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1952866New York: Ballantine Books 1952. First Edition First Printing. <br /><br />12mo 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 185 x 120 mm 247 3 pages gray quarter cloth over black boards in an unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket hard cover.<p>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. Published during the McCarthy era this book actually goes easy on the lurid anti-Red hysteria of so much Cold War fiction. The author Stanley Baron worked as a political analyst for the U.S. government so presumably had a keen insight into the psychology and motivations of Communist agents and fellow-travellers.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Near Fine in a bright Near Fine dust jacket that has a bit of rubbing and a couple of nicks. The flap edges are slightly trimmed but the $1.50 price remains intact on the front flap. </p><p>An attractive copy of a Ballantine hardcover. Unfortunately Ballantine didn't credit the artist who designed the striking photomontage dust jacket. <br /></p><p><br /></p> Ballantine Books hardcover
173327715Namur Belgium 1733. Ephemera. Very good condition. An unusual survival of an 18th century swindle and subsequent execution. The manuscript letter is written by Mme de Douglas to an unknown "Monsieur" from Namur Belgium dated early January 1733. Mme Douglas was the widow of one of two brothers who inherited their fathers' rich estate from the East Indies. Upon the brothers' death in order to prevent the estate being distributed to the daughter of her brother in law she paid a wet nurse and others to falsify testimony implying that the daughter was illegitimate. The daughter was imprisoned but later found to be not guilty and the courts in Holland Belgium indicted Mme Douglas. Ultimately "The verdict was that she be hanged and that her 80 year old father be brought onto the scaffoled in order to watch the execution; and her 300000 florin fortune is not sufficient to save her from her fate." Translation of an article in "Kurz-gefaßter historischer Nachrichten zum Behuf der neuern Europäischen Begebenheiten auf das Jahr 1735" vol. 45 November p. 893.<br /> <br /> Written in unaccomplished French bifold 7 1/4 x 6" 4pp. <br /> Translation from French:<br /> From Namur the 1st of Jan 1733<br /> As I learned a few days ago that you also took possession of all the property of your father-in-law by agreement with your brother-in-law I have the honor to write you these lines to know if your intention to lodge with me was false as you assured me of demonstrating the desire if it were up to you and I assured Monsieur Questand also agreeable that you appeared to me that we could easily arrange for your interests and mine. If you come to Namur it would require us to confer together. I am lodging at the moment with Mr Canon Paradis near St. Aubain I shall await a response to this letter my compliments if you please to Madame your wife and I wish you both all good wishes in this year that we are beginning according to your desires having the honor to be <br /> with a perfect esteem Sir your very humble and very obedient Countess<br /> of Douglas<br /> <br /> In 1717 Veselovsky one of Peter the Great's entourage on his second visit to the Low Countries lodged in Namur 'chez M. le chanoine Paradis.' See Charles Maroy 'Les voyages de Pierre le Grand' L'Expansion Belge 6/4 1913: 209 199-211. <br /> <br /> Further reference to this case is made in a European history published in Nurnberg in 1744 summarizing important events in European history from 1734 to 1744 Ref. below.<br /> <br /> 'How sharply dishonesty is treated in Holland is illustrated by an example in the person of Madame Douglas. There were two Douglas brothers both married who received a rich inheritance from the East Indies. One questioned the legitimacy of the inheritance the other accepted it. The two were so hostile towards each other that guardians had to be appointed. After awhile both brothers died one of whom was survived by a daughter. Because however the other widow wanted the entire fortune for herself and her children she corrupted a wet-nurse and other witnesses who finally testified that the child presumably of the dead brother was illegitimate. The mother of the child was put in jail and the sister-in-law received the entire inheritance. After further investigation the imprisoned woman was found not guilty and the lying of the widow and her false witnesses was exposed. She the widow was prepared to pay 300000 guilders for her life but Madame Douglas ended up having to pay far more. Her 80 year old father was forced to watch the execution of her daughter on the scaffold because he had given his daughter the offending attorney Streich. Nine of the false witnesses were beaten with a broom and seven were branded.' Translation of a passage on pp. 638-639 in Andreas Lazarus von Imhof Des Neu-eröffneten historischen Bilder-Saals Zehender Theil. Nürnberg 1744. unknown
1990002644New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990004063New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990004110New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990006746New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1990008553New York NY U.S.A.: Harper & Row 1990. 375 pages/photos. Detailed rare book on the KEYHOLE satellite program. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Row hardcover
1330408098.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0265615054.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2004008494Jackson Mississippi U.S.A.: Univ Pr of Mississippi 2004. At the close of World War II Allied forces faced frightening new German secret weapons---buzz bombs V-2s and the first jet fighters. When Hitler's war machine began to collapse the race was on.Clean. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Univ Pr of Mississippi hardcover
