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Kill Without Joy! The Complete How to Kill Book

1992025929Boulder Colorado: Paladin Press 1992. 6 volumes in 1 complete. Near Fine condition. Bright and shiny. Flat uncreased spine. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with photos diagrams and drawings. Bound in the original black pictorial wraps lettered in red and white. From the rear cover: "KILL WITHOUT JOY! Now under one cover here are all six volumes of the notorious HOW TO KILL series the complete how-to history of murder assassination and death by design. Open these pages and find out for yourself why they have been called 'the most controversial books ever published.' For information and academic purposes only!". First Edition Thus 6 Volumes in 1. Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. xii 495pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Paladin Press Paperback

About Books · États-Unis243,95 $US≈ 206,41 €

Robbins, ChristopherBiblio.com

Air America

1979007565New York: Putnam 1979. 323pp. This is the story of the CIA's secret airline that emerged out Claire Chenault's Flying Tigers in Southeast Asia during the Second World War through years of secret missions in Burma Tibet Indonesia Laos Cambodia and eventually the Vietnam War. The author has put this story together from interviews with scores of ex-Air America pilots. This is the first published account of the organization's top secret activities. DJ has several tears. Text clean. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Putnam hardcover

DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books · États-Unis245,00 $US≈ 207,29 €

Weston, Jeffrey A; with never used DVD hosted by Derek PartridgeBiblio.com

The German Financial Time Bomb: A Betrayal of the American Public A Fantastic Deception 50 Years of Cover-up and Now a Solution with DVD

2005030057Henderson Nevada: Xanthos 2005. NEW in a NEW dust jacket. PERFECT condition. Complete with DVD still sealed in a clear plastic pocket at the rear. NO chips tears creases rubbing or fading. Bright and shiny. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NOT price clipped $24.95. 28 exhibits. Index. Bound in the original black boards lettered in shiny gold. Complete with dust jacket and Documentary DVD: "Betrayal of the American Investor" hosted by Derek Partridge. From a 2006 review by Sarah Glasemann: "THE GERMAN FINANCIAL TIME BOMB. by the American expert Jeffrey A. Weston deals in a very detailed way with the very timely theme of encashment or redemption of the German Goldbonds issued between 1924 and 1930. Obligors of the bonds are the ex German Reich former German States Cities public law institutions and private companies. The book describes 85 different loan issues which have in common the fact that the bonds issued as American loan contracts subject to U.S. law are each payable in gold coin of the USA as that was defined at the time of issue. In about 300 pages Weston pulls no punches against the Federal Republic of Germany. Referring to the German Goldbonds he reports of intrigues and fraud perpetrated by Germany. He even refers to Germany's failure to pay on the bonds as the greatest financial swindle of all times in the history of men. He balances his historical account with reports of the mysterious games done by German agencies that try to use malicious deceit illusions and scare tactics to avoid making payment to the bondholders. The complex matter of the placement of German foreign bonds in the USA in the years of 1924 to 1930 the default of the German debtors from 1933 and the London Debt Accord of 1953 are dealt with in the first two chapters which are documented and commentated from the American viewpoint. Then chapters 3 to 5 deal with the authenticity valuation and the statute of limitation of the bonds. Chapter 6 elucidates nine American lawsuits involving German Goldbonds. All of those suits having turned out very badly for the bondholders excepting the two that involved Mr. Weston. Chapter 7 discusses Mr. Weston's proposed solutions and ways to assist Germany to pay off the pre-war Goldbonds to the full satisfaction of the bondholders without expense to Germany. Additionally the book contains 28 exhibits including legal opinions relevant letters and a listing of the specific 85 different Gold-Dollar German External Loan issues which are the subject of the book. The very well researched book arrives at just the right moment. Three lawsuits against German Obligors are currently pending which were brought by holders of German Goldbonds. The background of those litigations will be clear if someone studies Mr. Weston's book: Under the London Debt Accord the offer of repayment of the German bonds could be accepted or rejected at the bondholders option. Those bondholders who did not accept the offer kept the bonds and the original claim. Weston calls those persons that did not accept the offer 'Non- Assenting Bondholders.'; Referring to the German External Debt from 1924-1930 the Federal Republic of Germany is indeed the legal successor of the ex German Reich; All non-cancelled German Goldbonds presented for payment today must be repaid both principal and interest in U.S. Gold dollars as specified under the American Loan contracts. Since American law applies the repayment in Gold Dollars can be sought through American courts. If the bonds are valued in terms of gold at today's prices then the value of each bond will be over one million U.S. Dollars. Because many of the potentially responsible obligors of the Gold Bonds currently have huge assets in the USA or do significant amounts of business in the USA such lawsuits for repayment of the bonds may become under certain circumstances very devastating for them. Mr. Weston's solution would allow all bondholders to get paid without any of the obligors being damaged or burdened; In German courts however the claims represented by the bonds do not appear to be payable or enforceable under German law. Germany has for decades avoided making payment of the bonds because of the 'German Validation Law.' A law which Mr. Weston claims was never applicable to the 'Non-Assenting Bondholders.' Furthermore in 2005 the highest German Court Bundesgerichtshof decided in a very controversial court decision that the City of Dresden need not repay their Goldbonds of 1925. The Dresden bonds were not part of the 85 described in Mr. Weston's book but it does serve to illustrate Germany's position on such matters. Mr. Weston's book is the first of its kind to shed light on the above occurrences. I hope that this book will also help the Federal Republic of Germany now more than 15 years after the German reunification to take the initiative and start the negotiations stipulated in Article 25 of the London Debt Accord. Article 25 refers to the obligation of Germany to repay the defaulted East German Goldbonds.". First Edition so stated. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 320pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Xanthos Hardcover

