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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
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
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.<br /> <br /> 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
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. <br /> <br /> 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
11762pg. 9 ½" x 8 ½". June 4th 1861. Whitehall. A letter that discusses events linked to the Civil War and a particularly gruesome axe murder: ". It is hard times for certain as so many of the banks have gone down since the Government troubles all banks that were secured by southern bonds are smashed. Alfred Worcester has enlisted in the Army. A horrible murder was committed three weeks ago last Saturday two miles above Wilmington and about eight miles from here. An old man by the name of mace his wife and an adopted son 17 or 18 years old wer sic the victims. Two men were riding along the road about half a mile distant from the house when they heard cries of help and upon arriving at the house ther sic lay the old man near the gate shot and also cut with an ax near the porch lay the boy with his brains beat out with a club the old lady was lying on the porch with her head severed from her body with an ax. The house was burning the beds having been set afire in the upper story. It was known that the old man had a great amount of money which he kept in a safe in the house the safe was iron but could not be found after the house was burned. Intense excitement prevailed until the murderers were caught or supposed murderers. Nothing else was talked of for a great while. ". It is difficult to discern which Wilmington and Whitehall are referred to in the letter as a number of towns in the U.S. bear those names. A reference to army worms earlier in the letter makes it more likely that the author lived in a Whitehall in the North as army worms tend to attack crops in Northern states. The letter is in excellent condition. The left right and bottom margins are all rounded giving the letter the appearance of a circle with an arc section removed. There is some slight staining and the usual mailing folds unknown books
195628497New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 191 pp. Exceptionally nice copy in dustwrapper of this crime and suspense novel by the author of The Screaming Mimi and Night of the Jabberwock. A handsome near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
198221996New York: Charles Scribner 1982. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. First edition of the talented crime writer's first book. Winner of the coveted Edgar Award. A very good clothbound copy with small stain to bottom corner of rear endpaper. Prior ownership name of Henry Geldzahler on the front endpaper. The price-intact dustwrapper is in clean very good condition. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate afixed to the half-title page. Highly recommended author. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner hardcover books
199715046London: Orion Books 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. 394 pp. First UK edition of this terrific Inspector John Rebus detective novel. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper clipped at bottom of front flap. An Edgar Award nominee. <br/><br/> Orion Books hardcover books
196713697New York: Random House 1967. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/very good . First edition first printing. A novel of humor and murder by the author of The Mercenaries. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A near fine clothbound copy in very good plus unclipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
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 books
193325939New York: Appleton-Century 1933. First Edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 261pp. First printing with 1 present on final page of text. Gilt a trifle oxidized else a fine tight copy in scarce original dustwrapper lightly nicked at extremities but unusually bright and unfaded VG to Near Fine. A juvenile delinquent novel set in the tenements of New York told from the point of view of a hard-boiled probation officer. Quite scarce especially in dustwrapper. HANNA 2910. Appleton-Century unknown books
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
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
1998264441998. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency. National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Sage Publications. Vols. 1-35 in 26 books 1964-1998. Vols. 1 to 17 green buckram with black spine stamping; Vols. 18-35 tan buckram. Ex-library with stamps very good condition. Special $250. Reports on original research in crime and delinquency new theory and the critical analyses of theories and concepts pertinent to research development in the field. unknown books
48688Manchester: Published by The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co. Wellington Street Gorton n. d. Ca 1914 pre-WWI. Dull red paper covers printed in dark blue stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear soiling & age darkening to covers. Age-toning to paper which is becoming brittle. Withal a VG copy. 32 pp. 8-5/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>"The Red Barn Murder was a notorious murder committed in Polstead Suffolk England in 1827. A young woman Maria Marten was shot dead by her lover William Corder. The two had arranged to meet at the Red Barn a local landmark before eloping to Ipswich. Maria was never seen alive again and Corder fled the scene. He sent letters to Marten's family claiming that she was in good health but her body was later discovered buried in the barn after her stepmother spoke of having dreamed about the murder. Corder was tracked down in London where he had married and started a new life. He was brought back to Suffolk and found guilty of murder in a well-publicised trial. He was hanged at Bury St Edmunds in 1828 and a huge crowd witnessed the execution. The story provoked numerous newspaper articles songs and plays. The village where the crime had taken place became a tourist attraction and the barn was stripped by souvenir hunters. The plays and ballads remained popular throughout the next century and continue to be performed today." Wiki Rare published account of this lurid murder case with OCLC showing just one institutional holding: Stanford. Published by The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co., Wellington Street, Gorton unknown books
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
8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispiece and 6 full-page coloured illustrations; pictorial buckram, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 7 coloured illustrations in each volume and coloured endpapers; pictorial boards, backstrips lettered in colours, a near fine set in publisher's printed board slip-case.
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
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
Fine Tatar Original illustrated bdg. HC. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Crimean Tatar and Crimean Turkish (Cyrillic script). 383, [1] p., b/w ills. Kirimtatar halk masallari. [= Krimsko-Tatarski narodni kazki]. Illustrated by Varfolomeev A. An extremely rare book on Crimean-Tatar fairy tales.
1936020874Greenwich: CT: Country Press Inc. 1936. Volume 1 #1 1936. Near fine copy with two small creases at lower corner. Digest size stapled covers paper lightly age toned at edges else a remarkably fine copy. Ten stories 130 pages. Very scarce. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed. . First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Digest. Vintage Paperback. Country Press Inc. Paperback
1945020323Garden City New York: Crime Club Doubleday 1945. 1st edition so stated. A fine copy in a near fine bright dust jacket $2.00 price intact in protective mylar cover. This copy although not marked as such comes from the Otto Penzler collection. War time production and paper shortages reduced the size of the Crime Club books. "Fast action and dark conspiracy again challange the ingenuity of Paul Kilgerrin whose cynicism endurance and basic devotion to duty have made him one of the outstanding figures in mystery-adventure." Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991 by Ellen Nehr; Offspring Press 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4 7/8" x 7 1/8 ". Book. Crime Club Doubleday
Herland, Hanne Nabintu; GIn Pristine Condition. unknown
Small 4to (190 x 155 mm), 10pp., title printed in red and black within a decorative border, early twentieth-century half red morocco by Hatchards, marbled boards, matching marbled endpapers, a handsome copy. The original edition of this work is untraced. John Simpson was executed in 1700.
