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1998240818-RD03Amlex Inc. 1998. Very good trade paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Amlex, Inc. Paperback
1996029318Boulder Colorado: Paladin Press 1996. BRAND NEW in PERFECT CONDITION. Flat uncreased spine. NO chips tears creases rubbing or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. Well illustrated with step-by-step how-to-do-it photographs. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "Here is a slew of new and interesting improvised silencer designs featuring innovative couplings plus variations on aluminum cans oil filters PVC pipe plumbing devices water sprinkler pieces and other unique materials. Warning: It is illegal to possess or make firearm silencers without BATF registration. For academic study only.". 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. New. xi 65pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Paladin Press Paperback
1998020119Thousand Oaks California: Sage Publications 1998. Appears unread. Very Near Fine condition only the cover is very lightly rubbed. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages appears unread. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. NOT a remainder. 1998. First Edition. List of references/bibliographical notes after each chapter. Index. Bound in the original pictorial boards stamped in red and white. From the rear cover: "Labeled as the most intriguing crime of the 1990's serial murder will surely remain a primary source of fascination well into the new millennium CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES ON SERIAL MURDER is the first book to consolidate the authoritative perspectives of acknowledged experts on serial murder along with the fresh approaches of emerging authorities in the field Contributors address Etiology of Serial murder Victim selectivity Female serial killers Psychological profiling Types and methods of stalking Future trends for tracing and tracking serial killers ". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Near Fine condition/No jacket as issued. 8vo. ix 246pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Sage Publications Hardcover
1939A47710Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good-. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This is an ex library copy from Univ. Of California. The book is in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some l ight bumping and rubbing. There is a spot of discoloration near the lettering on the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a bookplate from the A. F. Morrison Memorial Library on the front pastedown page. "" from Nature Magazine - May 1941 ; 403p. pages; Pictured 1/19/24 . Harvard University Press hardcover
19852090502113709616Not Available 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available 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
1985004717New Brunswick New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 1985. A square tight copy. Dust Jacket is bright and shiny. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A volume in the Rutgers Crime Law and Deviance series. With 16 tables and figures. Appendices. Essay on Sources. References. Index. Bound in the original tan cloth lettered in black on the spine. Keywords: Pernambuco. Forced labor. Crime and Criminals. 19th Century History. Brazil. Recife House of Detention. Economic conditions. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition/VG DJ 2 short closed tears. 8vo. xix 183pp. . Rutgers University Press Hardcover
197129106Chicago: Chicago Crime Commission. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1971. 1st Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Publisher's blue printed wraps. Illustrated with numerous maps charts and tables. xiii 373 A12 B36 C31 D7 pp. First edition 1971 with publication authorization date of February 4 1972. . Former owner's signature Don Behnke on cover which is lightly rubbed and soiled. NB: Daniel W. Behnke was Associate Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission at the time this study was prepared and was on the Project Staff see page iii. The volume is otherwise unmarked tight square seemingly unread and clean. Scarce. NEAR FINE . Maps charts tables. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Signed by One Author . Chicago Crime Commission paperback
197129249Chicago: Chicago Crime Commission / IIT Research Institute. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1971. 1st Edition. First Printing. Soft Cover. Publisher's printed blue stapled card wraps. The spine is lightly faded else fine: unmarked tight and square. Quite scarce. NEAR FINE. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 97 pp . Chicago Crime Commission / IIT Research Institute paperback
19952081002108600746Not Available 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
19952081002108600915Not Available 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
19722092902137405336Gaku Yo shobo 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Gaku Yo shobo paperback
