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Pages 105-140. Features: Nice cover photo-portrait of Dwight Eisenhower; Photos of America's new first lady - Mrs. Eisenhower, and Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of the new Vice-President, both wearing their inaugural ball gowns; Photo of six German's tried with murder and other atrocities at the Schirmeck concentration camp during the occupation of France; Photos of the Red Hat Ceremony in Rome where new Catholic Cardinals receive their hats; Photo of the Dutch liner' Klipfontein just before she went under; Photo of horrible accident at Washington's Union station where train lost braking and crashed into buffers; Photos from Egypt and Sudan - Abdel Rahman Hakki, Sheikh Ahmed Al Bakury, Major Saley Salim and General Neguib; Photos of M. Rene Mayer, France's new Prime Minister; Two pages of photos and information about Oradour-Sur-Glane - a case which revives a terrible war memory - the trial of 21 S.S. soldiers charged with the murder of a French community; Photo and article on the tree-climbing goats of Morocco; Photos of the end of the Second Swiss attempt on Everest; Two pages of photos and information on the war in Indo-China - French Union troops in the Red River Delta, plus an amphibious operation against the Viet Minh - a phase of 'Operation Bretagne'; Two-page photo of the summit and southern wall of Everest, taken from the Ramparts of Pumori; Two pages of photos and information about the British-trained Sudan Defense Force; Photos from the first performance of Vaughan Williams' "Sinfonia Antartica"; Photos of the personalities of the week, including recently deceased Sir Edward Marsh and artist Douglas Chandor, as well as squash champion A. Fairbairn and a group photo of Sherpas who helped with the recent Swiss Everest attempt; Photo of the marriage of Sir William Slim's daughter to Peter Nigel Stewart Frazer; Nice colour-illustrated ad for King George IV old Scotch whisky on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
15445Anvers, Fond Mercator, 1978 26 x 30, 274 pp., nombreuses illustrations, cartes en N/B et quelques illustrations en couleurs, cartonnage d'édition + jaquette + emboitage, très bon état.
19511245451951 Editions Fleuve Noir - N°20 de la collection "Spécial Police" - 1951 - Edition originale - In-12 broché, couverture illustrée signée Gourdon - 222 pages
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 128 pages with a great many b&w and color photos.
1836665381836. Concord NH 1836. Concord NH 1836. "Oh! Lust Accursed Lust! 'Twas This for Which I Did the Deed" Broadside. Murder. Private Individual at the Bar. Abr'm Prescott's Confession of the Murder of Mrs. Sally Cochran of Pembroke N.H.--June 23 1833. Concord NH.: S.n. 1836. 17" x 11-1/2" broadside. Two-columns of verse in twenty stanzas within woodcut ornamental border text headed by large woodcut vignette of a coffin. Light browning and a few minor stains faint horizontal and vertical fold line chipping to edges section lacking from bottom margin just touching bottom right corner of border a few tears along fold lines with no loss to text later repairs to verso. $2500. Abraham Prescott was found guilty of the murder of Sally Cochran in two separate trials held in Concord in September 1834 and September 1835. Despite a well-crafted insanity defense he was sentenced to be hanged on December 23 1835 in Hopkinton New Hampshire. The execution was postponed to January 6 1836. The verse account in this broadside presents the murder as a crime of passion: "Oh! lust accursed lust! 'twas this for which I did the deed; Forfeiting heaven and life and bliss Forfeiting all I need." See McDade The Annals of Murder 769. OCLC locates 7 copies American Antiquarian Society Brown Dartmouth Harvard Peabody Essex Museum University of Michigan Yale. unknown books
1837666621837. Sold by Knight Sweetings Alley Cornhill 1837. Sold by Knight Sweetings Alley Cornhill 1837. Broadside with Portraits of the "Edgeware Road Murderer" and His Female Accomplice Broadside. Murder. Greenacre James 1785-1837. Gale Sarah d. 1837. James Greenacre and Sarah Gale Charged with the Murder & Mutilation of Hannah Brown. Sketched from Life At the Bar of the Old Bailey 12th April 1837. Warranted Written Only 10 Minutes Before Sentence Was Passed! London: Sold by Knight Sweetings Alley Cornhill 1837. 11" x 7-1/2" broadside. Lithographed images of Greenacre and Gale above reproductions of their signatures text to left of signatures and below. Moderate toning light edgewear a few faint dampstains and few creases. $350. Known as the "Edgeware Road Murderer" Greenacre planned to marry Hannah Brown for her money. However his mistress Sarah Gale convinced him to kill her dismember her and hide her body parts in various places. They would then take her money and escape to America. This plan fell apart after police found her head in Regent's Canal. The case of Greenacre and Gale generated a good deal of popular interest. His execution was attended by an enormous crowd. No copies located on OCLC. unknown books
