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32 pages. Features: Fascinating news bits inside front cover; Woodrow Wilson Was Best and Worst Copy - his passion for accuracy conflicted with newspapermen who ignored serious things to ask him 'what he ate for breakfast' - part 3; Housekeeping in Our Paris Flat - how two Americans fared in the French Capital and "Got to Love Passy"; ; Never Separated a Single Family - open-door immigration specialists slander the United States Government - Rabbi Stephen Wise, president of the American Jewish Congress, urges passage of the most liberal of all the liberalizing measures - the Perlman bill; Life and Death on the Screen - A.C. Pillsbury films bacteria and pollen in action - motion pictures of flower fertilization; What's the Matter With Jim? - the story of a boy who would only work when he thought it play; Mr. Ford's Page - interesting thoughts on the forces involved with prohibition; Editorials - major criticism of the World Court and claim that in Michigan a list of Americans targetted for assassination by communists has been found; Golf - Can You Pick the Champions? - Americans will attempt to capture leading British honors - article with photos of Glenna Collett, Francis Ouimet, Macdonald Smith, Walter Hagen, Watts Gunn, Long Jim Barnes, Bobby Jones and Robert Gardner; Lincoln's Murder - Amazing Man Hunt - John Surratt and Papal Zouave accused of the crime, who leaped for liberty over a hundred-foot precipice - article with photos of John Surratt, John Wilkes Booth and Mrs. Mary Surratt; What it Costs the Chinese to Worship Their Ancestors - wonderful photo-illustrated article; Is America a Nation of Coffee-Bibbers? - Its people drink upward of forty billions of cups of this seductive beverage each year, consuming more than half of World's Production; Union of Irish and Jews in recent 'propaganda' plays - Abie's Irish Rose, Kosher Kitty Kelly; Great Writers Who Have Failed as Novelists; Seeking to Know What the Earth is Made of - the work of Professor Stjepan Mohorovicic and others; When the Broker Breaks the Law; A Dance a Week - The Lancers, a graceful square dance - first two figures, with piano sheet music (to be continued); Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis, Oregon offers course in the guardianship of a real baby; The Jolly Old Pedagogue; Back cover features illustration of and quotation by Henry Thoreau. Small chip from fore-edge of front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with 58 plates on 16; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Thompson's biography investigates the Queen of Crime as phenomenon, writer and woman. The 'disappearance' is covered in full. The first edition is already elusive in this condition.
20071023612007 Ed. Larousse - Coll. L'Histoire comme un roman, 2007 - In-8 broché illustré en couleurs - 287 p.
18921238808München, J. Seyberth, 1892. 2 Bl., 42 S., 2 Bl. Hlwdbd d. Zeit m. eingebundenem vorderen OUmschl. (vereinzelt gering braunfleckig).
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Fought a Regiment - Bandit, murderer and escaped felon, "human monster" Paul Jawarski was pursued by over 250 heavily-armed policemen; The Optimist - The moving story of a gentleman who thought he could make a profitable living out of elephant-hunting; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record - Part I - Robert Copeman and John H.E. Nolan set out from Edmonton for the Gulf of Mexico over 6,000 miles away! - article with photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part III - The continued misadventures of John Gibbons as he tramps from the French coast to Lourdes; "Hitch-Hiking" Across the United States - Alfred Batson hitch-hiked from New York to San Francisco and had some very odd and exciting adventures - includes map and photo; Byways of Old Pekin [Peking / Beijing] - A wonderfully photo-illustrated presentation of the quaint street-life of the unspoiled native quarters of the Chinese capital, where things still go on much as they did in the Middle Ages; What Happened at "Warne's Folly" - A prospector's terrible predicament in an abandoned Queensland mineshaft; The Horns of a Dilemma - A Queensland bushman's amusing account of an argument with a bad-tempered old cow; Saved By Man-Eating Sharks - A deep-sea diver's terrifying experience in the Sulu Sea; "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part II of W.B. Seabrook's adventurous trip to meet Mitkhal Pasha, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr, with photos; Photo and bried write-up of a large sink hole near Sharon Springs, Kansas; The Mystery of Crocodile Pool - A weird adventure that befell a young police corporal who is now one of the leading officers of the South African C.I.D. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 277pp. The true story of a little boy who was constantly abused by his mother, until he found the strength to fight backand make his future worth something.
in-8°, 237 pages, illustrations en noir, broche, couverture illustree Bel exemplaire. [CA32-2]
Broch?. 508 pages.
