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18891461Penryn Ca 1889. About very good. Broadside 9 x 6.75 inches. Trimmed unevenly corners clipped lightly tanned. Contemporary pencil notation at bottom of sheet. Broadside advertising a reward for the arrest of Henry Kaiser for the abduction of Miss Amy Douglas taken from the little town of Penryn in Placer County on Sunday June 2 1889. Kaiser is described as "aged 47 years height about 5 ft. 10 1-2 inches brown hair blue eyes brown light moustache cut square slightly stooped shouldered plays violin carried with him a violin and black satchel." Miss Douglas is described as well: "aged 14 years about 5 ft. 1 1-2 or 2 in. high large blue eyes light hair wears it in a braid and cut short in front and banged very awkward cannot read or write." The reward is offered by a J.H. Frost and a pencil note seems to indicate that he was a real estate and insurance agent. A newspaper article from the San Francisco Chronicle of June 24 1889 relates that the two eloped. Kaiser was a divorcé and the son of a well-known winemaker in the area. The two were located in Portland Oregon having unsuccessfully tried to gain a marriage license due to Amy's young age. Another article indicates that Amy fled cruelty at home her father having consented to her marrying Kaiser when she turned sixteen. In any case Kaiser was discharged from criminal prosecution having been found to have acted honorable with regards to the girl. An interesting story and the broadside is unrecorded. unknown books
194430660New York: Avon Books 1944. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good . Pocket paperbound book. First pocket paperbound edition of these five crime stories by Chadler. Published as Avon Books #63. Previously published the same year in an enlarged format by Avon as well. 286 pp. A crisp very good plus copy. Avon Books paperback books
190732397New York: Street & Smith Corporation 1907. Cf. Hubin I p. 139 for the later NM #637 of 1910. Color pictorial wrappers. Light chipping to spine paper. Faint newstand stamp to front wrapper upper corner. A Good plus Copy. 320 pp. First 2 pages publisher adverts. 8" x 6" <br/><br/> Street & Smith Corporation unknown books
196813659New York: New American Library / World Publishing 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /very good. First edition of Michael Crichton's first book written under this alias. Winner of the Edgar Aawrd for Best crime Novel of the Year. A clean very good plus copy in very good clipped dustwrapper. One of the more sought after of the Edgar winners. <br/><br/> New American Library / World Publishing hardcover books
199321878London: HarperCollins 1993. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gorgeous signed copy of the first U.K. edition of her first book an Edgar Award winning mystery. VF/VF signed. Jacket design much more attractive than the American. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> HarperCollins hardcover books
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
199027760New York: Donald I. Fine Inc 1990. 1st edition. Red cloth spine with black paper-wrapped boards. Black dust jacket. VG slt lean/VG. xii 322 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>"The bizarre true account of the husband-and-wife serial killers who terrorized the California countryside." - dj blurb. Donald I. Fine, Inc hardcover books
1874313368Philadelphia 1874. Together 4 items. Together 4 items. The Kidnapping of Little Charley Ross. Four items relating to the abduction of Charley Brewster Ross the first instance of kidnapping for ransom in the United States. On July 1 1874 four-year-old Charley was abducted from the sidewalk in front of his father's house in Germantown Pennsylvania by two men in a buggy offering the promise of candy and fireworks. Soon after Charlie's father received a note demanding $20000 for the safe return of his son. Mr. Ross went to the police the case caught the attention of the press and soon it became a national sensation. A group of prominent Philadelphians raised money to hire the Pinkerton Agency who produced and widely disseminated reward posters and handbills. <br/>Of the two examples offered here the first is a three page leaflet with a mounted photographic portrait of the boy at the top in which a $20000 reward is offered for the safe return of the child detailed circumstances of the kidnapping are provided as are descriptions of the child and kidnappers along with a section of "Questions for Identification." <br/>The second example is a broadside with an engraved image of the child at the top offering the reward and providing a description of Ross and the kidnappers. <br/><br/>Though several attempts to deliver the ransom were made the kidnappers never appeared; shortly after two men were killed during a burglary in Brooklyn and one of them confessed with his dying words that they were the kidnappers. His claims were ultimately determined to be credible however the boy was never found. Charley's father published his own account of the affair a copy of which is present here to raise money to continue the search which he and his wife kept up for the rest of their lives. The case left an indelible mark on the American psyche and as late as the 1930s people were still coming forward claiming to be the missing boy<br/><br/><br/>1. "Abduction of Charley Brewster Ross." Printed handbill 3 pp with applied photographic print on front page. 8vo. Philadelphia: printed by Wm. F. Murphy's Sons for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency August 1874. $850<br/>2. "$20000 Reward has been offered for the recovery of Charlie Brewster Ross and for the arrest and conviction of his abductors." Printed broadside 275 x 144 mm signed in print at bottom "Allan Pinkerton" and "Pinkerton's National Detective Agency" with woodcut portrait of Charley Ross at top laid down imprint lacking.