1832713351832. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Douglas and Kent 1832. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Douglas and Kent 1832. A Murder Related to Labor Unrest in the Newcastle Mines Broadside. Murder. Great Britain. An Account of the Shocking Murder Committed on the Body of John Errington A Bound Pitman At Hetton Colliery In the County of Durham On Saturday April 19 1832 By Receiving Two Shots One of Them in the Chest And the Other in the Groin. To Which is Added the Names of Those Who are Apprehended And Sent to Durham Gaol On Suspicion of Being Implicated in the Murder. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Douglas and Kent Printers 1832. 13-3/4" x 6-1/4" broadside mounted on 13-1/4" x 8" sheet bottom inch of broadside folded lower corners cropped. Single-column text below headline sections separated by rules. Negligible light toning. A well-preserved copy. $1500. An account "taken from the Newcastle Papers" of 28th April during the miner's strike of 1832 an early example of Indsutrial-Era unrest that resonated throughout Great Britain. At that time a number of strikers evicted from their homes gathered in the town where they lit bonfires discharged firearms and antagonized their opponents. Errington a strikebreaker was found dead in the street with two wounds from a marble-firing musket. Several strikers were charged with his murder and taken to Durham Gaol which was far enough away from Newcastle to discourage any rescue attempts. In the end the evidence was insufficient and they were released. No copies located on OCLC Library Hub or at the British Library. unknown books
1849717871849. Unrecorded Account of an Attempted Murder in Oxfordshire Broadside. Murder. Great Britain. Attempted Murder of a Wife by her Husband Near Banbury Oxfordshire. Reading: Jones Printer 1849. 14-1/2" x 10" broadside triple-column text below headline and woodcut image of a man stabbing a woman flanked by six stanzas of verse. Light toning and edgewear vertical and horizontal folds the latter with early repair fold line to lower right-hand corner light foxing to margins negligible faint dampstain to left-hand margin touching a bit of text. $3850. James Layton under stress from financial distress began to entertain paranoid delusions that his wife conspiring against him. This led him to shoot and stab her while they were on a walk near Banbury. Responding to the sounds and commotion a group of men came to the scene and apprehended Layton. His wife later died of her injuries. The subsequent trial ended in a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity. This appears to be an unrecorded broadside. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. unknown books
1836665381836. Concord NH 1836. Concord NH 1836. "Oh! Lust Accursed Lust! 'Twas This for Which I Did the Deed" Broadside. Murder. A Private Individual at the Bar. Abr'm Prescott's Confession Of the Murder of Mrs. Sally Cochran of Pembroke N.H.--June 23 1833. Concord NH.: S.n. 1836. 17" x 11-1/2" 43.2 x 29.2 cm broadside. Two columns of verse in twenty stanzas within woodcut ornamental border text headed by large woodcut vignette of a coffin. Light browning and a few minor stains faint horizontal and vertical fold line chipping to edges section lacking from bottom margin just touching bottom right corner of border a few tears along fold lines with no loss to text later repairs to verso. $1950. Abraham Prescott was convicted of the murder of Sally Cochran following two separate highly publicized trials held in Concord New Hampshire in September 1834 and September 1835. Despite a robust and well-crafted insanity defense mounted by his counsel Prescott was sentenced to death. Originally scheduled to be hanged in Hopkinton New Hampshire on December 23 1835 his execution was delayed and he was ultimately executed on January 6 1836. This rare broadside features a verse account that explicitly frames the murder as a crime of passion capturing the sensationalized public sentiment of the era: "Oh! lust accursed lust! 'twas this / For which I did the deed; / Forfeiting heaven and life and bliss / Forfeiting all I need." OCLC locates 7 copies American Antiquarian Society Brown Dartmouth Harvard Peabody Essex Museum University of Michigan Yale. See McDade The Annals of Murder 769. Burt American Murder Ballads 66-67. unknown
26001Paris, Balland, Crimes politiques, 1977. In-8 (220x140mm) broché, 201 p. Bon état général. Petits défauts extérieur.
