad introduces new color 'Sporting Pink'; Nice one-page two-color ad for Bourjois's Mais Oui fragrance; Le Gant's "Sta-up-Top"; Revlon cream nail enamel; Tasteful leggy one-page ad for Bellin's Wondersteoen magic hair eraser; One-page ad by Japan's Board of Tourist Industry promotes tourism to that country; Fantastic color ad inside back cover features the Lincoln Zephyr V-12 in a desert scene; Nice color-photo Fisher Body ad on back cover features seaman standing by lady in red Pontiac. Faint hand-written name upon front cover otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Short openings at each end of backstrip. Binding intact. A sound and complete copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
2021500045801LGF 2021 288 pages 12 1x17 7x1 5cm. 2021. pocket_book. 288 pages.
19562090502113714913Not Available 1956. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19782090502113717642Not Available 1978. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
19802090502113716079Not Available 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
288p. Profusely illustrated with seven and fifty photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Original dust jacket with small tear on top of spine. Hardbound. A pictorial history of crime from 1850 to 1966. Nice copy. CRIME BOX 1
Pages 178-264 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Mysterious Heart of Asia (part I) - Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes gives an account of his adventures during a war-time expedition, with photos; The Murder Ship - the Russian schooner Johannis and one of the most tragic narratives in the annals of the sea; The Lifted Veil (part I) - POWs in Turkey concoct a 'spook' and create an amazing deception for their captors; The Largest Camera in the World - constructed by George Lawrence of Chicago - fantastic photo-illustrated article; 'Twixt Earth and Sky - the story of a German's vengeance and the terrible ordeal that resulted for a timber-getter in the New Zealand kauri forests; The Great Zeebrugge Raid - And After (part II) - a Royal Marine captured on the Mole describes the full story of the historic landing (in part I) and curious adventures during subsequent captivity; The Bullet-Hole Cross - Guatemalan estate manager Mr. Dellplain incurs the wrath of an Indian who swears to have his life; The Mystery of the Missing Nun (part II) - Sister Janina disappeared from a peaceful little village in Michigan; Timber-Cruising in California - Terence H. Lambert describes interesting experiences among the big trees of California; Pirate Gold - The Buried Treasure of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia; After Big Game in East Africa - advice on the fitting out of expeditions, cost, and the game available; Photo of amazing bamboo scaffold structure over the great Ch'ien Men Gate, Peking as it was being rebuilt; A Two-Days' Battle with a Baboon - it escaped aboard a ship!; A Night With a Madman in India; The Sheriff's Bad Day - this story hinges on a very odd connection with this publication; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
19551156391955 Elsevier Publishing Company - 1955 - Grand In-8, cartonnage noir de l'éditeur - XVI + 376 pages - Nombreuses reproductions photographiques en N&B in texte - Ouvrage en anglais
1992500318682France Loisirs 1992 1992.
2118London: J. Allen; Cockshaw & Yates 1856. 326pp. 8vo half lea. worn and bumped marbled boards some damage to spine contents mainly good but some foxing. London: J. Allen; Cockshaw & Yates, 1856. hardcover
1932400221932 N° 117 - petit in-8 cartonnage éditeur avec sa jaquette illustrée par Jean Bernard (Poste de Police) - 1932 - 247 pages - Ed. Librairie des Champs-Elysées - coll. Le Masque
12mo, 474 pages, not illustrated. eng
8827In 12 broché, couverture en couleur de R. Parry, n° 26 de la Collection détective librairie Gallimard 1934 édition originale
84 pages. Features: Lovely cover photo of red fall leaves, lady in red sweater, and Irish setter; Colour Parker Pen ad inside front cover with illustration of man holding his Canadian military jacket; Is "Imperialism" Extinct?; photo of Mackenzie King welcoming General H.D.G. Crerar home at Ottawa Union Station; Photo of troopship and British liner "Stratheden" at Quebec City, with Chateau Frontenac in background; Colour country illustration for GSW kitchen appliances ad; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad shows utility poles being installed; Outlook from Parliament Hill - jobs, housing, Dominion-Provincial Relations, Social Legislation, Canadian Flag, Trade; And the Heart Knows (short story); Glamour in Sheep's Clothing - photo-illustrated fashion article on sheepskin plastic; The Ram Remembers (short story); What's Ahead for the Veteran? - photo-illustrated article with photos of Manitoba farmer George Cowan, Norman Bowles, Bruce Gold, Gunner P.S. Burd and Petty Officer E. Buchle; Table for One (short story); The Hunt Ball Murder (short story); Man of the Month - Ernest Campbell MacMillan; Two-page two-colour ad for Victory bonds shows children Betty and Jim with lots of flags; One-page C-I-L ad illustrates their technical achievements; What Happened to the 50 old destroyers?; Nostalgic one-page ad for movie "Night in Paradise" starring Merle Oberon and Turhan Bey; Nice photo of Yvonne DeCarlo in Jergens Lotion ad; One-page colour ad announcing Waterman's Taperite pens; One-page post-war text ad by H.J. Heinz ad explains "How To Make Your Meet Supply Go Further";Two-colour Chevrolet centrefold ad features the Chevy logo; Portrait of Mrs. Ronald Colman in Tangee ad; Charming one-page colour Maxwell House coffee ad with illustration fall scene and dad installing storm windows; Signposts to Victory - when Canadian troops return home there will be a vigorous boost in the sign-writing industry - after all, they were so eager to practice that profession in Europe! (fun article); Half-page Westinghouse ad will illustration of Canada's largest radio and appliance plant in Hamilton; The Fraternity of the Wooden Leg - a support organization for amputees; One-page two-colour ad by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board entitled "Miracles of Make-Do" encourages Canadain women to conserve textiles by making baby clothes from discarded underwear and other unused woollen clothing; Arrid ad features photo of Gertrude Niesen; Colour-comic half-page Chase & Sanforn ad features Charlie McCarthy; Fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Machine ad; Colour photo of Maria Montez in Woodbury Powder ad; Article on how to make new clothes from old; Nice colour ad for the 1946 Ford Sup;er Deluxe (maroone) inside back cover; Colour Marboleum floors ad on back cover; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A lovely vintage copy. Book