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1987005093NY: Mysterious Press 1987. 1st US edition so stated June 1987 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine unread copy w/o dust jacket in slipcase as issued. LIMITED EDITION one of 250 copies this being #22 SIGNED by Price. David Audley title. "Price's literate espionage novels Here Be Monsters is the most recent are of the cat-and-mouse variety with an emphasis on mood character and plot intricacy requiring more than a little patience. Thomas Arkenshaw a young British agent with experience in Beirut and other hot spots is assigned as bodyguard to David Audley a veteran intelligence officer who has been summoned to meet with high-ranking KGB officer Nikolai Panin. But before the two meet Audley is shot at and one of his men is killed. Polish politics double agents internal rivalries and a beguiling female CIA agent all come into play in what is certainly a departure from the run-of-the-mill spy thriller.: -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Mysterious Press
1985019076NY: Mysterious Press 1985. 1st ed. Fine in slipcase w/o dust jacket as issued. LIMITED EDDITION 1 of 250 Numbered EDITIONS this beiing 120 and SIGNED by the author on limitation page. Audley title. "When an American veteran of D-Day dies in Normandy on the 40th anniversary of the invasion the event marks the opening of a chess game between the KGB and British Intelligence. In occasionally bewildering sequence the thread of the story goes from the dead American a suspected Soviet agent to a group of British men who may also be KGB. It is up to Elizabeth Loftus a neophyte in the world of espionage to ferret out the answers with the assistance of her superior David Audley whose own loyalties are suspect because he had investigated these men some 30 years earlier and found nothing suspicious." -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Book. Mysterious Press Hardcover
1985006258NY: Mysterious Press 1985. 1st ed. Fine in slipcase w/o dust jacket as issued. LIMITED EDDITION 1 of 26 LETTERED EDITIONS this beiing "S" and SIGNED by the author on limitation page. Audley title. "When an American veteran of D-Day dies in Normandy on the 40th anniversary of the invasion the event marks the opening of a chess game between the KGB and British Intelligence. In occasionally bewildering sequence the thread of the story goes from the dead American a suspected Soviet agent to a group of British men who may also be KGB. It is up to Elizabeth Loftus a neophyte in the world of espionage to ferret out the answers with the assistance of her superior David Audley whose own loyalties are suspect because he had investigated these men some 30 years earlier and found nothing suspicious." -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Book. Mysterious Press Hardcover
12930Autograph Letter Signed: From Exeter but on his letterhead 8E Hyde Park Mansions NW1 London; 14 May 1930. Typed Note: On his letterhead The Tanyard Shorne near Gravesend; 26 August 1945. Both items in poor condition with burn marks and damp damage fire damaged much of the Society's archive. Some of the text of the autograph letter has faded and it may be that the signature to the typed note has washed away. Autograph Letter Signed: 2pp. 4to. He begins by offering to 'oppose anybody' in a debate that Mrs Roscoe is organising at the Society of Women Journalists. 'But you should bear in mind that the Crime Club is a purely commercial affair - run entirely by Messrs Collins the publishers of 48 Pall Mall - and I gather very privately that writers of detective stories & rival publishers are not exactly welcoming its appearance. Perhaps under the circumstances it would not be politic to have anything to do with it. For your own information Sir Godfrey Collins is its onlie begetter and I believe that the Headmaster of Eton Dr Abington is "reading" for him.' He suggests two 'good people' whom Mrs Roscoe might invite: J. J. Connington 'Victor Gollancz can put you in touch with him' and M. R. K. Burge 'writes excellent thrillers under the name of Milford Kennedy'. Straus concludes: 'If you should find somebody more violently opposed to thrillers than myself don't hesitate to let him or her 'open' the opposition & I will speak afterwards - but I am certainly at your disposal'. Typed Note: 1p. 4to. He is 'happy and honoured' to be a guest of her 'Society' on 11 October 1945. 'Is there any particular aspect of fiction or biography you would like me to speak about Or just an informal ramble about anything that comes into my head I will do whatever you say.' Autograph Letter Signed: From Exeter, but on his letterhead, 8E Hyde Park Mansions, NW1 [London]; 14 May 1930. Typed Note: On hi unknown
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
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
1975007371Fall Church Virginia U.S.A.: American Society of Photogrammetry 1975. Volume 1: Theory Instruments and techniques; xxvi 868 pp foreword preface chapters 1-13 with references index. Volume II: Interpretation and Applications xxvi pages 869-2144. preface to v. 2 chapters 14-26 with references glossary Clean set. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. American Society of Photogrammetry hardcover
21043'Oakbank'. Broad Oak Ravenglass Cumbria 3 dated 1994 2000 2011. Three Postcards Signed and two folding cards with between 6-21 lines of writing. Good-humoured tone with references to a novel published by "Margaret" Forster Davies's wife which has given him an idea for a detective novel a self-deprecating comment "insecure jumped up northern grammer school lad" reflection on how well he and friends have dome no "jail-bait failures" news of a death a White Christmas a plan for a "double-act at Keswick" treatment for illness 2011 etc. 'Oakbank'. Broad Oak, Ravenglass, Cumbria, 3 dated (1994, 2000, 2011). unknown
198920030272Pan Books UK 1989. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 362 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books UK 1989. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Updated to include his sensational escape from Delhi. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 033027144X. ISBN/EAN: 9780330271448. Inventory No: 20030272. 9780330271448 Pan Books paperback