About Books · États-Unis247,50 $US≈ 209,41 €

[CRIME & THE UNDERWORLD] OSBORNE, Thomas MottBiblio.com

Prisons and Common Sense

192419572Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company 1924. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm; maroon cloth white labels on spine and front panel with titles printed in black; dustjacket; 105pp. Contemporary inscription on the front endpaper: "The call of these men behind the walls ought to be heard. Cordially / Leslie L. Sanders / 1963 Ruckle St. Indianapolis Ind." Light dustiness and faint spotting to upper edge of text else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $1.25 dust-soiled with chips at spine ends corners and upper rear panel affecting text and a dozen small tape mends verso and to rear panel; Good substantially complete example. Late volume written by the former chairman of the New York Commission on Prison Reform who once famously volunteered to spend a week in prison. Osborne grapples with the challenges of prison administration prisoner welfare and making "an intelligent plan of prison management a thing of general social concern." While the exact identity of the inscriber is not known we find one Leslie Lee Sanders of Indianapolis IN a former convict sentenced to four years in Leavenworth for mail fraud in June of 1925 as a likely candidate The Indianapolis News - 8 June 1925; p.12. A scarce volume and unseen by us in the very fragile dustjacket. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

[CRIME & THE UNDERWORLD] LINDSEY, Ben B and Rube BoroughBiblio.com

The Dangerous Life Inscribed

193161416New York: Horace Liveright Inc 1931. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; navy blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv450pp. Inscribed by Lindsey on the front endpaper in the year of publication: "To Dear old Tom Smith / with love & good wishes / Ben B. Lindsey." Spine ends gently nudged beginning oxidation to spine titling with mild dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $3.00 dust-soiled gently spine-sunned with some shallow losses to spine ends and a few small nicks tears and attendant creases; Very Good. Autobiography of the noted Progressive Era judge and social reformer a pioneer in the establishment of the juvenile court system. "Judge Lindsey inaugurated the Juvenile and Domestice Relations Court in Denver: an institution that has been of prime social importance in that through it the problems of men women and children were taken before a really human man who administered the law from the standpoint of the amelioration of unhappiness" from rear panel. Uncommon inscribed. Horace Liveright, Inc unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

[CRIME & THE UNDERWORLD] [JUVENILE DELINQUENCY] PORTERFIELD, Austin LBiblio.com

Youth In Trouble: Studies in Delinquency and Despair. With Plans for Prevention Presentation Copy

