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201332611Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2013 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Pbk Ed. Classical Spies is the first insiders account of the operations of the American intelligence service in World War II Greece. Initiated by archaeologists in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean the network drew on scholars personal contacts and knowledge of languages and terrain. While modern readers might think Indiana Jones is just a fantasy character Classical Spies discloses events where even Indy would feel at home: burying Athenian dig records in an Egyptian tomb activating prep-school connections to establish spies code-named Vulture and Chickadee and organizing parachute drops.Susan Heuck Allen reveals remarkable details about a remarkable group of individuals. Often mistaken for mild-mannered professors and scholars such archaeologists as University of Pennsylvanias Rodney Young Cincinnatis Jack Caskey and Carl Blegen Yales Jerry Sperling and Dorothy Cox and Bryn Mawrs Virginia Grace proved their mettle as effective spies in an intriguing game of cat and mouse with their Nazi counterparts. Relying on interviews with individuals sharing their stories for the first time previously unpublished secret documents private diaries and letters and personal photographs Classical Spies offers an exciting and personal perspective on the history of World War II. 420p.bibliography.index. Author inscription else fine. University of Michigan Press hardcover
1880005405Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros. 1880. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This biography of President Garfield represents a publishing puzzle: According to Brisbin's biographer Benjamin Foster Brisbin published his Garfield biography with the title "From the Towpath to the White House a Biography of James Garfield" in 1880 in Philadelphia and also in 1880 in Hartford as "The Early Life and Public Career of James A. Garfield." In 1881 following Garfield's assassination Hubbard Bros. the Philadelphia publisher re-issued the book with additional material under the name William Ralson Balch an editor and journalist who had covered Garfield's political career and assassination. However the new edition did not mention Brisbin as author Balch being credited as sole author a stance he maintained throughout his life though according to Foster his claim was denied by the Library of Congress. Subsequently our copy of the book was issued titled on the spine "Life and Public Services of General Jas. A. Garfield" and "Balch" alone as author. The book's title page has the title as "The Life and Public Career of Gen. James A. Garfield" with Brisbin as author of Garfield's rise from obscurity to Union Army general and then to the presidency and then "together" with a full account of his election to the presidency through to his assassination written by William Ralson Balch. The copyright is still 1880 though Garfield's death was in July1881 and a brief "To The Reader" note by Balch stating the events surrounding Garfield's death "has been gleaned from the newspapers necessarily with some haste." So the question of authorship of this edition of the book which can be characterized as a First Edition Thus remains an open question. 681 pages 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches green cloth-covered boards with a black stamped border and Garfield's signature in gilt on the front cover and gilt lettering and black decoration on the spine. 28 black & white illustrations including the frontispiece. Boards and spine show very moderate surface and edge wear. Binding is tight hinges intact. Text edges somewhat soiled and end pages and first few pages front and back of text show light foxing o/w text is clean complete and unmarked. Protective frontispiece tissue remains in place. A very scarce biography with a history of its own. <br/> <br/> Hubbard Bros. hardcover
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
1899w200327899Columbus Ohio 1899. 150pp plain dark blue cloth hardback slight wear around edges and spine ends upper top edges of covers have darkened contents very good Second edition frontispiece photograph of author and Governor Part l. Pages 1-44 written by the compiler giving a"condensed description of the physical features of the prison and moral improvement of the prisoneers"; Part ll. pages 49-150. Addresses by Warden Coffin dealing with prison business and his ideas on Progressive Penology. Hard Cover. Good . Hardcover
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
2017CRM0334Toronto: Vronsky Parker Publications. Very Good-. 2017. Softcover. 1987902262 . 304 pp. Light edgewear corners rubbed. Signed by the author. Part of the Crimes Canada Series - Volume 17. Lawinger's personal account of his life in and out of prison including some of Canada; s most notorious lockups. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . Vronsky Parker Publications paperback
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
1900A33227New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good-. 1900. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generallyclean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light but noticeable bumping rubbing and light fraying. The covers of the book have toning and faiding. The grey lettering of the author's name on the front cover has faded. The text pages are generally clean but there are noticeable spots of ground-in finger dirt and foxing. The rear inner hinge has cracked and been repaired. . Frederick A. Stokes Company hardcover
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
2002810<p>New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 2002. First Edition First Printing. SIGNED by Lawrence Schiller on the title page under which the word "and" has been written and then marked through. Based on research and interviews by Lawrence Schiller and Norman Mailer the book presents a psychological portrait of FBI agent Robert P. Hanssen who sold classified information to the KGB and its successor organization over more than 20 years. Hanssen was captured in 2001 and is serving multiple life sentences in a Colorado prison. The book is written as a novel with imagined dialogue. Schiller and Mailer were unable to interview Hanssen who was already a guest of U.S. taxpayers. Nonetheless it's a fascinating attempt to get into the mind of an American traitor especially through the device of having Hanssen talk to himself while looking at a mirror. 8vo. xv 317 pages. Near Fine with a minuscule mark to the upper board's right edge and a bump to its lower right corner in a Fine dust jacket. SCARCE signed. <br /><br />The backstory to this book is unusual and a bit convoluted. In Schiller's Author's Note he says he asked Mailer to write a screenplay for a CBS Television miniseries that Schiller would produce and direct. As Mailer was finishing the first draft of the screenplay Schiller decided to write the present book using Mailer's draft as the foundation. Schiller says he supplemented Mailer's draft with his own research. The book appeared in 2002 as did the series on CBS. The series starred William Hurt as Hanssen Mary-Louise Parker as his wife Peter Boyle as his father and David Strathairn as his best friend.</p><p>In addition to this book Schiller and Mailer also collaborated on "The Executioner's Song" and "Oswald's Tale."</p> HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
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
1548199486.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