200824080001New Holland Australia 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Hardcover. 191 pages. Inscribed and Signed by Author. PUBLISHING DETAILS: New Holland Australia 2008. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Edges of boards have moderate wear. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The book is a revision and expansion on the original "Lady of the Swamp" published in 1980 which had only the single print run. Included with this book is a a pamphet from Tullaree the property central to the events of the book. It is also signed by the author. SYNOPSIS: This book is about a fascinating mystery that had never been solved. Margaret Clements a rich hieriess living on a large property in Gippsland Victoria suddenly disappeated and was never heard of again. The author investigates what might have happened. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN/EAN: 9781741106749. Inventory No: 24080001. 9781741106749 New Holland hardcover
1859004478Milwaukee WI: Daily News Book and Job Steam Printing Establishment. 36pp. Black spine cloth with dark brown papered boards board edges are heavily worn front flyleaf missing. Useful even humorous notes on the author in pencil on the front endpaper. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. BC . Good. Half Cloth. Third Edition. 1859. Daily News Book and Job Steam Printing Establishment hardcover
1961090818-MT482Cincinnati Ohio U.S.A.: The W. H. Anderson Co. 1961. Very Good Hardback No Dust Jacket leather cover 1961 . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. The W. H. Anderson Co. Hardcover
1990002644New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990004063New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990004110New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990006746New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990008553New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
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
2008025981Upper Saddle River New Jersey: Pearson 2008. Very Good condition cover lightly rubbed tiny corner crease. NOT a library discard. NO chips. NO fading. Flat uncreased spine. Bright shiny clean square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Tables. Charts. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "Offering perspectives from twenty-one leading experts in the field this book shows how to apply evidence-based counseling and treatment approaches to offender rehabilitation. Each chapter includes summaries of the latest government reports treatment guidelines evidence-based counseling practices research findings trends and statistics program evaluations journal review articles and meta-analyses. Discussion is on revitalizing the corrections profession with an emphasis on rehabilitation policies and programs based on scientific evidence and treatment technology transfer. Complete and up-to-date the book s goal is to formalize ideas raise issues and document best practices from which effective programs can be replicated. Evidence-based approachoffers a variety of offender treatment and rehabilitation approaches that have demonstrated effectiveness. Perspectives from twenty-one contributors help guide readers through the process and steps in counseling and treatment. A look at best practices in individual and group counselingthrough the book s definitions and illustrations. Findings from a national survey conducted by the book editor offer results from 25 different state departments of corrections and the correctional facilities under their jurisdiction. The market for this up-to-date multi-authored book will be college and university libraries state and county criminal justice as well as juvenile justice agencies and federal criminal justice agency libraries.". 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Pearson Paperback
rja818518<p>UKthick 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. Complete number line 1. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanmattb/w Whitechapel map with small circular cut-outs of victims' murder sites to front and spine illustrated dw/dj with black lettering on front and white lettering on spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's brightcrisp cleansharp-corneredoriginal plain red cloth boards with partial wrap-around monochrome portrait of Michael Maybrick 1844-1913 illustrated upper board and continuing around the foot of spine and lowerrear edgeno lettering to spine/ backstripa blackred striped headtailband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UKthick 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st ednxi-xiiipp1-850pp paginated includes author's Note19 chaptersprofusely illustrated with contemporary facsimile b/w illustration reproductionsand b/w photographs etc. throughout the text and the bookAppendices III AcknowledgementsSourcesPicture Creditsan Index; plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesa dedicationa Contents list/tableand an epigram.<br />A book like no other - the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history's most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I. For over a hundred years'the mystery of Jack the Ripper' has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horrorspawning an army of obsessive theoristsand endless volumes purporting finally to reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorised Victorian England. But what if there was never really any 'mystery' at all What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sightdeliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to lookwhile cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting to bring him to justice In 'They All Love Jack'the award-winning film director and screenwriter Bruce Robinson exposes the cover-up that enabled one of history's most notorious serial killers to remain at large.More than twelve years in the writingthis is much more than a radical reinterpretation of the Jack the Ripper legendand an enthralling hunt for the killer.A literary high-wire act reminiscent of Tom Wolfe or Hunter S. Thompsonit is an expressionistic journey through the cesspools of late-Victorian societya phantasmagoria of highly placed villainshypocrites and institutionalised corruption. Polemicforensic investigationpanoramic portrait of an age underpinned by deep scholarship and delivered in Robinson's inimitably vivid and scabrous prose'They All Love Jack' is an absolutely riveting and unique bookdemolishing the theories of generations of self-appointed experts - the so-called 'Ripperologists' - to make clearat lastwho really did it; and more importantlyhow he managed to get away with it for so long. <br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.ukbecause of the weight/value of this item for correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. <br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> LONDON.FOURTH ESTATE,2015. hardcover