1967104New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1967. First American Edition 1st Printing.<br /><br />Octavo 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. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1967012884NY: Putnam 1967. 1st edition so stated preceding the British edition. Quarter bound in red cloth cover decorated grey card boards. Near fine in dust jacket not price clipped $4.95 intact very minor edgewear. "Top secret in Transit Docket" laid in which relates events that took place before the beginning of the story. Paris in the 1960s caters for every taste and nowhere more than at the private "clinic" run by the enigmatic Monsieur Datt on Avenue Foch which supplies psychedelic drugs and sexual favors to the city's elite -- all the while secretly filming guests in order to blackmail them. Into this decadent underworld steps a bespectacled British spy. Sent on what seems like a simple mission he soon finds himself playing a game where the rules are unknown -- and even victory could be fatal. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Putnam Hardcover
1971382242Washington: Government Printing Office 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Multiple Special House Reports 91st Congress 2d Session bound in one volume. Thick octavo. Complete as issued in the original publisher's cloth. Some toning near fine. Contains two important investigative reports by the Committee on Internal Security i.e. the renamed House Un-American Activities Committee: Anatomy of a Revolutionary Movement: "Students for a Democratic Society" No. 1565: vii 175 xiii pp. with photographs; and Report of Inquiry Concerning Speakers' Honoraria at Colleges and Universities No. 1732: xii 52pp. Both were conducted under the direction of Richard H. Ichord the Committee's Chairman a fervent anti-Communist who crusaded against the Peace Movement during the Vietnam War. The report on Students for a Democratic Society and associated New Left groups includes an illustration of FBI Wanted Poster for William Charles "Bill" Ayers that was used by House Republicans to discredit President Barack Obama. The report on Speakers' Honoraria undertaken to investigate the possibility that New Left radical groups and organizations were financing their activities through speaking engagements includes the Dissenting View of African-American Congressman Louis Stokes of Ohio. Also included in this volume are three timely reports by the Select Committee on Crime on drug use and related criminal activities among urban and counterculture youth: Juvenile Justice and Corrections No. 1806: v 85pp.; Amphetamines No. 1807: v 44pp.; and Heroin and Heroin Paraphernalia: Second Report by the Select Committee on Crime No. 1808: v 83pp. A nice copy scarce in the trade. Government Printing Office hardcover
1967201118-MB52California Trial Lawyers Association 1967. Very Good Hardcover 254 pages panel discussions from CTLA Second Annual Convention February 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover. California Trial Lawyers Association Hardcover
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
1967List2964United States 1967. Approximately 108 items: Eighteen packets of carbon-copied documents totaling 114 pages; thirty-nine pages of handwritten notes; twenty-six letters from William Burke to Elwood Hammock; thirteen notes and letters from Elwood Hammock to Arthur Lea; fourteen packets of carbon copies of Burke's letters totaling fifty pages; two newspaper articles about the case; and three copies and one negative of a mugshot. Excellent. The story of Operation Homex an investigation by the FBI into a blackmail ring targeting gay men during the mid-to-late 1960's begins with the arrest of John Aitken by Detective James McDonnell in July of 1965. Police were called to the Grand Central Western Union where Aitken who had been impersonating a police officer while traveling with a 14-year-old boy was attempting to convince the boy's father to wire him $150 to fly him home. Aitken had a prior arrest for child molestation -to avoid doing hard time Aitken told McDonnell that he could tell the NYPD about something much more interesting than the crime he was currently committing.1<br /> <br /> The extortion ring Aitken told the NYPD about had been shaking down dozens of men across the country for almost a decade taking in over $2 million. Corrupt police-and men impersonating police known as "bulls"-used young men and boys known as "chickens" to lure in and blackmail prominent closeted gay men. Their victims included high-ranking military officers doctors professors entertainers and even a sitting Congressman. Over the next two years the investigation headed by the Manhattan District Attorney and the FBI would reveal an operation of unprecedented scope with activities in over a dozen cities.<br /> <br /> The present archive of correspondence is from the collection of Special Agent Arthur B. Lea who was based in Fayetteville North Carolina. The majority of the letters are written by William Joseph Burke an ex-con and ring member who was arrested as part of the first public wave of indictments in February of 1966 to "Bone" or "Bud" a.k.a Elwood "Buddie" Lee Hammock one of the three ringleaders primarily responsible for the whole of the extortion operation. According to a carbon copy of an FBI report included here Hammock was arrested in September of 1966. It would appear that he subsequently began cooperating with the investigation including forwarding Burke's letters to Special Agent Lea.