14120Mazarine, 1998 - Fort in-8, broché, 365 pages, bel exemplaire.
1939WRCLIT73482Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1939. Pictorial window card 22 x 14" printed in black and white with lurid green titling on recto only of stiff card stock. Uniform tanning along edges otherwise very good or better unused. A promotional window card for this low budget crime thriller based on an original story and screenplay by Robert A. Andrews with contributions by Ben Markson. Barton MacLane Beverley Roberts and Clarence Kolb starred. Aubrey Scotto directed. Andrews was a prolific screenwriter who in addition to potboilers such as this adapted to the screen works by Eugene O'Neill and A. Conan Doyle. Republic Pictures unknown books
Broch?. 287 pages. Rousseurs.
2019500104784Lucien Souny 2019 180 pages 10 8x17 6x2 6cm. 2019. mass_market. 180 pages.
2019500112520Lucien Souny 2019 180 pages 10 8x17 6x2 6cm. 2019. mass_market. 180 pages.
1st edition. Original period boards. 8vo. 328 pages, 21 cm. In German. Includes a 107-page dictionary of Jewish Criminals slang at rear. Title translates to The Jewish Crooks in Germany: Their Tactics, Peculiarities, and Language, along with Detailed News About the Most Notorious Jewish Criminals Staying in Germany and at its Borders. Thiele was a German court clerk in the criminal court in Berlin (Kierkegaard, 2015) . SUBJECTS: Jewish criminals. Jews -- Germany. Cant -- Dictionaries -- German. OCLC lists 19 copies worldwide (OCLC: 1423903) , most are in Europe. Spine is chipping. Some pages are lightly soiled, but no loss to text. Overall good condition. Important. (GER-54-4)
219p. Signed by the author Hardcover Very good condition good
Broché. 178 pages.
her mys 10BRUCE HUMPHRIES Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. D. B. Miller. The Unpardonable Crime. Boston: Bruce Humphries n.d. 1935. First American edition. Octavo. 247 pages. Publisher's full black cloth spine stamped in red. In the original publisher's dust jacket. BRUCE HUMPHRIES Hardcover
197121111Berkeley and San Francisco: Western Star Press 1971. Softcover. Very good. Trade paperback 81 pp. Light handling wear; very good. Describes the research and conclusions of a two-year grant-funded study of the SFPD that found numerous systemic problems. The Introduction lays out the broad and familiar issue quite well: "The claim is heard that police action has become a weapon by which minority groups are oppressed and persecuted and that police action is often used for political rather than legitimate law enforcement purposes. This belief justified or unjustified has become a barrier to effective police work. The police feel themselves isolated and set apart from the rest of the community.Only when a police officer is regarded and can regard himself as just another civilian doing an important and necessary job a part of the community rather than apart from it can the police department operate at its best and the community receive the greatest service." The Committee's recommendations include significant changes to recruitment and training procedures supervision patrol methods weapons use and training written policies and directives procedures for personnel management and discipline and more. Noting that "previous reports on the San Francisco Police Department have traditionally gathered dust on the shelves" and efforts at change have been viewed with suspicion as "still another attack on law enforcement" the authors plead for the report to be taken as constructive criticism offered "in the hope of making the San Francisco Police Department an enviable and progressive model of what police should be. Western Star Press unknown books
A small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Minor creasing to rear cover. A very clean very tight copy, uper corner of four adjacent pages cut/torn - no loss of text and no bumping to corners. 135pp. This issue includes Dashiell Hammett crime stories, WW Jacobs, E Nesbit's children's books, prisoner-of-war books, Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly and JRR Tolkien.