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
198617120116Victor Gollancz UK 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good ex-library/Fine. Hardcover. 204 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Victor Gollancz UK 1986. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good ex-library condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: End pages marked with library stamps spine unmarked in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. Lightly tanned pages. End pages and page edges have library stamps but otherwise book is in very good overall condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: As Communism consolidated its victorious grip on Poland in 1947 Jerzy Popieluszko was born into a peasant farming family. Nearly 40 years later as European communism began to crumble his mutilated body was dumped in the Wisla river. In life and death this young and unassuming priest courageous beyond his means lived in his flesh Christ's call to love the enemy to overcome evil with good. This chilling reminder of modern-day totalitarian brutality is surpassed only by the overwhelming hope that the victory of the Truth Christ Crucified brings to today's world. This account includes many of his own writings.He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 0575038306. ISBN/EAN: 9780575038301. Inventory No: 17120116. 9780575038301 Victor Gollancz hardcover
1997028439Hawthorne New York: Aldine de Gruyter 1997. Very Good condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips tears or creases. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Only a few pages with margin notes. Occasional yellow highlighting. Publisher's mailer describing the book is laid in. A volume from the publisher's Social Institutions and Social Change series. Tables. 3 appendices. Bibliography. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "The sentencing guidelines written by the U.S. Sentencing Commission for the federal crime courts were designed to lead to uniform the just punishments for convicted criminals. How well did the Commission's judgments about what were just punishments compare to the view of the American public Using data from a 1994 national household survey the authors compare the punishments described by the Commission to those desired by the public. Contrary to the frequency claims of excessive leniency on the part of judges that are often asserted by journalists and shapers of opinions Rossi and Berk find strong correspondence between the median sentences deemed appropriate by the public and the sentences prescribed by the guidelines. Although the authors conclude that the Commission was able to match prescribed punishments closely to the American consensus for most crimes in one category -- drug trafficking offenses -- the guidelines were much harsher in dealing with offenders. The national survey used a factorial survey as its design strategy allowing for analysis of a large variety of federal crimes and variations in the social characteristics of convicted felons. A wealth of detail along with ample graphic and tabular illustrations extends the book's application to issues of consensus and variations in punitiveness by region and socioeconomic characteristics of respondents.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xi 244pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Aldine de Gruyter Hardcover
19132092902137302702Shimei-sha 1913. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shimei-sha paperback
16788Salmon & Gluckstein Ltd. London. Circa 1950. Printed by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. London. 96pp. 12mo. Stapled. In printed card covers. Addendum slip in red inside front cover. Full-page advertisements for tobacco products throughout. In good condition lightly-aged and worn with rust to staples and uneven fading to front cover. Although now forgotten the enterprise was an extensive one: the back cover lists 39 'S. & G. LIBRARIES' 22 of them in London 15 in the 'Provinces' and 2 in Scotland. The inside front cover has two notes: the first on 'Lost Books' and the second 'Important' including: 'S. & G. Ltd. do not sell books ex their libraries. The public is therefore warned not to purchase any books marked with the "S. & G." stamps.' Back cover gives terms beginning: 'S. & G. Libraries offer the public for twopence per week the best and widest choice of good reading. The latest publications by the best known authors are always catalogued or listed in the spring and autumn supplementary lists. Additionally from time to time supplies of new publications which are found to be in general demand are sent to the branches.' An insight into the reading interests of the mid-twentieth century pipe and cigar smoker. Packed with titles many of them from the late 1930s presumably remainders. Popular authors from Marie Corelli and Baronness Orczy to J. B. Priestley and Agatha Christie. Divided into 'General List' 'Books for the Sophisticated' 'Mystery and Crime Fact and Fiction' 'Wild West Historical Romance Adventure and Foreign Legion' 'War Stories' 'Flying Adventures' 'Creeps! Horrors! Ghosts!' and 'French List'. No other copy traced either on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC. Salmon & Gluckstein, Ltd., London. [Circa 1950.] Printed by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd., London. unknown