<br /> <br /> Burke discusses the legal case with Hammock candidly and in great detail though using pseudonyms for most of the players. He tells Hammock:<br /> <br /> "Yes the Thumb mentioned your name I assume one of the two contracts he was inflating his ego with may have belonged to you but he was all confused like I told you. He appeared to be sure about one thing and that was that his victims would never show up and take the stand at the trial but when I told him that Murphy the Apple were going to plead guilty his chin dropped he asked me if the Apple was talking ." January 9 1966<br /> <br /> It was incredibly difficult to convince victims to testify a fact which Burke alludes to several times in his letters. One victim Admiral William Church committed suicide rather than even speak to investigators in New York. As Burke himself notes "the laws in the U.S. . tend to encourage Vice Squads etc. to shake down such people" and left them little recourse September 22 1966.<br /> <br /> Hammock's main concern which is shared by Burke is that he would face serious prison time despite his cooperation with the authorities. He tells Lea:<br /> <br /> "Somebody has got to do something for me Art. I've worked hard as hell breaking up this ring now they're going to toss me to the vultures that ain't right Art I aint got no money to hire me a lawyer or nothing - Thats why the Hebe flew away". No Date<br /> <br /> "The Hebe" is Sherman Kaminsky who skipped bail after Church's suicide and disappeared for 11 years his flight is the subject of much ire from both Burke and Hammock. According to Hammock investigators let Kaminsky out of the courtroom at lunchtime and left him alone while he sat on a bench reading the paper and feeding the pigeons. When they came to retrieve him "Boom No Hebe no where in sight" No Date.<br /> <br /> Among the other items included here are two mugshots a photo negative and the complete FBI file of Jimmy Michael Haithcock one of the chickens whose name is included on the aforementioned FBI report. There are many pages of Lea's hastily written notes numerous photocopies of letters from Burke and a substantial stack of call records from Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. An unusual collection to be sure with much to glean about a fascinating and largely forgotten episode of American history.<br /> <br /> 1 William McGowan "The Chickens and the Bulls" Slate July 11 2012. unknown
1991012244New Haven Connecticut U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr 1991. 325pp. a comprehensive history of military surveillance in the United States-traces the evolution of America's internal security policy during the past two hundred years. Joan M. Jensen discusses how the federal government has used the army to intervene in domestic crises and how Americans have protested the violation of civil liberties and applied political pressure to limit military intervention in civil disputes. Light fading to dj spine. Text clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yale Univ Pr Hardcover
1550822659.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1988027456Riverside Washington: Arcadia-Ford Publishing 1988. This is the RARE HARDCOVER edition. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped $16.95. Sharp corners. Previous owner's initials "M. M." on the endpaper. All other pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. Foreword by Thomas J. Deakin J. D. Editor -- FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT JOURNAL. Index. Bound in the original black boards stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with dust jacket. First edition so stated. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii 230pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Arcadia-Ford Publishing 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
30198London: 12 Carlton Square n.d. 1 page. 1 vols. 12mo. To unidentified recipient. Laid down on brown paper else very good. 1 page. 1 vols. 12mo. Providing his signature at the request of the recipient . ACCOMPANIED BY A LEAF ADVERTISING WRIGHT'S LECTURES which Wright sent with the letter. Apparently Wright found God and turned over a new leaf. British Thief. <br/><br/> 12 Carlton Square unknown
1857List2022Washington 1857. Autograph letter measuring 8 x 5 inches bifolium with free franked stampless cover. Fine condition. Fine. An interesting letter written by James W. Denver written while he was serving as Commissioner of Indian Affairs describing crime on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1857. He writes:<br /> “We have great times on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For a long time past merchandise has been lost along the line by being thrown out of the cars while under way some of the confederates being ready to pitch them up and sell them. To put a stop to this the Directors ordered the cars when loaded to be sealed up and not to be opened until they should arrive at the place of destination. The conductors took offense and said that this was a reflection on them quit the trains and would not let anybody else take their places. In order to prevent this they attacked the trains passing Ellicott’s Mills and succeeded in turning back all but one. Today it was rumored that the Plug Uglies had possession of the track between Baltimore and the Relay House but this is hardly so as a train has I am told arrived here this evening. This is a very extraordinary affair as it is in fact an effort to give greater license to stealing and from the way they have acted there is not much doubt but the conductors were engaged in the plundering.