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19523821<p>New York: Collier Books 1965 1952. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket as issued. VG. 12mo 160pp printed wrappers. Solid copy of this True Crime classic discussing the case that inspired the film The Honeymoon Killers. Owner name to half title page else unmarked with a bit of edge wear.</p> New York: Collier Books paperback
19541559<p>New York: Random House Inc. 1954. First Edition First Printing.</p><p>Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm 248 pages in quarter cloth over paper boards titles to upper board and to spine hard cover.</p><p>American journalists learn a secret about the head of the dreaded security police in a European people's democracy. They head for the border town of Skaro with the bad guys on their heels. A Cold War thriller. </p><p>CONDITION: Very Good or better in a Very Good dust jacket. Some light toning to spine edges internally clean and bright. The unclipped dust jacket has some nicks and soiling.<br /><br /></p> Random House, Inc. hardcover
1948DEMO007192IRapid City SD: The Gate City Guide 1948. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. photo. 8vo 87 pages pictorial wrappers <br/><br/>Presentation copy inscribed by the author in 1948. Driscoll was Board Chairman of the First National Bank of The Black Hills. He drew upon his predecessor's diary - kept by his father - for decades of inside information including a bank robbery 6 GUNS 637 and chapters on mining and livestock HERD 728. WITH a copy of his THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA Its Pioneer Banking History. Newcomen Society in North America 1851. 23 pages with his business card laid in. The Gate City Guide paperback
196343286United States: Perma 1963. Solid with a spine roll and a corner crease on the front cover. 1st Printing. Paperback. Good- Very Good. Perma paperback
192712209New York: Robert McBride 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. Paul Honore. A gallery of rogues & wayward fellows including Luigi di Barthema Count St. Germaine Ali Pasha etc. 251 pages. Woodcuts by Paul Honore in gold black & white. Rare in dust jacket. Book bound in black cloth boards with gold titles illustrated endpapers. Hinge starting at half-title page. Dust jacket with $3.00 price intact on flap has some rubbing two 1/2-inch tears & a 1/4 inch chip at top of spine. Clean and straight. <br/><br/> Robert McBride hardcover
1994CRM0160Stratford ON: The Mercury Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Softcover. 1551280183 . 255 pp. Light edgewear. French flaps. The fascinating account of the murder case of Anne Broderick. Takes us through the evidence gathering casre preparation and trial testimony. What looked like an accidental death appeared as homicide by the husband but the major problem in the case was - no one could say exactly how she died. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . The Mercury Press paperback
1977001286<p>Portland OR: NewGate Publishing Company 1977. Paperback. Very Good-. 168pp; Covers slightly age-toned pages age-toned text unmarked binding is tight VG- condition. Signed by Author. True stories of men who served time at Alcatraz by the author of "Birdman of Alcatraz.</p> NewGate Publishing Company paperback
1984015132Fredericton N. B.: Fiddlehead Poetry Books 1984 Book. Illus. by Drawings By Alexander McGibbon. Very Good Minus. Trade Paperback. First No Additional printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange trade paperback with black lettering. 3/4" tear in edge of front cover. An account of the part played by New Brunswick in the illegal liquor trade. Scarce. 244 pp. Fiddlehead Poetry Books paperback
1989019138<p>New York: St. Martin's Press 1989. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. Hardcover in DJ; 354pp; DJ clean & bright with one small taped tear boards square clean & bright text unmarked binding is tight Near Fine/VG condition. "How the rampant ambition of a group of privileged youth ended in the loss of millions & two grisly murders." Illustrated with photos.</p> St. Martin's Press hardcover
1947A47712New York NY: Duell Sloane and Pearce. 1947. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is some bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The spine of the book has some light fading. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has chips smallish tears and general wear and tear. ; Regional Murder Series Vol. IV; 314p. pages; Pictured 1/19/24 . Duell, Sloane and Pearce hardcover
1947009210London: William Hodge 1947 stationer's label from 'The Law Book Co. of Australasia' to paste down small pencil name to fep faint spotting to closed edges very tidy copy red cloth lacks DW li 313pp plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
1965038820London: Heinemann 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.UK Ed. 'Snow covered the airfield. It had come from the north in the mist driven by the night wind smelling of the sea. There it would say all Winter threadbare on the grey earth an icy sharp dust; not thawing and freezing but static like a year without seasons. The changing mist like the smoke of war would hang over it swallow up now a hangar now the radar hut now the machines; release them piece by piece drained of colour black carrion on a white desert . . Neat copy of UK first edition but lacking the dj. Heinemann hardcover
1997683New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1997. First Edition First Printing. 8vo pp. xxv 530 pages. An insiders' account of the espionage battle in Berlin between the CIA and the KGB from the end of World War II to the building of the Wall in 1961. These authors certainly know their stuff. David Murphy was chief of the CIA's Berlin station; Sergei Kondrashev was a lieutenant general in the KGB; and George Bailey was a director of Radio Liberty. <br/><br/>CONDITION: Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Small creases to spine ends and slight edge wear. Yale University Press unknown
193817449New York: Modern Library 1938. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. ML 113.2. Stated First Modern Library Edition 1938. True crime stories including the Hauptmann Lindbergh baby case. Blue flexible/balloon cloth boards with gold logo on front. Star stamp on rear endpaper. Some fading of cloth at top and bottom of spine and bottom front. Blue pictorial dust jacket has 95 cents price on flap and rear panel. 257 ML titles listed inside. Half-inch chips at top and bottom of dust jacket spine tiny corner chips and edgewear small stain and a few small scrapes on jacket spine. <br/><br/> Modern Library hardcover
19743763London: Tabaret Press 1974. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Limited First Edition No. 42 of 100 copies; from a BBC Radio Four broadcast on June 1 1972; 8vo white paper covers; vg covers toning and dustsoiled; creasing to top and bottom corners from cover to cover affects pages; edgeworn; 37pp of transcipt. <br/> <br/> Tabaret Press paperback
