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1949006813New York: Magazine Enterprises 1949. Bound Comic/Digest. Illus. by WHITNEY OGDEN. Very Good. Comic. 1st Edition. Comic - 1st. Print - VG/FINE - An adaptation of the 1949 Burt Lancaster film Rope of Sand. An African hunting guide discovers diamonds during a safari but refuses to reveal their location to corrupt officials of a mining company. When torture fails they hire a beautiful woman to get the information through subterfuge. Featuring production stills of Burt Lancaster Corinne Calvet Paul Henreid and Peter Lorre. Magazine Enterprises Paperback
23877No place or date. On one side of a 12.5 x 8.5 cm piece of thin white card. Clearly given in response to a request for an autograph. Written in a large somewhat old-fashioned hand with ‘Edith Pargeter.’ centred towards the head of the page and ‘‘Ellis Peters’.’ at bottom right. See image. No place or date. unknown
188209188IMPOSTERS & ADVENTURERS Soule & Bugbee 1882 first edition small innocuous stain to the rear cover else a vg copy. Eight noted French trials of the 16th 17th & 18th century. Soule & Bugbee unknown
a70250199. University Microfilms international. ISSN 0146-5818. 4to. hardcover. Laid in: CJPI Thesaurus 1989 about 30pp. original wraps. Fine. . hardcover
a81874Washington 1962-1963. 8 issues for 1962-1963 this quarterly journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. 4to. about 75pp. per issue bound in institution buckram with original covers included and black stamping on spine. University library stamp on top fore-edge and on covers label at heel of spine. VG plus. . hardcover
a81873Washington 1968. 4 issues for 1968 of this quarterly journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. 4to. about 75pp. per issue bound in institution buckram with original covers included and white stamping on spine. University library stamps on fore-edges and covers. VG plus. . hardcover
a81871Washington 1964. 4 issues for 1964 of this quarterly journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. 4to. about 75pp. per issue bound in institution buckram with original covers included and gilt stamping on spine. University library stamps on fore-edges and covers. VG plus. . hardcover
a81872Washington 1965. 4 issues for 1965 of this quarterly journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. 4to. about 75pp. per issue bound in institution buckram with original covers included and gilt stamping on spine. University library stamps on fore-edges and covers. VG plus. . hardcover
a81875Washington 1966-1967. 8 issues for 1966-1967 this quarterly journal bound in one volume. Hardcover. 4to. about 75pp. per issue bound in institution buckram with original covers included and black stamping on spine. University library stamp on top fore-edge and on covers label at heel of spine. VG plus. . hardcover
a75179Washington 1980 GPO. Hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate. Octavo 628pp. photo illustrations original printed wraps. Depository library name stamp and numbers on cover and title no bookplate no spine numbers no pocket. VG. . paperback
a75178Washington 1980 GPO. Hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate. Octavo 491pp. photo illustrations original printed wraps. Depository library name stamp and numbers on cover and title no bookplate no spine numbers no pocket. VG. . paperback
1781302787In Venezia ed in Torino: Per il Giuliano 1781. 4 pp. 8vo. Later drab boards. Some foxing and staining to text paper repair to lower corner of second leaf. 4 pp. 8vo. An apparently unrecorded work on the grisly murder of Francis Cestonaro in 1779 by his wife Veneranda Porta and her lover Stefano Fantini. Cestonaro's body was cut up and the various parts dumped in the Venice canals. The murderers were hanged and Fantini was fittingly drawn and quartered. The story has passed into Venetian legend - William Dean Howells recounts it in Venetian Life as one of the three quintessential Venetian tragic legends that every gondolier has at the ready to recount. Not in OCLC Per il Giuliano unknown
191575540London: Hugh Rees 1915. First edition Octavo. xiv 139 1 printer's slug 2 publisher's ads pp. plus 33 full page photographic illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with git spine lettering. Very minor extremity e=wear. A very clean and attractive copy."Human Leopards is the name given to a criminal society whose members band together to commit murder to obtain human body parts fat and blood for the creation of a medicine Borfima thought to imbue its possessors with supernatural powers guaranteeing success in their undertakings. It was alleged that the society members concealed themselves in leopard skins and used a special three pronged knife when killing their selected victims so that the deaths would be blamed on leopards. They were also said to practise cannibalism. There were repeated reports of human leopard activity in Sherbro and Mende chiefdoms in Bonthe district in the 1890s and 1900s and the Colonial Government passed ordinances outlawing membership of this and similar societies such as Human Alligator and Human Baboon societies and set up special circuit courts to deal with offenders. A number of individuals were subsequently tried and found guilty of being involved in human leopard murders some of whom confessed to their crimes; but as with witchcraft trials in Europe it is not easy to separate the reality behind the human leopard reports from the moral panic they aroused." Sierra Leone Heritage Hugh Rees hardcover
181330782Rennes: Chez Cousin-Danelle Imprimeur de la Cour Impériale 1813. l sheet consisting of three leaves. 1 vols. FOLIO 20 x 46 inches. Broadside. Some marginal discoloration and creasing else very good. l sheet consisting of three leaves. 1 vols. FOLIO 20 x 46 inches. Lists the date of arrest the court identifies the criminal with age profession address a physical description crime and punishment citing the applicable laws next to them. Chez Cousin-Danelle, Imprimeur de la Cour Impériale unknown
189635124London: Ward & Downey Limited 1896. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black pictorial cloth stamped in red and gilt. Fine. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Presents accounts of thirty famous crimes and criminals in 19th-century Britain including the Tichborne claimant Charles Peace John Bellingham James Cook Henry Blackburn John Holloway and others. Ward & Downey Limited unknown