194683975Fort Worth: Leo Potishman Foundation 1946. First Edition. Presentation lengthily inscribed: "To Edward Hopper / Assistant Superintendent of a work that is more than mere prevention of disaster in young peoples' lives - it is a program of building creative personalities - with the best wishes always" signed undated but apparently contemporary with publication. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover titled in gilt; dustjacket; 136pp; included bibliography. Tight square copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper unclipped priced $1.50 on front flap slightly rubbed soiled and worn with small losses at margins; Good or better. Porterfield a pioneering sociologist at Texas Christian University seeks to demonstrate that juvenile criminal behavior is nearly always related to parental neglect or abuse and asserts that it is the responsibility of the community to provide a surrogate: ".the community is responsible for all youth whose parents fail them and for the training and improvement of oppoortunities of parents so that they can escape failure." from jacket copy. Includes three detailed case studies and a wealth of statistical data. This copy inscribed to an "Edward Hopper" presumably not the noted painter of this period at least we can find no evidence of Hopper's involvement in a program to rehabilitate troubled youth. Leo Potishman Foundation unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

[CRIME & UNDERWORLD] [JUVENILE DELINQUENCY] SHAW, Clifford RBiblio.com

The Jack-Roller: A Delinquent Boy's Own Story

193058580Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1930. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; xiv 205pp; 2 folding maps. Fine copy of the book; in the original dustwrapper which has been heavily repaired on front and rear panels covering a ca. 1" x 2" loss and repairing a ca. 4" tear into the bottom margin; Good only. An appealing copy of this seminal study of juvenile delinquency in Chicago. Mostly written in the "first person" based on Shaw's interviews with "Stanley" his subject beginning with his destitute childhood and proceeding through homelessness pick-pocketing car-theft various correctional facilities etc. Includes a folding map "Home Addresses of 9245 Alleged Juvenile Delinquents Dealt With by the Juvenile Police Probation Officers During the Year 1926 - Ten to Seventeen Years of Age." An uncommon book in any condition; despite flaws to the jacket this remains a quite presentable copy. University of Chicago Press unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

CRIME BUSTERS September 1938 (Volume 2, No 5). [John L Nanovic, editor]Biblio.com

CRIME BUSTERS

193832637New York: Street & Smith Publishers Inc. 1938. Mild tanning to text paper light wear to right front cover with several tears and a few chips to yapp edge a very good to nearly fine copy. 32637. Octavo single issue cover by Graves Gladney pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Kenneth Robeson Lester Dent Theodore Tinsley Carrie Cashin Maxwell Grant Norgil Mark Harper pseudonym for Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw Frank Gruber Norvell W. Page and Laurence Donovan. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 115-118. Street & Smith Publishers, Inc. unknown

John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

CRIME BUSTERS June 1938 (Volume 2, No 2). [John L Nanovic, editor]Biblio.com

CRIME BUSTERS

193832641New York: Street & Smith Publishers Inc. 1938. Mild tanning to text paper covers have mild edge wear with several small tears crease at lower right front corner slight paper loss at base of spine. A nearly fine copy. 32641. Octavo single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Maxwell Grant Norgil Lester Dent Gadget Man Theodore Tinsley Carrie Cashin Frank Gruber Norvell W. Page Wyatt Blassingame Arthur J. Burks and Ned O'Doherty. Reference: Cook Mystery Detective and Espionage Magazines pp. 115-118. Street & Smith Publishers, Inc. unknown

John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB · États-Unis250,00 $US≈ 211,52 €

Raymond HoserBiblio.com

Victoria Police Corruption Victoria Police Corruption 2

199924050133Kotabi Publishing Australia 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed by Author. Trade Paperback. Inscribed by Author. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Kotabi Publishing Australia 1999. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Both books are inscribed and signed by the author. SYNOPSIS: Details the author's enquiries into alleged corruption within the Victorian Police force and official responses to these allegations. Much of the material in this book has been tabled in various Australian Parliaments and some is now the subject of official inquiries and investigations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; Inventory No: 24050133. Kotabi Publishing paperback

Manyhills Books · Australie334,50 $AU≈ 220,47 €

Youngman Carter [Philip Youngman Carter] (1904-1969), crime novelist, graphic artist, husband of Margery Allingham, assistant edBiblio.com

Philip Youngman Carter Assistant Editor of The Tatler and husband of Margery Allingham. Eight Signed Letters three in Autograph five Typed to E. V. Knox regarding reviewing with galley proof of one of Knox's reviews.