20221114082022 Editions Métaillé Noir, collection "Bibliothèque écossaise" dirigée par Keith Dixon - 2022 - In-8, broché couverture illustrée - 510 pages
13625Drôle de sabbat in 12 broché, couverture, faux titre, titre, 220 pages, traduction de René GUYONNET collection détective club. Troisième trimestre 1951
18328608London Printed for the Proprietors and sold by W. Nute 1832. 1832 366 2 p. 5 plates one damaged. List of books recently published by Thomas Kelly. Contemporary half calf spine gilt and marbled boards. The front endpaper has been removed and p.171/172 partly in facsimile. A little rubbed on the edges and corners but still an attractive copy. London Printed for the Proprietors, and sold by W. Nute, hardcover
Black and white illustrations throughout. Features: Northland Patrol - RCMP Constable DeLisle's three-thousand-mile mid-winter sled-trip through the Canadian Arctic to investigate a murder; The Hoodoo Liner - A strange yarn from a bad-luck mail steamer; Jungle Racket - A curious story from the wilds of Malaya; The Lurking Terror - Australian launch skipper Peter Brooks catches a giant groper which menaced pearl divers - article with photo; The Maharajah's Elephant - what happened when a royal elephant died in India; The Cleaning-Up of Williamson County, Illinois (part 2) - Bad Charlie Birger is finally put out of commission; The "Tom Thumb Circus" Affair - murder mystery against the bizarre background of a collection of performing animals and birds; Titus George's Trouble - a poltergeist story from a Ceylon tea estate; Jungle Pets (with photos - including lady riding a giraffe; They Prowl By Night - an encounter with a lion-man; Mrs. Brown's Good Cause - everything goes wrong at an Indian grand concert fundraiser; The Mountain of Fate - an attempt to scale Mount Kungwe in East Africa. 66 pages plus 22 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
288p. Hardcover Good condition, spine ends worn
200311857Rageot / cascade 2003 154 pages in12. 2003. broché. 154 pages. Lors de la promenade du soir Jessica un labrador noir et son maître Médéric découvrent le cadavre d'un vieil homme près de la voie ferrée. L'enquête policière qui s'ensuit cherche à identifier l'assassin du maître de Bobby un autre chien
1971207612Couverture rigide. Relié. 313 pages. Jaquette très légèrement abîmée. Rousseurs.
105132Ed Denoël - Coll. Présence du futur N°272 - 1999 - In-12 broché, couv. illustrée en couleurs - 186 p
pp. xix, 135 + Photographs. Bookplate of India Newton on front paste down. Slightly damp stained. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, extremities rubbed with loss. Original priced dust jacket; worn, taped and chipped with loss. W3
20151106422015 Ed. Calmann-Lévy - 2015 - In-8, broché - Couverture illustrée - 371 pages
2016935282016 Editions du Seuil, Policier, 2006 - In-8 broché - 342 p.
grand in-8, 429 pp., illustrations, broché, couv. Illustré Bon état [BAT-6]
19361073011936 Editions Albin Michel - 1936 - Petit in-8, broché - 254 p.
70 pages. Articles: The Blooming of Margaret Rose - Princess Elizabeth's sister; Traveling Companion - foolproof trips for America's postwar innocents abroad courtesy of American Express Company: The Secret Papers of Harry L. Hopkins (part 8) - grim days of defeat in 1942 and plans for ultimate victory; Unwanted - a plea for justice for Europe's hordes of Displaced Persons (DPs); Designs for Touring (part 9) - Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton country; Night Life of the St. Louis Cardinals. Fiction: One Day, One Life; More Beautiful than Murder; Are You Sure?; On the Bakeoven Grade; Laughter Must be Shared. Ads include: Zenith radios; Hudson cars; RCA Victor radios; Pabst beer featuring colour photo of Mr. & Mrs. Bob Hope; Plymouth; Ballantine's Ale; "Dream Girl" movie starring Betty Hutton; Rutland Concrete Patcher; Camel cigarettes - featuring sand sailor Peg Neeley. Good Year centerfold holding by one staple. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
98 pages. Short Stories: Playboy's Choice; Men Should Be Married; Neighbors; The Fugitive Grandmothers. Articles: The Secrets of Long Life (1st of 3 articles) - results of a poll; His Business is in Ruins - William Levant Alcorn restores haciendas; Trainer of Winners - Horse Trainer Jimmy Jones; ; How I Stumbled Into the Movies - Robert Evans; Clams Can Be Wonderful - the secret of real New England chowder; Adventures of the Mind, #33 - World in Revolution. Serials: Set Up for Murder (conclusion); Mark of Treachery (part 6 of 8). Ads: International Trucks (inside front cover); Schlitz Beer; Newport cigarettes; Douglas DC-8; Stauffer Home Reducing Plan; Chesterfield cigarettes - missile engineer photos; Band-Aid; Instant Simoniz car wax; Dictaphone; AMF Pinspotters Inc.; Snider's Hotter Catsup; Dutch Boy House Paint; Lucky Strike ad on back cover features race horse. Above-average wear. Bit of writing on page 46. Some moisture-induced discoloration. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