<br/>3. "Little Charlie Ross the Stolen Child." Boston: Dexter Smith 1874. Printed cover page only for sheet music with oval lithograph portrait of Charley Ross 209 x 160 mm. Browning chipping at bottom edge. <br/>4. Ross Christian K. The Father's Story of Charley Ross the Kidnapped Child. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company 1876. First edition. Original cloth good only. unknown books
20031563Boston: Little Brown & Co. 2003. First Edition First Printing. Small 4to 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 240 x 155 mm 455 1 pages in red and black boards title to spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Boards rubbed dust jacket shows light edge wear.Two friends both spies during the Cold War get together again to work against the American invasion of Iraq. Or so they're led to believe by a mysterious billionaire. <br /><br /> Little, Brown & Co. hardcover books
197513639London: Macmillan 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First edition of the author's first novel. Winner of the John Creasey Award. Pages tanned as usual else a fine copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. Suspense LSD. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1952866New York: Ballantine Books 1952. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br /> Small Octavo 8 247 5 pages hardcover in dust jacket.<br /><br />Communist agent arrives in the U.S. to persuade a scientist to defect to the Soviet Union. He also gets involved with some American women who suspect he's up to no good. As far as Cold War fiction goes it's not bad at all. An attractive copy of a Ballantine hardcover. Unfortunately Ballantine didn't credit the artist who designed the striking photomontage dust jacket. <br /><br />Published during the McCarthy era this book actually goes easy on the lurid anti-Red hysteria of so much Cold War fiction.<br /><br />CONDITION: Near Fine in an unclipped bright Near Fine dust jacket that has a bit of rubbing and a couple of nicks.<br /> Ballantine Books hardcover books
200021364London: No Exit Press 2000. First UK edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First UK edition of the author's second gritty crime novel. 215 pp. Paper toned slightly else a near fine example in near fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. <br/><br/> No Exit Press hardcover books
11762pg. 9 ½" x 8 ½". June 4th 1861. Whitehall. A letter that discusses events linked to the Civil War and a particularly gruesome axe murder: ". It is hard times for certain as so many of the banks have gone down since the Government troubles all banks that were secured by southern bonds are smashed. Alfred Worcester has enlisted in the Army. A horrible murder was committed three weeks ago last Saturday two miles above Wilmington and about eight miles from here. An old man by the name of mace his wife and an adopted son 17 or 18 years old wer sic the victims. Two men were riding along the road about half a mile distant from the house when they heard cries of help and upon arriving at the house ther sic lay the old man near the gate shot and also cut with an ax near the porch lay the boy with his brains beat out with a club the old lady was lying on the porch with her head severed from her body with an ax. The house was burning the beds having been set afire in the upper story. It was known that the old man had a great amount of money which he kept in a safe in the house the safe was iron but could not be found after the house was burned. Intense excitement prevailed until the murderers were caught or supposed murderers. Nothing else was talked of for a great while. ". It is difficult to discern which Wilmington and Whitehall are referred to in the letter as a number of towns in the U.S. bear those names. A reference to army worms earlier in the letter makes it more likely that the author lived in a Whitehall in the North as army worms tend to attack crops in Northern states. The letter is in excellent condition. The left right and bottom margins are all rounded giving the letter the appearance of a circle with an arc section removed. There is some slight staining and the usual mailing folds unknown books
