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19521167711952 Editions Fleuve Noir - 1952 - In-8, broché, couverture illustrée - 222 p. - Couverture illustrée par M. Gourdon
468pp. 25 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
68 pages. Features: Fantastic cover illustration of three large pink flamingoes; Cute illustration of boy and girl inside front cover with caption "Eat Fish!" in ad sponsored by the Government of Canada; Major editorial about CBC Radio; Brief news coverage of - Australia's 150th birthday, League or Anti-League, A Mediator's Difficulties (re: the League of Nations); Vintage one-page photo ad for the 1938 Dodge Custom Six, Four-Door Touring Sedan; The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part 1); Listen to Your Heart (short story); Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - The 'Lone Wolf' who put modern Turkey on the Map (Part 2 of this photo-illustrated article); A Hook for Murder (short story); Cherry Amber (short story); The Tale of the Angus Bull (short story); The Murder on the Links (conclusion of this short story by Agatha Christie); Photo-illustrated article on Lieutenant W. Marshall Cleland, of the Governor General's Horse Guards; Nice one-page ad for the 1939 Oldsmobile - showing the Six Sedan with trunk and Six Coach with trunk; Woodbury Soap ad features photo of June Lang; Parker Vacumatic pen ad features photo of Dale Carnegie; Lux soap ad features photos of beautiful Merle Oberon; Movie news with photos of Shirley Temple, Chares Butterworth, Jane Withers and Errol Flynn; Pond's ad features photo of Mrs. Eugene Du Pont, III; Scott's Emulsion ad features Old Scottie comic; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Pal of Kezer, owned by 'Dickie' McMaster of Montreal; One-page ad for the 1938 Plymouth De Luxe Four-Door Sedan; Article on child-rearing; World Sayings; Nice colour Rinso and Lifebuoy ads inside back cover; Lovely 1938 Ford car ad on back cover features brown and silver cars - the V-8 Tudor and the De Luxe V-8 Fordor; and more. Moderate wear. Few faint pencil markings to front cover, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
2009500147421Black Swan 2009 480 pages 19 6x3 6x12 4cm. 2009. Broché. 480 pages.
pp. x, 323 + Frontis and full page photographs. Ownership label of H.R. Dietterich. Uncut. 8vo. Original full purple buckram cloth binding. Spine faded. Hardbound. Nice copy. Fascinating criminal cases solved by the international criminal investigator, H. Ashton-Wolfe. Harry Ashton-Wolfe (1881-1959) is not generally considered a pulp author, however, stories from his books, were serialized in various pulp fiction and Sunday magazines. Ashton-Wolfe featured crimes as bizarre as those depicted by Sax Rohmer, Walter Gibson or Seabury Quinn. Nevertheless, these stories were presented as non-fiction. Ashton-Wolfe was one of the greatest liars of all times. CRIME BOX 1
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Adventures in the World War - Part I - No war correspondent has dared more and met with such stirring adventures and experienced such exciting incidents in his quest for 'copy' as Mr. E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Riding Out a Gale on a Sawlog; The Snake in the Shaft - predicament of a prospector being hauled up from a mine; Caught by the Tide - a mistake made while duck hunting; The Amazons of Russia - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Russia's legion of woman warriors, the "Battalion of Death", which served with daring, pluck and bravery in WWI; My Experiences as a Missionary Prisoner - The Rev. E.W. Doulton and his fellow missionaries in Africa, mostly ladies, suffered at the hands of the Germans who tortured the natives to make them falsely accuse the missionaries; In the Land of the Lapps - Part I - a picturesque account of an extensive journey, illustrated with great photos; Kidnapping a Millionaire - Mr. James Samuel Slater was shut up for seven months by his chauffeur; Pomp's Visitor - amusing tale of a negro cook who meets a bear that likes fried fish; A Canadian Man-Hunt - a failed miner named Fonberg goes on a killing spree near Chipman, Alberta; Five Months in the Snow - how French peasants were isolated through a whole winter on a mountain top; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part II - Juliet Bredon and her husband spent several summer weeks in China - photo-illustrated account; Across Germany to Freedom - Part II - two French soldiers, Tristan du Tartre and Georges Prieur escaped from the Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; The Heroic Band - a graphic photo-illustrated account of the gallant and heroic conduct of a French infantry band which played its regiment into action under heavy bombardment, and continued to play until half the instrumentalists were killed or wounded; Marie Jeanneret - she poisoned nine people to death; America's Great Highwayman - Joseph Hare; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
8vo, 189 pages, not illustrated. Former public library copy. eng
19694605Christian Bourgois Editeur 1969 220 pages in8. 1969. broché. 220 pages.