19731558<p>New York: The Viking Press Inc. 1973. First American Edition 1st Printing.</p><p>Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm 244 pages in light gray boards titles in black to spine silhouette of a spy to upper board pink topstain hard cover. </p><p>A young British agent is assigned to trail a cold-blooded Russian "diplomat." Then things start to go wrong for both sides. "You're sorry when it's over" The New York Times wrote in a laudatory review published October 28 1973. Striking cover illustration by Michael Codd. <br /><br /></p><p>CONDITION: Tiny ink mark near top of fore edge some fading and spotting to topstain. Internally clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy in a a Very Good dust jacket. The jacket is bright and unclipped with light edge wear and a tiny chip to the bottom of the rear panel where it meets the spine. </p> The Viking Press, Inc. hardcover
1979A47734Portland OR: Bls Publishing Co. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the publisher Ray deAutremont on the front endpaper with a short inscription. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is some noticeable rubbing and wear to the spine ends corners and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright with the exception of several spots of toning to the bottom edges of the first ten pages. The dust jacket has several edge tears nicks spots of wear rubbing and several chips to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a bit of light sunning / fading to the spine of the dust jacket. "The DeAutremont Brothers Roy March 30 1900 – June 17 1983 Ray March 30 1900 – December 20 1984 and Hugh DeAutremont February 21 1904– March 30 1959 were a criminal gang based in the Pacific Northwest during the 1920s. Their unsuccessful robbery of a Southern Pacific Railroad express train and the murder of four crew members known as the Siskiyou massacre was subject to one of the largest and most extensive investigations in the region. The brothers were eventually identified with the assistance of forensic scientist Edward Heinrich and they were captured after a four-year nationwide manhunt" from Wikipedia; B&W Illustrations; 185p. pages; Pictured 1/21/24; Biographee . Signed by Biographee . Bls Publishing Co. hardcover
1938012180London: William Hodge 1938 slight foxing closed edges slightly dulled cloth xix 317pp plates the histroy and technology of fingerprints and their use in crime detection and identification includes a section on Mark Twain's interest in them. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
1989028526Privately Published 1989. New and unread in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket is rubbed at the extremities but has NO chips tears creases or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Illustrated with numerous photographs of police dogs in action and in training. List of bibliographical references. Bound in the original dark blue cloth stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket which says the author "is presently the trainer for the police departments Beverly Hills and Bakersfield California and Odessa Texas." Printed by: Quality Press. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. New condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii 134pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Hardcover
195210865New York USA: New York County 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. New York State Crime Commission. Public Hearing Nr.4. Vol. 1-5. The New York State Crime Commission was appointed by Governor Dewey in 1951 to investigate and report on the relationship between organized crime and units of government and to recommend measured for the improvement of law enforcement in the state. Pervasive corruption on the waterfront in the Port of New York-New Jersey was documented by public hearings held by the Commission with the assistance of the New Jersey Law Enforcement Council. Chairman of the Crime Commission from 1951 to 1953 was Judge Joseph Meyer Proskauer 1877-1971 and Chief Counsel was John Marshall Harlan 1899-1971. In August 1953 New York and New Jersey created the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. Typed manuscript bound in hard covers in volumes 1-5 in 4 books. Condition good to very good. <br/> <br/> New York County hardcover
196030235Philadelphia: M. L. Annenberg Foundation 1960. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Includes Reincarnation by a Killer Bread for Heavy Horse Charlie: My Five Months as an Undercover Beatnik and more. A fine copy. ; Folio. M. L. Annenberg Foundation unknown
1973030386Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press 1973. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition in a Good dust jacket moderate soil. NOT price clipped $7.50. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Small discolored spot at the top edge of the front free endpaper. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Footnotes/bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original silver-stamped dark gray cloth. Complete with dust jacket. Keywords: Miller Lloyd E. -- Lloyd Eldon -- 1926- -- Trials litigation etc. Trials Murder -- Illinois. Trials Rape -- Illinois. Jacket blurb by Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xvii 234pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Indiana University Press Hardcover
1983022858Pacific Palisades CA: William W. Walter Trust 1983. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with two b/w portraits. Biography of Oliver Roberts de la Fontaine his life in California and the early west. Covers his frontier experiences with railroading ranching gold mining hostile Indians Christian Science and as a saloon keeper gambler and lawman Includes his encounters with stage robbers as a Wells Fargo Shotgun Express Messenger. Bound in the original dark gray pictorial cloth stamped in black and bright/shiny gold. From the introduction: "originally published in 1931. because there have been increasing requests for a copy of this book from students of 'The Walter Method' it is now being reprinted with the addition of this Introduction." See Adams Six Guns #2299 and Edwards p. 211. Reprint of the 1931 original. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. v 315pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. William W. Walter Trust Hardcover
1954006291London: William Hodge 1954 red cloth with blind design to upper board light bumping to corners unclipped dust jacket with minor handling wear very minor short edge splits fep has small patch of browning xiii 299 deplorable case of a mental deficient who strangled three young girls the last one while escaped from Broadmoor interesting case of the use of the McNaughton Rule. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
1981013343Sydney: Pan 1981 first edition very tidy but slight browning to bottom edge of pages small area browned to inside cover 236pp adverts and plates the most infamous drug ring in Australasia and the sticky end of it's participants. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Pan paperback