A small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale colour. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes Joseph Conrad, Sir Compton Mackenzie, ghosthunter Elliott O'Donnell, 'The Graphic' magazine, Ngaio Marsh crime stories and JM Barrie and 'Peter Pan'.
A very small number of classified section listings highlighted with pale pink. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Minor crease to lower front corner. A very clean very tight copy with slighly tanned pages and no bumping to corners. 131pp. This issue includes JB Priestley novels and plays, London Books Fairs, Walter de la Mare poet and author, Ellery Queen crime novels, Algernon Blackwood supernatural tales and EM Forster.
Good attendance plate inside front board. Slight traces of fingermarks and foxing to a few pages. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean very tight copy with dusty pictorial board/spine and minor rubbing/bumping to corners. The upper edge of front, rear and spine are slightly damp damaged but no effect to contents. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. 36 pages book adverts plus 192pp. With five stories - Jury-Room Tales; A Mistake and Its Results; Betsy's Beau; The Station-Master's Daughter and A Great Jewel-Robbery.
2008027636Pasadena California: Salem Press 2008. Complete in 2 volumes that appear unread. Fine EX-LIBRARY. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Usual library markings. Otherwise pages are fresh crisp and clean - apparently seldom if ever read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Photo illustrated. Volume 1: Joe Adonis - Jim Jones. Volume 2: Theodore Kaczynski - Giuseppe Zangara. The two volumes are uniformly bound in the original laminated boards. From the publisher: "This book has comprehensive coverage of 177 of the most infamous assassins serial killers frauds gangsters murderers terrorists thieves and traitors in American history. AMERICAN VILLAINS explores the lives deeds and punishments of 177 of the most infamous villains of our time. What makes this set unique is that it focuses on U.S. criminals who are not generally covered in American biographical surveys. While there are many books that cover fictional villains in videogames comic-books and movies few cover real villains of history in one convenient set. Scope and coverage - the 177 essays in American Villains cover a broad range of personages including Assassins and would-be Assassins John Wilkes Booth John Hinckley Jr. James Earl Ray Lee Harvey Oswald Corrupt Politicians Byron Looper Joseph Weil Cult Leaders Jim Jones David Berg Charles Manson Gangsters and Associates Ma Barker Al Capone John Dillinger Pretty Boy Floyd Murderers Lizzie Borden Mark David Chapman Scott Peterson Karla Faye Tucker Outlaws and Gunslingers William H. Bonney Butch Cassidy Bob & Emmett Dalton Jesse James Political Rebels and Revolutionaries William Clarke Quantrill Anastase Vonsiatksy Scientists and Doctors Larry C. Ford Linda Burfield Hazzard Serial Killers David Berkowitz Ted Bundy Albert De Salvo Aileen Wuomos Terrorists D.B. Cooper Timothy McVeigh Eric Rudolph and Traitors and Spies Benedict Arnold Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Tokyo Rose.Organization and format - the essays in this set are approximately 1000 words in length and are arranged alphabetically. Each essay begins with ready-reference information including: Name of Villain; Identity e.g. Spree murderer Gangster; Born date and place of birth; Died date and place of birth; Also known as aliases nicknames full and birth names; Major offenses crimes; Active period of greatest offenses; Locale where operated and Sentence years in prison other punishment. 'Early Life' is a summary of the upbringing of the villain and entry into crime. 'Criminal Career' is a chronological overview of all criminal activities; 'Legal Action and Outcome' identifies legal response trials sentences and punishments 'Impact' assesses why the person is remembered and what his or her significance is in history and popular culture and 'Further Reading' lists sources for further study. Special features - the front matter includes a complete list of contents a pronunciation guide and a list of contributors. Several appendixes and indexes can be found at the end of Volume 2 including a Chronological List of personages a Category index of identities and a listing of Web resources. A comprehensive Personages Index rounds out the set.". First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine EXLIBRARY/No dust jackets as issued. 2 volumes: xlii 598pp . Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Salem Press Hardcover
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to upper edge and no bumping to corners. 38pp. How to get your own injunction under the Domestic Violence Act 1976 - put together by Manchester Law Centre and the National Women's Aid Federation. Very scarce.