192825757New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1928. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Cloth-covered octavo in dustwrapper. Early reprint edition of this 345 pp crime novel. Small inked prior owner name else a very good copy in red cloth binding. Light dampstain. The dustwrapper has some chipping at edges and at base of spine and top of rear panel. Overall attractive copy. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1967104New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1967. First American Edition 1st Printing.<br /><br />8vo 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 142 mm 252 pages in quarter cloth over boards gold titles to spine. With the dust jacket and the scarce "In Transit Docket."<br /><br />Strange things take place in a Paris brothel involving not only sex but also.nuclear weapons. The book includes the top secret "In Transit Docket" which lays out a U.S. plot against the Chinese. A typically fast-paced Deighton thriller. <br /><br />CONDITION: Small closed tear in pages 29-30 a couple of small stains on the fore edge some fading to the titles on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped with slight offsetting from the red end papers onto the front flap a bit of rubbing to the top of the front and rear panels. "Transit Docket" is Fine Overall a Very Good copy clean and unmarked. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1909WRCAM52766Palestine Tx 1909. Printed form 5 x 8 inches plus 1 x 1-inch photograph. Two old vertical folds left edge tanned lower right corner chipped. Photograph fine but somewhat crudely affixed. About very good. A "Wanted" notice from the City Marshal of Palestine Texas offering a fifty dollar reward for the capture of C.H. Crowson who was eventually arrested and convicted for burglary in 1909. The description given says that Crowson "Has dark hair blue eyes and light complexion. He is fond of music and plays guitar and violin. Works around saw mills and railroad shops." With a small photo of the fugitive attached to the form. unknown books
185111374Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen State Printer 1851. First edition. Octavo 23cm.; original printed wrappers; 328pp. Moderate wear and soil; final ten or so leaves creased at upper right; Good or better. Includes a large ca. 20" x 22" folding plan of the newly-constructed prison at Sing Sing; this is foxed on verso but otherwise quite fresh with old folds secure and just light foxing onto image area. Charles Van Benthuysen [State Printer] unknown books
198221487New York: Charles Scribner 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition in dustwrapper. The author's second crime novel featuring Anna Lee. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Charles Scribner hardcover books
1997683New Haven and London: Yale University Press 1997. First Edition First Printing. 8vo pp. xxv 530 pages. An insiders' account of the espionage battle in Berlin between the CIA and the KGB from the end of World War II to the building of the Wall in 1961. These authors certainly know their stuff. David Murphy was chief of the CIA's Berlin station; Sergei Kondrashev was a lieutenant general in the KGB; and George Bailey was a director of Radio Liberty. <br/><br/>CONDITION: Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Small creases to spine ends and slight edge wear. Yale University Press unknown books
195930659New York: Pocket Books 1959. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Pocket paperbound original crime novel by McBain written under this pseudonym. Published as Pocket Books 1235. Stated first printing. Date stamp to rear panel and very faint corner crease else a fine crisp copy. 150 pp. Pocket Books paperback books
199727315London: Orion 1997. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. Thick paperbound book. 394 pp. Stated fourth impression of this splendid award winning crime novel by Rankin featuring his Inspector Rebus protagonist. A near fine copy. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Orion paperback books
194226538New York: Simon & Schuster 1942. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Clothbound octavo. First edition of this uncommon Woolrich suspense novel which was the basis for the film The Leopard Man. Attractive prior owner bookplate to the front endpaper else a sound clean very good copy. Lacks the rare dustwrapper. 377 pp. Matching dates with no additional printings indicated. Simon & Schuster unknown books
199715046London: Orion Books 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. 394 pp. First UK edition of this terrific Inspector John Rebus detective novel. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper clipped at bottom of front flap. An Edgar Award nominee. <br/><br/> Orion Books hardcover books
200634286NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0374307806 . Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books
1985698New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First Edition. A high-level Soviet diplomat working at the United Nations seeks asylum in the U.S. This is his story along with vivid portraits of Soviet leaders and a look at what takes place in the Politburo and in the world of espionage. Octavo pp. viii 378. Near Fine with some minor soiling on the top and bottom edges in a Very Good dust jacket that has some sunning and edge wear. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