30198London: 12 Carlton Square n.d. 1 page. 1 vols. 12mo. To unidentified recipient. Laid down on brown paper else very good. 1 page. 1 vols. 12mo. Providing his signature at the request of the recipient . ACCOMPANIED BY A LEAF ADVERTISING WRIGHT'S LECTURES which Wright sent with the letter. Apparently Wright found God and turned over a new leaf. British Thief. <br/><br/> 12 Carlton Square unknown
1971382242Washington: Government Printing Office 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Multiple Special House Reports 91st Congress 2d Session bound in one volume. Thick octavo. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Some toning near fine. Contains two important investigative reports by the Committee on Internal Security i.e. the renamed House Un-American Activities Committee: Anatomy of a Revolutionary Movement: "Students for a Democratic Society" No. 1565: vii 175 xiii pp. with photographs; and Report of Inquiry Concerning Speakers' Honoraria at Colleges and Universities No. 1732: xii 52pp. Both were conducted under the direction of Richard H. Ichord the Committee's Chairman a fervent anti-Communist who crusaded against the Peace Movement during the Vietnam War. The report on Students for a Democratic Society and associated New Left groups includes an illustration of FBI Wanted Poster for William Charles "Bill" Ayers that was used by House Republicans to discredit President Barack Obama. The report on Speakers' Honoraria undertaken to investigate the possibility that New Left radical groups and organizations were financing their activities through speaking engagements includes the Dissenting View of African-American Congressman Louis Stokes of Ohio. Also included in this volume are three timely reports by the Select Committee on Crime on drug use and related criminal activities among urban and counterculture youth: Juvenile Justice and Corrections No. 1806: v 85pp.; Amphetamines No. 1807: v 44pp.; and Heroin and Heroin Paraphernalia: Second Report by the Select Committee on Crime No. 1808: v 83pp. A nice copy scarce in the trade. Government Printing Office hardcover
2L5917Goldmann Verlag München 2003-2007. Ca. 6300 Seiten Pappbände. -Gute Exemplare. Enthalten: Sara Paretsky; Schadenersatz Brandstifter/ Krystyna Kuhn: Fische können schweigen Die vierte Tochter/ Unni Lindell: Der Trauermantel Das dreizehnte Sternbild/ Ruth Rendell: Der Krokodilwächter Der Sonderling/ Earlene Fowler: Der Museumsmörder Der geheime Botschafter/ Gemma O'Connor: Die Frau auf dem Wasser Der irische Inspektor/ Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett: Boten der Finsternis Tote aus Papier/ Faye Kellermann: Denn rein soll die Seele sein Das Hohelied des Todes/ Suzanne Chazin: Der vierte Engel Die Flammen des Zorns/ Susanne Mischke: Das dunkle Haus am Meer Die Eisheilige/ Diane Mott Davidson: Müsli für den Mörder Stichtag/ Deborah Crombie: Der Rache kaltes Schwert Nur wenn du mir vertraust/ Carol Goodman: Das Gesicht unter dem Eis Wenn alles schläft/ Elizabeth Corley: Requiem für eine Sängerin Nachruf auf eine Rose/ Nicci French: Ein sicheres Haus Höhenangst/ Manuela Martini: Dead End Under Cover/ Milary Norman: Blankes Entsetzen Panische Angst/ Petra Hammesfahr: Der stille Herr Grenady Der gläserne Himmel/ Rebecca Gable: Die Farben des Chamäleons Das letzte Allegro/ Anna Salter: Der Schatten am Fenster Tödliches Vertrauen- unknown
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
19730017367BPC Publishing Limited 1973. 20 book set maroon pictdorial covers with white ltrs pictorial endpapers corners are bumped clean and tight. A pictorial encyclopedia of aberrant behavior. Everything from Crime Busters of how it all started to Ma Baker Alcatraz Benedict Anold etc. Extra postage for multiple books is included in price. 1st Printiing 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. BPC Publishing Limited Hardcover
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
193629958Detroit: Juvenile Court and the Human Relations Councils of Wayne County 1936. First Edition. Quarto 28cm. Side-stapled mimeographed self-wrappers; illus. Extremities a bit foxed and toned minor wear from handling else Very Good and sound. <br /> <br /> Monthly newsletter that "aims to acquaint the public with the work of prevention councils in Wayne County." Provides short pieces on treatment research and prevention; articles include "Forgiveness Is Not Condonation" "Boys Don't Want to Be Criminals" and "Lock Your Car." No holdings located in OCLC as of April 2024. Juvenile Court and the Human Relations Councils of Wayne County unknown
182611366Boston: Various Publishers 1826-1829. Various Editions. Octavo 22cm.; cloth-backed boards with original paper spine label; 330pp paginated continuously but each report with a separate title page; six inserted leaves of woodcut plates. A solid well-preserved copy with scattered foxing to text; Very Good. First four reports of Timothy Dwight's pioneering Prison Discipline Society dedicated to the amelioration of the harsh conditions prevailing in American prisons during the early republic. With six woodcut plates mostly plans of prison buildlings and grounds. Various Publishers unknown
191631420Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1916. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; olive green buckram with printed title labels at spine and front cover; dustjacket; 340 4pp. Mild sunning to spine with two faint stains to upper edge of textblock; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket priced $1.50 at mid-spine; hint of sunning and faint vertical crease to spine light dustiness overall with a few small tears and nicks; Very Good. "Human documents from the experiences of a Massachusetts probation officer in the application of the probation system to the problems of men and women who without it would have been permanently lost to useful citizenship" from front panel. Small, Maynard & Company unknown
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.<br /> <br /> 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