23232All eight letters on letterhead of The Tatler and Bystander London. Seven dated between 17 November 1950 and 14 May 1953 the other without year. According to the Oxford DNB entry on Carter's wife the crime writer Margery Allingham whose book jackets were among those he designed: 'Their amiable childless marriage was funded by Allingham's increasingly successful fiction. And although Youngman Carter assisted his wife as a sounding board for plot design and by producing covers and illustrations for her work he found it difficult to sell his art. Allingham supported his increasingly expensive tastes until after the Second World War when Pip came into his own writing society columns for The Tatler which he edited from 1954.' For the letters' recipient E. V. Knox editor of Punch from 1932 to 1949 see his entry in the Oxford DNB. The letters are in good condition lightly aged; the galley proof is on the usual cheap paper discoloured and chipping. The first two of the four books reviewed by Knox in the proof are crime novels: quite appropriately considering Carter's wife and Knox's brother Ronald author of the celebrated 'Ten Commandments' of detective fiction. All eight letters signed 'Youngman Carter'. Three of the eight letters are in autograph: two from 1953 and the other undated. The letters are businesslike exclusively concerned with the practicalities of reviewing the sending of copy 'wordage' deadlines arrangements for a holiday 'deputy'. On one occasion he asks Knox to send 'an article concerning itself with recommended reading for the Festival of Britain' on another he asks him to review H. E. Bates's 'The Face of England' as its illustrator an 'artist called Kirsting' has 'himself been very kind and unassuming to us in other directions'. On 14 May 1953 he asks Knox to review 'The Christs Hospital Book' of which Carter is 'the most insignificant of the editors'. He explains that he is drawing Knox's attention to 'its existence because the subject is naturally very near my heart although I think it can stand on its own legs. It is a labour of love by one and all concerned: if you can think it worth a line or so I would be deeply grateful'. The galley proof 'Book Reviews By E. V. Knox Holiday Amusements' is headed 'B20-7TATLERJuly 29 Book Review1 9-pt. Baskerville'. It can be dated to 1953 from the publication dates of the four books reviewed: 'Post Mortem' by Guy Cullingford 'I rank Mr. Guy Cullingford's Gilbert Worth very high among murderees.'; 'Symphony in Murder' by Amelia R. Long 'And who fired the pistol and how If you can discover before the last chapter in which the whole orchestra is brought into the house for a demonstration by the Homicide Bureau you deserve a free ticket for the Festival Hall.'; 'Things I Don't Remember' by Jeanne de Casalis the author 'has a charming way of confusing reminiscence with fiction'; and 'Regional Books' published by Robert Hale. There are three proof corrections by Knox. From the E. V. Knox papers. All eight letters on letterhead of The Tatler and Bystander, London. Seven dated between 17 November 1950 and 14 May 1953, the o unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni220,00 £GB≈ 251,20 €

[CRIME & THE UNDERWORLD] DUNCAN, LeeBiblio.com

Over The Wall

193628984New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; mauve cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; illus.frontispiece 368pp. Slight musty odor else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket unclipped priced $3.00 sunned and edgeworn with small chips to extremities short tears and splits along flap folds. Life story of a career criminal incarcerated in the Oregon State Prison after a career of check forging hold-ups safe-blowing and theft. "Principal incidents are Duncan's escape and recapture; otherwise this is a diary of a criminal's routine prison life" SUVAK 98 p.32. Scarce in dustjacket. E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

Brant, John and Renaud, EdithBiblio.com

True Story of the Lindbergh Kidnapping

1932012204New York: Kroy Wen Publishers Inc. 1932 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bright orange cloth on boards. No writing or damage. The only title published by Kroy Wen in 1932. Kroy Wen Publishers, Inc. hardcover

Dave Shoots, Bookseller · Canada300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

Fenwick, John ( Sir / Baronet )Biblio.com

Proceedings Against Sir John Fenwick Bar. Upon A Bill of Attainder for High Treason.

