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197729082New York: Simon & Schuster 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First book first Mongo. Very good with remainder mark to lower edge as often seen in near fine price clipped jacket. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1884219833Washington D.C.: Thomas D. Worrall 1884. First edition. 207 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Brick blind-stamped cloth. Spine slightly darkened else fine. Bookplate. First edition. 207 1 ad pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Thomas D. Worrall unknown books
189234668Baltimore: Shaw Bros. Print 1892. First Edition. Small 12mo 15.5cm.; publisher's olive printed wrappers; 19pp. Previous owner has stitched the wrappers to textblock though the upper cover has since separated the stock rather brittle from age and poor quality with a few tiny chips and shallow losses along extremities. Still a Good unfaded copy contents in fine condition. Paper read by the Warden of the Western State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. This printed version appears to be unrecorded though we do find mention of it in an issue of The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy from the same year. Wright blames the increase in crime in the United States to the arrival of "unworthy and undesirable immigrants" and argues that the answer is "sterner and more repressive lines" in prison discipline as a deterrant. We find no copies in OCLC as of August 2017 nor in the NUC. Shaw Bros. Print unknown books
192919739New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22.5cm; purple cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; red topstain; dustjacket; 308pp 1. Vintage bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown upper board edges slightly darkened with a slight bump to upper right corner of front panel; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped with several edge tears and a dozen clear tape mends on verso; light wear and shallow chipping to extremities with a deeper chip at crown not affecting titles; just Very Good. Narrative account of Ernest Booth an unreprentant career criminal who by his own admission was an accomplished burglar and forger. "Booth's career as a thief was punctuated by several brief stays in county jails and over half of a five-year sentence at San Quentin. He secured an excellent inmate job at San Quentin photographer but after a parole denial soured on it and used the position as a front to appropriate salable items from the administration." Uncommon and rarely found in jacket. SUVAK 26. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
189635124London: Ward & Downey Limited 1896. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black pictorial cloth stamped in red and gilt. Fine. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Presents accounts of thirty famous crimes and criminals in 19th-century Britain including the Tichborne claimant Charles Peace John Bellingham James Cook Henry Blackburn John Holloway and others. Ward & Downey Limited unknown books
199021492New York: The Mysterious Press 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition in dustwrapper. A Mario Balzic crime novel. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. <br/><br/> The Mysterious Press hardcover books
195025986Milwaukee WI: Tee-Pee-Gee Company n.d. but ca.1950. Board game consisting of one 1 game board 21.5" x 22" set of two 2 red acrylic dice 41 round and square painted wood pieces in black white green red yellow blue and brown one black piece replaced 17 game cards 2.25" x 3.75" printed on rectos only and original instruction manual 6" x 4". Dice game pieces and cards housed in the original manufacturers two-piece box. Game board is hinged with linen lightly worn at extremities with some occasional board exposure; instruction manual is browned overall folded in half with some splitting along spine fold and holographic notes to front and rear wrappers. Box for entire game not present though it is unclear whether or not one was issued. Presumed complete. "The fascination of this game lies in the variety of ways chances and combinations in which it can be played. For instance - a player may decide to play all the men on the straight and narrow path to freedom by being pardoned or take a shorter but more risky method as a fugitive. The trials of fate and temptation may enter at any time and upset all plans. This novel game which may be played by two to six players illustrates the separation of prisoners from the outside world and their discipline and reformation. It is a game of chance and skill and the possibility of your opponents' chance to win depends upon where and how you make your moves. It will hold you spellbound from beginning to end" - opening statement from instruction booklet.<br/><br/>A prison-themed board game with a phantom manufacturer; our research has failed to reveal much information about either one though in theory and objective it bears remarkable similarities to the much later ca.1990's board game The Slammer produced by Ruppert Games. Tee-Pee-Gee can be played by up to six players and while it appears fairly easy at first glance the dynamics are quite complicated with game pieces representing inmates messengers guards and visitors. The possibility for numerous moves exists dictated by the roll of the dice cards chosen and each players respective positioning on the board. Prisoners can be released or can choose to escape with or without the help of visitors. The winner of the game is the player with all their prisoners outside the walls either as "pardoned" or "fugitives" and their visitors "in good standing" with the prison officials. Rare; we find no example for sale at the time of this writing March 2021 and no record in OCLC. Tee-Pee-Gee Company unknown books
186345485Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1863. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's green blind-embossed cloth gilt-lettered spine top edge gilt brown glazed endpapers; 8432pp. Boards rather scuffed and worn textblock shaken in boards very faint tide stain at bottom edge of last few leaves else Good or better overall. Collection of seven short stories the detective story "In a Cellar" compared to Poe's works Dorri Beam "Style Gender and Fantasy in Nineteenth-Century American Women's Writing" 2010 p. 222. HUBIN p. 386; WRIGHT II 2338. Ticknor and Fields unknown books
191017715New York: Doubleday Page 1910. First Edition. Octavo 20cm. Blue ribbed cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; 340pp. Photographic frontispiece portrait halftone showing the author with a group of his "boy friends." Mild rubbing to board edges; ownership signature to endpaper else a tight Near Fine copy. Autobiographical essays from the career of Judge Ben Lindsey a prominent child welfare advocate and long-time chief of the Denver juvenile court. With many anecdotes relating to child welfare gangs and juvenile delinquency in turn-of-the-century Denver. An uncommonly well-preserved copy. Doubleday, Page unknown books
199321387New York: Little Brown 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition of the second Harry Bosch crime novel. A fine hardbound book in fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy has been SIGNED by Connelly and noted as Rue Morgue 7-11-94. <br/><br/> Little Brown hardcover books