1915A33752New York: Baker & Taylor Company. Very Good. 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The front cover of the book has some ground-in dirt and spotting / foxing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Among the Pacific Coast writers Mr. Leigh H. Irvine author of the Iron Highway.and others is attracting attention throughout the country by the strong and masterful manner in which he is placing the various labor and other problems before the people. It is often a fact that labor reformers and writers who address themselves to the wage-earner fail to make themselves understood." "Although some U. S. States began abolishing the death penalty most states held onto capital punishment. Some states made more crimes capital offenses especially for offenses committed by slaves. In 1838 in an effort to make the death penalty more palatable to the public some states began passing laws against mandatory death sentencing instead enacting discretionary death penalty statutes. The 1838 enactment of discretionary death penalty statutes in Tennessee and later in Alabama were seen as a great reform. This introduction of sentencing discretion in the capital process was perceived as a victory for abolitionists because prior to the enactment of these statutes all states mandated the death penalty for anyone convicted of a capital crime regardless of circumstances. With the exception of a small number of rarely committed crimes in a few jurisdictions all mandatory capital punishment laws had been abolished by 1963. Bohm 1999 " . Baker & Taylor Company hardcover
1912013449Glasgow: William Hodge 1912 red cloth with blind design to upper board top edge gilt gilt to spine states 'Notable English Trials' light bumping to corners light rubbing or fading to spine light foxing to prelims xlvi 364pp frontis port 5 plates quite tidy internally accused of poisoning her husband Florence Maybrick was found guilty ands ordered to be hanged but was imprisoned and later released whence she travelled to the USA where she lived the rest of her life of note is that the recent 'Ripper Diary' has been claimed as belonging to her husband and that he was the Ripper and possibly she killed him knowing this . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
197519070040Viking New York 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 296 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking New York 1975. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Edges of dust jacket have minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. Deckled edges rough cut. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The story of the relentless three-year hunt that led to the capture of Adolf Eichmann the Nazi administrator of the 'Final Solution of the Jewish Problem'. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 0670380288. ISBN/EAN: 9780670380282. Inventory No: 19070040. 9780670380282 Viking hardcover
1953915 April 1895; on letterhead of the Athenaeum Pall Mall London ; and 16 February 1897; 14 Old Square Lincoln's Inn London . Both items in good condition. ONE: 3pp. 12mo. After a reference to 'Mr. Lang' he turns to the Hereford Mappa Mundi his father was Bishop of Hereford: 'I am very glad you were interested in the introductory Essay to the "Mappa" and the commentary renders it easy to work out the whole thing: I once gave a lecture on it in my youth'. The lecture was given in 1880. A reference follows to the 'introductory dinner' at Lincoln's Inn of 'Dick' - Harrington's son Richard the future 12th Baronet - at which he was 'in company with Bosanquet and myself'. TWO: 3pp. 12mo. Regarding the 1871 trial of Edmund Walter Pook for the murder of Jane Maria Clousen he writes to thank Harington ffor 'taking so much trouble in telling me your recollections of the Popk case which will be of great assistance to me if I come to right sic his trial which however will not be just as the Editor of the Cornhill has sent me down to Courvoisier. I shall try and get him to let me do Pook next; there is no separate report of the case that I cannot find but the Times gives it very fully and the short hand report of the evidence is in the Sessional papers of C. C. C in the Library here.' He believes there to have been 'a good deal of friction' between the judge Sir William Bovill and attorney John Duke Coleridge later 1st Baron Coleridge and that 'the evidence seems to have completely melted away'. Atlay can 'just remember being excited about the trial as a private school boy.' 15 April 1895; on letterhead of the Athenaeum [ Pall Mall, London ]; and 16 February 1897; 14 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn [ London unknown
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
1970009301London: Constable 1970 original proof copy in plain wraps with title and dated 25th June 1971 copyright states 1970 sewn sheets with drawn on wrapper former owner name and address to verso of frontis port. 230pp plates index not present as issued. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Constable paperback
1905biblio1465<p>This is the extremely rare 1905 FIRST brought to you by short-lived Chicago publishers Thompson & Thomas and by Joseph B. Bowles who shepherded PECK'S BAD BOY and who partnered with author Johnston on this one. Book is in decent condition complete and VERY collectible as to rarity and subject matter. This copy resided in the archives of a Christian Missionary Convention cared for by Archivist C.C. Ware of Wilson NC then marked as his personal copy. Illustrated by Frank Baum illustrator Howard Heath.</p><p>Photos on request.</p> Thompson & Thomas hardcover