19591054371959 Editions Ferenczi, Collection Feux rouges / Espionnage - 1959 - In-12, broché, couverture illustrée en N&B
20127327Points 2012 357 pages poche. 2012. Broché. 357 pages. Dans un appartement de Reykjavik un homme Runolfur est retrouvé égorgé sans signe de lutte. L'enquête menée par l'inspectrice Elinborg en l'absence d'Erlendur révèle que la victime était probablement un violeur et sa dernière victime pourrait être son assassin. L'intrigue explore les mécanismes de la violence sexuelle et les injustices dans la société islandaise
8vo, 442 pages, not illustrated. Page edges browned. Former public library copy. eng
First edition, [4], 288, 149, [1]pp., folding engraved map, Birmingham Law Society stamp on title, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco title label. The Appin Murder occurred on 14 May 1752 near Appin in the west of Scotland, and it resulted in what is often held to be a notorious miscarriage of justice. It occurred in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The murder inspired events in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
34284Edinburgh: Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour 1753. First edition 4 288 149 1pp. folding engraved map Birmingham Law Society stamp on title recent half calf marbled boards spine gilt red morocco title label. The Appin Murder occurred on 14 May 1752 near Appin in the west of Scotland and it resulted in what is often held to be a notorious miscarriage of justice. It occurred in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The murder inspired events in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped. Edinburgh: Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753 hardcover
11011In 4 broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 32 pages, texte sur 21 colonnes ; Edition A. EICHLER, sans date. Réunion des numéros 11-12-13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 dans une reliure amateur cartonnée souple (modeste) (un manque triangulaire à l angle inférieur des deux dernières pages du n° 13)
500347004Sans date.
500335516Presses de la Cité Sans date.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very slight creasing to spine ends. 446pp. This story peels away the mask of a mult-millionaire genius, Allen Blackthorne, a violent sociopath who hid behind his classic good looks, charm and money, and left a trail of con jobs and wives in his wake before finally ordering the death one ex-wife.
19912090202118104097Tokyo Sogensha Sogen Mystery Library 1991. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tokyo Sogensha Sogen Mystery Library paperback
19562090202118205183Kawaideshobo 1956. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Kawaideshobo paperback
40 pages. Features: Murder of Constable Graburn; Lynch Justice in British Columbia; Batoche; Murder of Paymaster Wilson; Manitoba's Krafchenko Kaper; Saskatchewan's Provincial Police; Roche Percee; Hazelton Bank Heist. Photo of Stony Mountain Penitentiary upon front cover. Unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
19982081002108803748KK Bestsellers 1998. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 KK Bestsellers paperback
88 pages. Short Stories: New Girl; Dangerous Gift; The Death Dust; The Wrong Impression. Articles: Our Fighting Men Have Gone Soft - photo-illustrated article, including Korean War POWs and turncoats; So You Want to Live in Paris - photo-illustrated guide to apartment hunting; I Coach the Hot Corner - Frank Crosetti of the New York Yankees; Danger - Boss Lady at Work - Olive Ann Beech runs Beechcraft (Travel Air Company) and is the only woman CEO in the aircraft industry; The Struggle to get Hoffa - Conclusion - How Long Will He Last? - with photo of Kennedy and Hoffa; The North Salem Mystery - unexplained caves and carved stones of Mystery Hill, HH. Serials: Set Up for Murder (part 1 of 2); Mark of Treachery (part 5 of 8). Ads: GE Fridges (in color); Bufferin; Colgate Dental Cream - with Gardol; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti; Hotpoint Fridges; Caterpillar - oil drilling scene; United States Steel (centerfold); Owens-Illinois cardboard boxes; Dial Soap; Anacin; Chevrolet nine-passenger Kingswood Station Wagon; Foremost Sherbets; Northern Tissue; Wildroot Cream-Oil Hair Tonic; Royal Crown Cola; Employers Mutuals of Wausau - with photos of Louis W. Prentiss, Jim Miller and Fred Weber; Pan American's new Pacific Jet Clippers; Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. ad features red-headed boy getting hair cut; Betty Crocker cake mixes (back cover). Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
224 pages. eng
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, beige endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
18841243091884 Librairie Hachette et Cie, Paris - 1884 - Seconde édition - In-4, reliure pleine percaline rouge richement décoré en noir et doré, tranches dorées - 307 pages - Illustrations en N&B hors-texte