16980005662London 1698. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Small octavo; ii 348 iv vi contemporary panelled calf blindstamped extra-gilt spine; stain on rear endpapers and rear Table head of spine and corner of spine label chipped damage to several of the blindstamped ornaments. Fenwick was a major-general who developed a powerful hatred for William of Orange during Fenwick's service in Holland. Undeterred by his first plot against Orange who became King William III Fenwick continued to conspire with Robert Charnock and others. He was arrested in 1696 and beheaded for treason in early 1697 after the secret message to his wife printed herewith having been apprehended by the Crown was found to be essentially a confession of his unfaithfulness. Wing P3545 . hardcover

Thomas J. Joyce And Company · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

HILL BillyBiblio.com

Boss of Britain's Underworld

1955010440London: Naldrett Press 1955 unclipped dust jacket has some minor chipping loss to corners and spine ends a closed tear to the rear panel mild handling soiling faint offset rubber stamp mark to front fold in flap now under mylar book is missing fep otherwise clean copy very scarce title 231pp plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Naldrett Press hardcover

Fortuna Books · Nouvelle-Zélande300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

Pratt, Fletcher (Told by)Biblio.com

THE CUNNING MULATTO and OTHER CASES of ELLIS PARKER AMERICAN DETECTIVE

1935A52235New York NY: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas. 1935. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Poor dust jacket. Thwe spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The spine of the book has some generalized fading along with several spots of toning. The text pages are clean and bright. The edges of the text block have noticeable spots of foxing. The dust jacket has torn completely at the rear spine joint and has edge wear tearing and several large chips missing. Even in this poor condition the dust jacket is rather scare in the wild. "When a fire gutted his Pratt's apartment in the early 1930s according to de Camp's memoir he used the insurance money to study at the Sorbonne for a year. After his return from France he was a staff writer for American Detective a true crime magazine and began writing histories. His short history of the Civil War Ordeal by Fire was published to critical acclaim in 1935 and became a bestseller. Starting in the summer of 1937 Pratt became a regular at the annual Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont for the next 18 years eventually becoming their Dean of Nonfiction. " from Wikipedia; 295p. pages; Pictured 11/17/25 put with Pratt in Science Fiction . Harrison Smith & Robert Haas hardcover

S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

THE UNPARDONABLE CRIMEBiblio.com

MILLER D.B.

her mys 10BRUCE HUMPHRIES Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. D. B. Miller. The Unpardonable Crime. Boston: Bruce Humphries n.d. 1935. First American edition. Octavo. 247 pages. Publisher's full black cloth spine stamped in red. In the original publisher's dust jacket. BRUCE HUMPHRIES Hardcover

VAGABOND BOOKS · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

William Roughead Inscribed 1st Edition True CrimeBiblio.com

1928 Domestic Violence Malice Domestic

1928de16Edinburgh: W. Green & Son Ltd. 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. 1st Edition. 1928. 8vo pp309 author inscribed 1st edition. Excellent collectible condition. ".The term "Malice Domestic" was used by Roughead to describe crimes that occur within a domestic setting typically involving family members close acquaintances or individuals within the same household. These cases often feature intricate interpersonal dynamics and psychological complexities. Roughead's writings on such cases often delve into the motives relationships and legal proceedings surrounding these crimes." Considered father of modern true crime literature. Dorothy Sayers called William Roughead "the best showman who ever stood before the door of the chamber of horrors." His true crime stories written in early 1900s are among the glories of the genre. Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring dramatic flair Roughead brings to life some of the most notorious crimes and extraordinary trials of 18th and 19th century England and Scotland. Square clean & tight. Boards bright edges lightly rubbed & corners lightly bumped. Overall very good. Considered the father of modern true crime literature. Dorothy Sayers called William Roughead "the best showman who ever stood before the door of the chamber of horrors" and his true crime stories written in the early 1900s are among the glories of the genre. Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring dramatic flair Roughead brings to life some of the most notorious crimes and extraordinary trials of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England and Scotland. Square clean & tight. Boards bright edges lightly rubbed & corners lightly bumped. Overall very good. W. Green & Son, Ltd. Hardcover

Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books · États-Unis300,00 $US≈ 253,83 €

Kennedy, JohnBiblio.com

A Treatise Upon Plating Gardening and the Management of the Hot-House : Vols I & II

1777029800London: S. Hooper 1777. Two volume set. No added marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers creased/rubbed spines. Very clean very tight pages with some marking to boards see image all board edges decorated gilt see image original bindings sound page edges brown and minor bumping to corners. 280 279pp. Author was gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne. Second corrected and greatly enlarged edition. Chapters on the nursery forest trees fruit trees mushrooms cabbages carrots turnips vines and fence management. Second Edition. Leather. Very Good -. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. S. Hooper Hardcover