194928605New York: E. P. Dutton 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. 253 pp. Stated first edition of this early crime novel by the author of Murder Can Be Fun and The Dead Ringer. A handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. The wrapper has some chipping and slight paper loss at spine tips. E. P. Dutton hardcover books
198221996New York: Charles Scribner 1982. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. First edition of the talented crime writer's first book. Winner of the coveted Edgar Award. A very good clothbound copy with small stain to bottom corner of rear endpaper. Prior ownership name of Henry Geldzahler on the front endpaper. The price-intact dustwrapper is in clean very good condition. SIGNED by the author on a bookplate afixed to the half-title page. Highly recommended author. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner hardcover books
189915339London: Greening & Co 1899. First Edition. Small octavo 19cm. Blue cloth boards lettered in red on spine and front cover; title page in black & red; 232pp; 8pp publishers ads at rear; frontispiece; text illus. Mild external rubbing; endpapers and text age-tanned but not brittle; Very Good. A charming survey of British low-life documenting the methods and practices of pick-pockets safe-crackers card sharpers portico thieves shoplifters forgers and other criminals in common circulation in Edwardian London. Includes a chapter on "Rogues and Vagabonds." With about 50 text illustrations all of a somewhat rudimentary character. An uncommon title. Greening & Co unknown books
19741290<p>Small Quarto 10 1/2 x 8 inches; 267 x 205 mm 12 pages in stapled wrappers. </p><p>Transcript of a speech by William J. Casey 1913-1987 accepting the William J. Donovan Award from the Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services. Casey had been chief of secret intelligence for the European theatre of operations during World War II. This award -- from a group of former intelligence officers -- cites him for his organization of radio teams that he parachuted into Germany to send back intelligence on Nazi positions.<br /></p><p>In his speech Casey lavishes praise on Donovan and others in the clandestine services and discusses some of his own intelligence work during World War II. A fascinating look at a side of the war that was crucial in securing the Allied victory over the the Axis powers.<br /></p><p>OCLC shows only two institutional holdings at Georgetown and at the NIOD Institute for War Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam. Separately we find two copies among Casey's papers at the Hoover Institution in Stanford California. None in commerce. <b>SCARCE</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Governmental department stamp and log-in number on front wrapper two horizontal folds for mailing. A Very Good copy.<br /></p><br /> [Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services] books
1979695London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd. 1979. First U.K. Edition Third Printing. The book that led to the unmasking of Anthony Blunt as the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge spy ring. Octavo 504 pages. Corners bumped especially at top of both front and rear leading to some creasing of pages. Otherwise Very Good in a dust jacket that shows some edge wear and creases. <br/><br/>The author strongly believed that Queen Elizabeth's art adviser Anthony Blunt was the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge spy ring. But apparently fearing a libel suit he referred to Blunt as "Maurice." In a dramatic announcement to Parliament in November 1979 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher confirmed that "Maurice" was indeed Anthony Blunt. Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. unknown books
196613662New York: William Morrow 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First edition of the author's first book an espionage novel that won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel of the Year. Crimp at top of spine else an exceptional copy in very good price intact dustwrapper with some creases and closed tears. Lightly toned at spine as often seen. A better than typical copy of this classic. William Morrow hardcover books
1808WRCAM53841New York 1808. 56pp. Dbd. Faint institutional ink stamp and embossed blindstamp to titlepage minor toning light foxing. Overall very good. A curious and rare account of the trial of Alexander Whistelo a black man accused of leaving Lucy Williams a mulatto with child. A controversy ensued as sundry doctors stated that the child was the offspring of white parents. In addition a witness attested to a white man visiting Ms. Williams: "The witness.confessed that such a person had been in bed with her: that he had turned the black man out with a pistol and taken his place - that they had a connexion; but she said she was sure they had made no one young one." In the end Whistelo was acquitted. SABIN 103312. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 14750. unknown books
199421385Boston: Little Brown 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition of this Harry Bosch crime novel. Connelly is one of the best writing today. Tiny blemish to leading edge of text block else a sharp and clean fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author and dated in year of publication. Great read. <br/><br/> Little Brown hardcover books
199521534London: Macmillan 1995. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first UK edition in dustwrapper. A crime novel by the Edgar Award winning novelist. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Macmillan hardcover books
199413873New York: St. Martin's Press 1994. 1st edition. Blue paper-wrapped binding with gold spine lettering. White dust jacket. NF/VG some soiling. 249 pp including glossary. Illustrated from photographs. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/> St. Martin's Press unknown books
1986189621Washington DC: GPO 1986. Paperback. Two volumes xxii 393 356p. wraps a bit shelf worn spines creased rear wrap stained internally very good condition. GPO paperback books
193128239New York: Knopf 1931. 1st US edition Hubin I p. 781; NCBEL IV 744. Blue green cloth binding designed by WAD. Red topstain. Green dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG spine panel sunned/pc. viii 257 1 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
196213645New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition stated. A crime novel that won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery of the Year. A very good copy in very good price intact dustwrapper with small chips to edges. Uncommon title in the first edition. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
195222021New York: Prentice-Hall 1952. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Stated first American edition. 211 pp. A murder suspense story by the author of The Man Who Watched The Trains Go by. Translated into English by Louise Varese. Prior ownership sticker to the front endpaper else a very good copy in very good price-intact dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Prentice-Hall hardcover books
197722793New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First American edition of the author's first book a humorous crime novel. Taken by the publisher directly from the original British sheets. This sadly is an ex-libris copy with a "withdrawn" stamps on the endpapers evidence of pocket removal from rear endpaper etc. A fair to good copy in dustwrapper of an uncommon literary debut. Sold in as-is condition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
