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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
1977013140New York: Jason Aronson 1977. Clean square tight unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bibliography. Index. Original blue leatherette gilt. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. xvi 578pp . Jason Aronson Hardcover
1987029982Richmond Victoria: William Heinemann Australia 1987. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with general traces of storage. 392pp. The genuine scarce first edition of this - the spy book of the century - published by William Heinemann Australia states on title page and printed in Dublin as it was illegal to publish/print it in the UK. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9.5 x 6 inches. William Heinemann Australia Hardcover
198819040192Noonday Press UK 1988. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 310 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Noonday Press UK 1988. Reprint. CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are lightly bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. Foxing to top edge of pages. ABOUT THIS BOOK: A record of 27 months of imprisonment of a Nigerian writer held as a political prisoner in 1967-1969 at a time of civil war and secession of the state of Biafra. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 0374521271. ISBN/EAN: 9780374521271. Inventory No: 19040192. 9780374521271 Noonday Press paperback
1987012505London: Collins 1987. 607 pages with some illustrations. DJ has light wear to edge and price is clipped. Previous owner name/address sticker in front endpaper. This book began as a casual conversation on the campus of Yale University. It ended as the fullest and best investigative account by an accredited historian into hwo the OSS was established by whom and what it achieved. Clean . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collins Hardcover
1938012180London: William Hodge 1938 slight foxing closed edges slightly dulled cloth xix 317pp plates the histroy and technology of fingerprints and their use in crime detection and identification includes a section on Mark Twain's interest in them. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
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
1921054742Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty. Ltd. 1921. 203pp catalogue at rear bw ills. Pictorial wraps. Torn about half the height of the book along front spine fold 1mm hole at top of front cover paper toned. Still looks god with bright fesh colour to covers. Ex-George Mackaness collection with his bookplate inside the front cover. A nice survivor of this scarce fragile early Australian pulp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/None as Issued. 8vo. N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Pty. Ltd. Paperback
19822091202133001843Kawade Shobo Shinsha 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kawade Shobo Shinsha paperback
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
1998__0195104870Oxford Univ Pr 1998. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 528 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr paperback
1998x-0195104870Oxford Univ Pr 1998. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 528 pages. 8.25x5.75x1.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr paperback
1993EW4524London: Faber & Faber 1993. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed. Dust jacket edge and corner worn; some shelf wear along the spine. 610p. including index. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good in mylar. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover. Faber & Faber Hardcover
001568New York: Ungar. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Two book lot - each book and jacket in As New unread condition from the original publisher's warehouse each in equal condition plain stapled cardboard slipcase. Crime 1988 from the original German 1984 edition and; Science Fiction 1989 from the original German 1986 edition. A brilliant pair of books loaded with B&W photos drawings and subject information unmatched thus! <br/> <br/> Ungar hardcover
2008021684Gladys Walton Digital Productions 2008. Copyright 2008. 348pp b/w photos. Paperback cover edges lightly rubbed. From the publications page 'Although based upon and inspired by stories told by Daddy Joe and Gladys Walton to John Walton this book is a work of fiction'. Advance Proof Copy. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Gladys Walton Digital Productions Paperback
1983022858Pacific Palisades CA: William W. Walter Trust 1983. Fine condition. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrated with two b/w portraits. Biography of Oliver Roberts de la Fontaine his life in California and the early west. Covers his frontier experiences with railroading ranching gold mining hostile Indians Christian Science and as a saloon keeper gambler and lawman Includes his encounters with stage robbers as a Wells Fargo Shotgun Express Messenger. Bound in the original dark gray pictorial cloth stamped in black and bright/shiny gold. From the introduction: "originally published in 1931. because there have been increasing requests for a copy of this book from students of 'The Walter Method' it is now being reprinted with the addition of this Introduction." See Adams Six Guns #2299 and Edwards p. 211. Reprint of the 1931 original. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. v 315pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. William W. Walter Trust Hardcover
2433616 February 1884; 24 Avenue Victor Hugo Paris on letterhead of the New Club Boulevard Malesherbes. According to Russell’s entry in the Oxford DNB while reporting on the Civil War he was described by one American newspaper as ‘the most famous newspaper correspondent the world has ever seen'. The inscription on his memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral calls him ‘'the first and greatest of War Correspondents'. He coined the phrase ‘thin red line’ was instrumental in the sending of Florence Nightingale to the Crimea and is said to have written the report that inspired Tennyson to write ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’. The recipient was the proprietor of the Hotel and Restaurant Henry IV Saint-Germain-en-Laye which according to an advertisement in Galignani’s ‘New Paris Guide for 1879’ was ‘The only Hotel on the Terrace. / Highly recommended and old-established / Louis XIV. was born in this House on the 5th Sept. 1638.’. The present item is 2pp 12mo. In fair condition aged and worn with thin strip of glue from mount along the gutter. Folded twice. Signed ‘W H Russell’. He enquires after ‘un petit apartment libre pour le lundi ou mardi en cas de besoin’ at a price ‘convenable à ma fortune’. He describes the specifications he requires before noting that M. de Blonetz ma dit ce que j’ai entendu avec plaisir que vous avez garde des souvenirs aimables de moi depuis cet temp terrible 70. 71’. In a postscript he expresses anxiety that ‘il y aura une grande foule à St Germain le lundi pour les courses’. It may be that Russell attended the racing with the future King Edward VII: he was as the Oxford DNB states ‘a member of the Prince of Wales's circle though his relationship with the prince fluctuated and he deplored the depravity and obscenity of some of his set’. 16 February 1884; 24 Avenue Victor Hugo [Paris], on letterhead of the New Club, Boulevard Malesherbes, unknown
1977007107Boston & Toronto:: Little Brown and Company 1977. A beautiful copy. Bright shiny clean square and remarkably tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is near pristine with just a light touch of rubbing at the edges. No chips. No tears. No fading. NOT price clipped 8.95. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh crisp and unmarked -- apparently never read. The author's uncommon second book. A detailed account of jury deliberations over 8 days and 7 nights in the 1973 trial of California labor contractor Juan Corona -- accused of murdering 25 farm workers near Sacramento. Bound in the original orange boards with a black spine lettered in shiny silver. From the Dust Jacket: "JURY -- The most documented exhaustive and vivid exposure of the American jury system at work since TWELVE ANGRY MEN. But while JURY is at least as dramatic this story is true. In an uncompromising re-creation -- authenticated by the participants -- Victor Villaseñor brings the reader directly to the table as the jury deliberates. Each individual juror. comes fully to life as he or she contends with private conscience self-doubt and fellow jurors to reach a verdict.". First Edition so stated. Hard Cover. Very Fine condition./Very Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xvii 291pp. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
1995x-0748402373Routledge 1995. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
1995x-0748402381Taylor & Francis 1995. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.75x6.50x0.75 inches. Taylor & Francis paperback
200650902Washington DC: GPO 2006. very good. 103 wraps appendix. Serial No. 109-125. H.R. 4239 was introduced in response to a growing threat commonly referred to as ecoterrorism. Animal rights supporters have employed tactics to disrupt animal research and related businesses by terrorizing their employees. GPO paperback
200850717Washington DC: GPO 2008. Presumed First Edition/First Printing. Wraps. very good. 45 pages. Wraps footnotes appendix. Signed by Eli M. Rosenbaum Director Office of Special Investigations U. S. Department of Justice who testified at this hearing; Mr. Rosenbaum's business card is laid in. GPO paperback
0243201028.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
026796465X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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