â€<br /> The Plug Uglies first operated in Baltimore beginning in 1854. Several iterations of the Nativist gang eventually formed all of which were referred to by the same name. They would be involved a month later in the Know Nothing Riot in Washington D.C. in June of 1857 the same month that Denver would gain his appointment as Secretary of Kansas Territory. <br /> <br /> <br /> Full text follows:<br /> <br /> My Dear Wife<br /> The cheerful tone of your letter of the 28th ult. pleases me very much. I hope and trust that will be ever thus. A light heart and cheerful disposition makes life a perennial springtime. There is nothing like it. Keep up your sprits ever thus and besides being the pride of my life you will be my light also—the polar star of my existence.<br /> <br /> O Lou! how lonely I feel here at times without you! Were we only together how much more pleasantly would the time pass away. Still I have no great reason to complain of fortune but ought rather to be thankful for the great boon she has vouchsafed to me in making you mine for life. To know this it is easy to imagine a good angel always hovering near me giving warning of besetting dangers and urging me on to greater usefulness and then to dream of the bright approving smiles of her I love so well. And though distant I doubt not but they are as sweet and as kind as though present and palpable to my vision. Well well what must be I suppose must be and we must grin and bear it; but I wish you were here and not the subject of mere dreams and imaginings.<br /> <br /> We have great times on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. For a long time past merchandise has been lost along the line by being thrown out of the cars while under way some of the confederates being ready to pitch them up and sell them. To put a stop to this the Directors ordered the cars when loaded to be sealed up and not to be opened until they should arrive at the place of destination. The conductors took offense and said that this was a reflection on them quit the trains and would not let anybody else take their places. In order to prevent this they attacked the trains passing Ellicott’s Mills and succeeded in turning back all but one. Today it was rumored that the Plug Uglies had possession of the track between Baltimore and the Relay House but this is hardly so as a train has I am told arrived here this evening. This is a very extraordinary affair as it is in fact an effort to give greater license to stealing and from the way they have acted there is not much doubt but the conductors were engaged in the plundering.<br /> <br /> Judge Stephen A. Douglass intends leaving <br /> here with his family tomorrow. Nat Cartmell was here on Friday. He said they were all well in Virginia except cousin John Lupton who was convalescing. Tell your father I will keep him posted and tell your mother to keep you at work—if she can. My love to all. Goodnight. God bless you my own dear Lou. Adieu. — Will. unknown
12930Autograph Letter Signed: From Exeter but on his letterhead 8E Hyde Park Mansions NW1 London; 14 May 1930. Typed Note: On his letterhead The Tanyard Shorne near Gravesend; 26 August 1945. Both items in poor condition with burn marks and damp damage fire damaged much of the Society's archive. Some of the text of the autograph letter has faded and it may be that the signature to the typed note has washed away. Autograph Letter Signed: 2pp. 4to. He begins by offering to 'oppose anybody' in a debate that Mrs Roscoe is organising at the Society of Women Journalists. 'But you should bear in mind that the Crime Club is a purely commercial affair - run entirely by Messrs Collins the publishers of 48 Pall Mall - and I gather very privately that writers of detective stories & rival publishers are not exactly welcoming its appearance. Perhaps under the circumstances it would not be politic to have anything to do with it. For your own information Sir Godfrey Collins is its onlie begetter and I believe that the Headmaster of Eton Dr Abington is "reading" for him.' He suggests two 'good people' whom Mrs Roscoe might invite: J. J. Connington 'Victor Gollancz can put you in touch with him' and M. R. K. Burge 'writes excellent thrillers under the name of Milford Kennedy'. Straus concludes: 'If you should find somebody more violently opposed to thrillers than myself don't hesitate to let him or her 'open' the opposition & I will speak afterwards - but I am certainly at your disposal'. Typed Note: 1p. 4to. He is 'happy and honoured' to be a guest of her 'Society' on 11 October 1945. 'Is there any particular aspect of fiction or biography you would like me to speak about Or just an informal ramble about anything that comes into my head I will do whatever you say.' Autograph Letter Signed: From Exeter, but on his letterhead, 8E Hyde Park Mansions, NW1 [London]; 14 May 1930. Typed Note: On hi unknown
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
1965A47690Garden City NY: Doubleday. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. This 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 rubbing and wear to the spine ends corners and edges. There are a couple of smallish edge tears and the rear dust jacket panel has ground-in dirt and some light toning. "A California rabbi who rejects completely the existing outlook on crime which “puts men in prisons instead of hospitals. ” has resigned as Jewish chaplain at San Quentin Folsom and Alcatraz prisons. Because society “has not yet learned that crime is but another form of mental or emotional disturbance ” being a prison chaplain was “so futile ” said Rabbi Julius A. Leibert that he could no longer continue. “All I could do was listen with never a say where it mattered for the men. ““Prisons are a carry-over from the dim cruel unenlightened past ” he asserted adding that such institutions should be called “hospitals ” with inmates considered as receiving treatment rather than punishment. He called inmates of San Quentin “poor sick persons” who were “compelled time after time to commit crimes” because they were “inadequately treated as sick persons. ” from Jewish Telegraphic Agency Aug 29 1957 ; 223p. pages; Pictured 1/18/24 . Doubleday hardcover