Godley Books · Royaume-Uni250,00 £GB≈ 285,45 €

[CRIME & THE UNDERWORLD] BURNETT, WR W RBiblio.com

Dark Hazard Inscribed

193344785New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1933. Book Club Edition. With "H-H" code on copyright page. Octavo 21.5cm; dark blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in lime green across spine and covers; patterned endpapers; dustjacket; viii2951pp. Inscribed by the author on the dedication page: "For Bill Paxson who likes greyhound racing as much as I do - Best regards - W.R. Burnett." Sunning to spine light wear to extremities with some scattered soil to front cover; contents clean; Very Good or better. Dustjacket is spine-sunned with modest shelfwear several tiny nicks and short tears and a 1.5" closed tear at upper front joint; Very Good. Inscribed copy of Burnett's seventh book a novel set in California and centered around a down-and-out gambler his interaction with gangsters and his love affair with dog racing - particularly with a greyhound named Dark Hazard. Burnett became involved in dog racing for a time while writing the novel and even owned a greyhound named War Cry. Basis for Alfred E. Green's 1934 film of the same name starring Edward G. Robinson and Genevieve Tobin and a 1937 B-picture titled Wine Women and Horses. Hubin p.58; Baird 359. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

[Film]. [True Crime]. [Dillinger, John]Biblio.com

Two Great Features All Talking Colossal Screen Scoop The Killing of Dillinger. caption title

19353203N.p. 1935. Very good. Photographically illustrated film herald 12 x 6 inches. Even toning minor edge wear short closed tear near top edge. A rare small broadside advertising a true crime presentation including real footage related to the shooting death of famed gangster John Dillinger. This "sensational story" most likely a newsreel mixed with a reenactment of Dillinger's assassination promised to show "actual authentic pictures" "the ambulance that hauled him away" and "Dillinger's body on a cold slab in the undertakers morgue." The herald includes a portrait of Dillinger himself. The Dillinger film was paired with an action western from 1930 titled Trails of Danger. An early entry in American true crime and a wonderful display piece. unknown

McBride Rare Books · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

[Murder] [Crime] [Charles Getter]Biblio.com

Trial of Charles Getter For the Murder of His Wife; Late of Forks Township Northampton County and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Goal Delivery held at Easton in and for the County of Northampton on the third Monday of August Anno Domini 1833 Containing The Arguments of Counsel At Length

183335550Philadelphia: Printed at Alexander's General Printing Office 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Hardcover. Ex-institutional copy. 72 pages. Original wraps without the outer covers bound in black cloth covered boards with copy of the title pasted down on the front cover. Gilt lettered title on the spine. New tan end sheets front and back. Page 1 is the title page and has two stamps at the bottom: Presbyterian Historical Society Philadelphia and a red withdrawn stamp. Print is small and contents are clean. McDade 335 - "Getter convicted of fornication and bastardy was given the option of marrying the girl he had wronged; six weeks later saddled with a wife he did not want he choked her to death.â€. From wikipedia: Getter's Island previously known as Abel's Island is a small island in the Delaware River in Easton Pennsylvania in the United States. It is best known as the location of the execution of Charles Getter the last person to be publicly executed in Pennsylvania. History edit Execution of Charles Getter edit The island is named after Charles Getter a farm hand who was hanged on the island in 1833 for the murder of Margaret Lawall a woman he married to avoid prosecution for impregnating her outside of wedlock. Getter's execution was initially scheduled to take place at Center Square in Easton but it was moved to the island - then known as Abel's Island - to accommodate the crowds. An estimated 15000 to 20000 people some of whom traveled hundreds of miles gathered in the town to view the execution. 12 An initial attempt to hang him failed forcing a second attempt which resulted in his death. A reporter who witnessed the scene was horrified at how little the crowd was affected by the execution and called on lawmakers to take action. 2 Governor George Wolf agreed with the reporter and signed a law banning public execution on April 10 1834. As a result Getter was the last person in Pennsylvania to be publicly executed. 2. Printed at Alexander's General Printing Office hardcover

Americana Books ABAA · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €