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189831956Minnesota: Benson's Detective Agency Duluth; Thomas Owens Two Harbors 1898. Broadside. Good. Broadside. Wanted poster. Approx. 9.5" x 6". Paper is worn upper edge with small edge tears. "Received Nov 21 1898 Ans'd" stamped in purple at the bottom. Small edge chips to the paper on the right margins. Benson's Detective Agency, Duluth; Thomas Owens, Two Harbors unknown
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
2L5917Goldmann Verlag München 2003-2007. Ca. 6300 Seiten Pappbände. -Gute Exemplare. Enthalten: Sara Paretsky; Schadenersatz Brandstifter/ Krystyna Kuhn: Fische können schweigen Die vierte Tochter/ Unni Lindell: Der Trauermantel Das dreizehnte Sternbild/ Ruth Rendell: Der Krokodilwächter Der Sonderling/ Earlene Fowler: Der Museumsmörder Der geheime Botschafter/ Gemma O'Connor: Die Frau auf dem Wasser Der irische Inspektor/ Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett: Boten der Finsternis Tote aus Papier/ Faye Kellermann: Denn rein soll die Seele sein Das Hohelied des Todes/ Suzanne Chazin: Der vierte Engel Die Flammen des Zorns/ Susanne Mischke: Das dunkle Haus am Meer Die Eisheilige/ Diane Mott Davidson: Müsli für den Mörder Stichtag/ Deborah Crombie: Der Rache kaltes Schwert Nur wenn du mir vertraust/ Carol Goodman: Das Gesicht unter dem Eis Wenn alles schläft/ Elizabeth Corley: Requiem für eine Sängerin Nachruf auf eine Rose/ Nicci French: Ein sicheres Haus Höhenangst/ Manuela Martini: Dead End Under Cover/ Milary Norman: Blankes Entsetzen Panische Angst/ Petra Hammesfahr: Der stille Herr Grenady Der gläserne Himmel/ Rebecca Gable: Die Farben des Chamäleons Das letzte Allegro/ Anna Salter: Der Schatten am Fenster Tödliches Vertrauen- unknown
200221895National Crime Prevention Council 2002. Trade paperback in near fine condition. Name written inside. Soft cover. Near Fine. National Crime Prevention Council Paperback
Herland, Hanne Nabintu; GIn Pristine Condition. unknown
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1962A41367New York: Doubleday & Company Inc. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author with a short inscription on the front endpaper. The book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends edges and corners. "Clinton Truman Duffy 1898 1982 was the warden of San Quentin State Prison between 1940 and 1952. He was a prominent opponent of capital punishment." from Wikipedia; Signed by Author . Doubleday & Company, Inc. hardcover
196343286United States: Perma 1963. Solid with a spine roll and a corner crease on the front cover. 1st Printing. Paperback. Good- Very Good. Perma paperback
1989017533New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1989. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. PERFECT condition. NOT price clipped $50.00. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright shiny clean square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. An invaluable comprehensive guide to novels and short stories of detection crime mystery espionage; studies bibliographies and histories of the genre lives of authors; the literature of Sherlock Holmes; true crime trials criminology cryptography and related works. 5045 annotated entries. Lists the publisher and date of each 1st edition. Perceptive witty and trenchant comments on each book's author content and characters. Sometimes called the "Bible of the Mystery Field." Frequently cited as COC in mystery catalogues. Those who have the 1971 edition or reprint of it should be aware that the numbering of entries in this expanded edition has changed dramatically. For example Agatha Christie's PERIL AT END HOUSE is #527 in the 1st edition but #789 in this expanded one. To avoid confusion you will want this updated edition too. An essential reference that is a pleasure to use. First printing of the 1989 Revised and Enlarged edition with "First Edition" so stated and complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. A Penzler basic reference tool. Bound in the original black cloth stamped in shiny gold. Complete with pristine dust jacket. First printing Revised and Enlarged ed. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo. xxxvi 952pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Harper & Row, Publishers Hardcover
178514122Edinburgh: William Smellie 1785. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Edition printed for author Arnot 1749-1786 by Smellie; 4to rebacked new leather spine and hinges strengthened with red cloth with original boards and endpapers; good leather on boards scraped chipped scratched stained worn and discolored; edges of boards worn to boards in spot very bottom edge of rear board almost completely worn to board; edges toned and soiled; brown stain spot to top edge affects pp141-74; eps toned and discolored; top corner of ffep chipped off and creased; owner's name in pen and pencil on verso of ffep; top corner of first blank flyleaf creased worn and torn off; crease to top corners of first twenty pages; word crossed out and name written in ink on page vi; pencil note and underline to p55; pencil notation to margin of p57; brown streaks to pp141-58 and 337-49; stain to side edge affects edges of pp339-93; two tears and crease to side edge of rfep; light foxing and soiling to pages; pages wavy with darkening to textblock; 440pp with List of Subscribers and Index. Contents are divided into genre crimes: Treason Parricide Murder Tumult within Burgh etc.; our copy identical in content to copy in National Library of Scotland with the exception that our copy lacks the 'Subscribers omitted' page inserted between pages xiv and xv. <br/> <br/> William Smellie hardcover
194980332Garden City:: The Crime Club 1949-1954. Fine. The jackets are preserved in jacket sleeves and enclosed in modern brad-bound stiff wrappers. Additional postage applicable. Titles: The Cat and Capricorn. Board Stiff. Not in the Script. Murder Twice Removed. Grave Consequences. Deadly Beloved. The Three Widows. Tread Lightly Angel. Divining Rod for Murder. The Widow of Bath. Scared to Death. Night Train to Paris. Tragic Target. From This Death Forward. The Mamo Murders. Murder Repeat Murder. The Judas Goat. The Clock that Wouldn't Stop. Grow Young and Die. Heavy Heavy Hangs. Elk and the Evidence. Mask for Murder. The Saint vs. Scotland Yard. M'Lord I am Not Guilty. Glass on the Stairs. A Rag and a Bone. The Other Side of the Wall. The Moon Gate. Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper. Seeing Red. Miscast for Murder. The Devil Threw Dice. The Body in the Basket. Shroud of Darkness. Fatal in my Fashion. The Black Italian. The Crime Club, unknown
1973004821London: Eyre Methuen 1973 500 grams first edition trade paper sewn sheets but perfect bound 255pp map end papers classic sociological research on Glasgow gangs youth gangs in the mid to late 1960s light soiling to surface of wrappers and slight bend to front cover. In the 1960's a 26-year-old schoolmaster at a Scottish reformatory List D School under the alias of James Patrick went undercover with the help of one of his pupils to study the often violent behaviour of the teenagers in a gang in Glasgow. He managed to conceal his identity and motives and during the course of a four-month assignation in 1966 he observed closely the gang members and concluded that the boys were 'afraid of fighting other gangs but more afraid of not fighting them.' Ultimately it was 'the struggle between identification with the boys and abhorrence of their violence that forced me to quit.' This book became the first published observation of a Glasgow gang and as such has stood the test of time as a number of factors that Patrick identified as contributing to the growth of gang culture still remain in existence today most crucially poverty grim housing conditions and unemployment. This is a portrait of gang culture before the drug barons moved in and created another level of violence and as such it deserves its cult status. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Eyre Methuen paperback
2000260610-MB52St. Louis Missouri: Nutwood Publishing Company 2000. Very Good softcover by the "National Criminal Research Society and KTVI -TV". First Edition. Paper Back. Very Good. Nutwood Publishing Company Paperback
0259304522.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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
1992047914New York: Hearthstone 1992. Unknown Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is the story of John Wayne Gacy told from the chief of detectives Joseph Kozenczak originally assigned to the investigation. A nice clean copy without any marks or tears. Light edgewear. <br/> <br/> Hearthstone hardcover
1968038819London: Heinemann 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed. "Only the Foreign Office" a junior diplomat remarks "could have sent a bull to catch a matador." The bull is Alan Turner a rough-necked rough-mouthed lovable misfit from Foreign Office Security; the matador is Leo Harting a middle-aged Second Secretary from the British Embassy in Bonn "a sprite weightless as the dark slipping through the shadows as if they were a net". This is the man who after twenty years of apparently loyal service to the Crown has vanished taking with him official files hot enough to frustrate or indeed compromise the entire British position at the negotiating table at Brussels where a faltering British Government is making a desperate last attempt to save the national economy and get into the Common Market. In this atmosphere of approaching crisis Alan Turner therefore is despatched from London to find Harting. "Which do they want" he asks "The man or the files" Gradually it becomes clear that one is not enough without the other." Previous owner's book plate of ffep else fine. Heinemann 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
1941019975Garden City New York: Crime Club Doubleday 1941. 1st American edition. Slight spine slant black boards lighly rubbed and soiled else a vefry good-near fine copy in homemade acetate dust jacket. English title: Pray Silence 1940. The 2nd Tommy Hambledon adventure. A HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE SELECTION. Goebbels doesn't trust the Chief of the German Police. Hitler loves him. The British are just plain confused. Joseph Goebbels is fuming. It's the mid-1930s and the Nazi Minister of Propoganda has a nice little racket going. He and his cohorts are allowing Jews to slip out of Germany in return for 80 percent of their assets. But longtime Nazi party member Klaus Lehman the Chief of the German Police. is too much of a prig to let him get away with it. And given that Lehman was one of Hitler 's earliest supporters he's virtually untouchable. In the meantime British Intelligence is going around in circles. Someone in Germany is sending them messages in a code that hasn't been used since World War I. When it was first published in 1941 in the U.S. A Toast to Tomorrow along with its predecessor Drink to Yesterday was heralded by famed critic Anthony Boucher as "a single long and magnificent novel of drama intrigue and humor." Howard Haycraft the dean of mystery historians called the two books "superior" examples of the new wave of realistic spy-and- intrigue novels told with a "mood of subtle understatement." A current critic mystery bookseller Barbara Peters of the Poisoned Pen called it her "favorite espionage novel of all time." This darkly humorous novel was the work of two Hampshire neighbors Adelaide Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles and based in part on the Coles' adventures in the British Intelligence. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. Crime Club Doubleday
1777029800London: S. Hooper 1777. Two volume set. No added marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers creased/rubbed spines. Very clean very tight pages with some marking to boards see image all board edges decorated gilt see image original bindings sound page edges brown and minor bumping to corners. 280 279pp. Author was gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne. Second corrected and greatly enlarged edition. Chapters on the nursery forest trees fruit trees mushrooms cabbages carrots turnips vines and fence management. Second Edition. Leather. Very Good -. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. S. Hooper Hardcover
188626Akron OH: H. G. Canfield 1886. 8vo 92 pages printed wrappers; the penultimate leaf of detective Burlison's text is defective and lacks text but the following leaf tho defective retains the full woodcut image of Burlison. Rare. <br/><br/>"On the night of April 3d 1865 the Safe of the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company at Le Roy Medina County Ohio was cracked and some $61000.00 taken therefrom. . Samuel M. Felker was arrested in Chicago by Detective Pinkerton and brought to Medina and lodged in jail where he confessed that he knew where all the bonds and money were and that he could and would provide the same on condition that he should be released." ". the guilty and self-confessed thieves were permitted to escape and protected in the enjoyment of their ill-gotten gains has thus far remained a mystery. This little book proposes to give a true and faithful history of the whole matter which will read like a romance - Preface." This tale was 20 years in the telling. The prefatory Note is dated 1864. There may have been an 1885 edition the tipped-on copyright notice is dated 1885. WorldCat cites only 3 copies of any edition of this booklet - all in Ohio. Includes much correspondence with Allen Pinkerton. H. G. Canfield unknown
1993029900South Africa: Cosaw Publishing 1993. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to covers and spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 190pp. Autobiography of South African writer Stephen Gray who survived a burglary where he was tied up and nearly lost his life. He wrote this account of his life during the long months spent searching for his would-be killers. Very scarce. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 7.75 x 5 inches. Cosaw Publishing Paperback
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
1979A47734Portland OR: Bls Publishing Co. 1979. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the publisher Ray deAutremont on the front endpaper with a short inscription. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. There is some noticeable rubbing and wear to the spine ends corners and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright with the exception of several spots of toning to the bottom edges of the first ten pages. The dust jacket has several edge tears nicks spots of wear rubbing and several chips to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a bit of light sunning / fading to the spine of the dust jacket. "The DeAutremont Brothers Roy March 30 1900 – June 17 1983 Ray March 30 1900 – December 20 1984 and Hugh DeAutremont February 21 1904– March 30 1959 were a criminal gang based in the Pacific Northwest during the 1920s. Their unsuccessful robbery of a Southern Pacific Railroad express train and the murder of four crew members known as the Siskiyou massacre was subject to one of the largest and most extensive investigations in the region. The brothers were eventually identified with the assistance of forensic scientist Edward Heinrich and they were captured after a four-year nationwide manhunt" from Wikipedia; B&W Illustrations; 185p. pages; Pictured 1/21/24; Biographee . Signed by Biographee . Bls Publishing Co. hardcover