19802080202102706180Tachibana shobo 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 246 pages Size: A5 size Tachibana shobo paperback
19892080202102705204Tachibana shobo 1989. Soft Cover. Fine. Page size: 176 pages Size: A5 size Tachibana shobo paperback
19792083002115702839Tachibana shobo 1979. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 21cm Number of books: 1 Tachibana shobo paperback
1920216411920. Japan OccupationWWII Primary-source photo album of United States military governance during the occupation of Japan with particular emphasis on the enforcement of legal authority and the administration of war crimes proceedings under Allied control. Centered on the career of General Charles Sabin Ferrin in his capacity as Provost Marshal of Tokyo the album captures the institutional frameworks through which U.S. forces maintained order supervised political transition and participated in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East IMTFE. The collection includes images of high-ranking military and political figures official proceedings connected to the war crimes trials and formal and informal interactions with Japanese leadership situating Ferrin's role within broader systems of occupation-era administration legal oversight and diplomatic engagement.<br /> <br /> The album contains 85 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs varying in size from 2.5" x 2.5" to 6" x 4.25" mounted in a clothbound album measuring approximately 7" x 5". The images begin in the United States depicting early domestic life before shifting focus to Ferrin's stationing in China from 1919 into the 1920s and later to his critical role in postwar Japan where he engaged with Japanese political and military officials at the highest levels. The China-era photographs include striking scenes of the U.S. Army's presence in Tientsin Tianjin as indicated by labeled photographs of "U.S. Army Buildings Tientsin" designed by architect Albert Benz. Other images capture American cavalrymen of the 15th Infantry Regiment on horseback lined up in disciplined formation labeled "1921 Tientsin China 15th Infantry U.S.A." The album also contains personal family moments such as a uniformed soldier cradling a small child on horseback annotated "1918 Russell" and an image of two children dressed formally on a walkway inscribed "Aug 26 1919 leaving for China." Additionally candid moments in Tientsin show a young child riding in a rickshaw pulled by a Chinese laborer and another with a Chinese woman identified as an "Ama" caring for the family's child at a beach in Chinwangtao Qinhuangdao in July 1921. <br /> By the late 1940s the album shifts focus to Ferrin's tenure as Provost Marshal of Tokyo a role that placed him at the center of postwar military governance and legal oversight. Several photographs depict U.S. military officials dining and meeting with Japanese political figures. One particularly notable photograph shows Ferrin standing beside a dignitary identified as "Prince Takamatsu Hirohito's younger brother." Other images depict high-ranking officers including Admiral James O. Richardson testifying at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East IMTFE with a caption stating: "Admiral James O. Richardson Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet testifies on the witness stand at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East during the Pearl Harbor phase of the trials of the 27 accused Japanese war criminals." A separate image shows troops of the 720 MP Battalion executing a right-dress formation in front of the War Ministry Building in Tokyo on October 13 1947. The presence of these high-ranking officials alongside candid social and formal meetings with Japanese elites underscores Ferrin's prominent role in enforcing law and order during the American occupation and his involvement in overseeing war crimes proceedings. The album is in very good condition overall. A rare and historically significant visual chronicle of General Charles Sabin Ferrin's career across pivotal moments in 20th-century history with firsthand images of U.S. military presence in China the occupation of Japan and high-level engagements with political and military leadership. unknown
1991012244New Haven Connecticut U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr 1991. 325pp. a comprehensive history of military surveillance in the United States-traces the evolution of America's internal security policy during the past two hundred years. Joan M. Jensen discusses how the federal government has used the army to intervene in domestic crises and how Americans have protested the violation of civil liberties and applied political pressure to limit military intervention in civil disputes. Light fading to dj spine. Text clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yale Univ Pr Hardcover
1950010740London: William Hodge 1950 dust jacket is price clipped with short tears at ends of spine folds small chips to spine ends small hole to backstrip browned spine; minor foxing to closed edges scarce in the dustwrapper 298pp plates small bookseller stamp to foot of fep. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover