[Crime – Motorcycle History – California] Stockton, California Police Department; Lawson, TomBiblio.com
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1913List2840Stockton California 1913. Single 6 x 9 inch sheet. Marked with blue crayon at upper left corner otherwise near fine. A wanted poster offering $20 for the return of a stolen Indian motorcycle. Indian motorcycles were an early American motorcycle built by the Hendee Manufacturing Company in Springfield Massachusetts. This particular one was a tandem model stolen from a race ground in San Jose in August of 1913. Motorcycling was then a very new sport with the first motorcycling club the Federation of American Motorcyclists having been formed in New York City not ten years prior. unknown
194681180Fort Worth: Leo Potishman Foundation 1946. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover titled in gilt; dustjacket; 136pp; included bibliography. Tight square copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper unclipped priced $1.50 on front flap lightly rubbed and worn Very Good or better. Ownership signature of Wiley B. Sanders to front endpaper see note below. <br /> <br /> Porterfield a pioneering sociologist at Texas Christian University seeks to demonstrate that juvenile criminal behavior is nearly always related to parental neglect or abuse and asserts that it is the responsibility of the community to provide a surrogate: ".the community is responsible for all youth whose parents fail them and for the training and improvement of oppoortunities of parents so that they can escape failure." from jacket copy. Includes three detailed case studies and a wealth of statistical data. This copy with the ownership signature of Porterfield's contemporary and colleague University of North Carolina sociologist Wiley Britton Sanders 1898-1973. Leo Potishman Foundation unknown
194683975Fort Worth: Leo Potishman Foundation 1946. First Edition. Presentation lengthily inscribed: "To Edward Hopper / Assistant Superintendent of a work that is more than mere prevention of disaster in young peoples' lives - it is a program of building creative personalities - with the best wishes always" signed undated but apparently contemporary with publication. First printing. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover titled in gilt; dustjacket; 136pp; included bibliography. Tight square copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper unclipped priced $1.50 on front flap slightly rubbed soiled and worn with small losses at margins; Good or better.<br /> <br /> Porterfield a pioneering sociologist at Texas Christian University seeks to demonstrate that juvenile criminal behavior is nearly always related to parental neglect or abuse and asserts that it is the responsibility of the community to provide a surrogate: ".the community is responsible for all youth whose parents fail them and for the training and improvement of oppoortunities of parents so that they can escape failure." from jacket copy. Includes three detailed case studies and a wealth of statistical data. This copy inscribed to an "Edward Hopper" presumably not the noted painter of this period at least we can find no evidence of Hopper's involvement in a program to rehabilitate troubled youth. Leo Potishman Foundation unknown
1981010943Old Tappan New Jersey U.S.A.: Scribners 1981. 374 pages including index bibliography and glossary. Using over 500 photographs this a history of allied and axis aerial photo-reconnaissance and photo interpretation operations in World War II. DJ has light edgewear. Text clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Scribners Hardcover
19602090202118204831Heibonsha 1960. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Heibonsha paperback
1996029318Boulder Colorado: Paladin Press 1996. BRAND NEW in PERFECT CONDITION. Flat uncreased spine. NO chips tears creases rubbing or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. Well illustrated with step-by-step how-to-do-it photographs. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the publisher: "Here is a slew of new and interesting improvised silencer designs featuring innovative couplings plus variations on aluminum cans oil filters PVC pipe plumbing devices water sprinkler pieces and other unique materials. Warning: It is illegal to possess or make firearm silencers without BATF registration. For academic study only.". 1st ed No additional printings listed. Softcover. New. xi 65pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Paladin Press Paperback
1997026832New York: Viking 1997. SIGNED by Marcia Clark directly on the title page her signature only NOT personalized to anyone. Because it is signed DIRECTLY on the title page it means that Marcia Clark personally handled this copy unlike copies with only a signed bookplate. BRAND NEW in a BRAND NEW dust jacket. NO chips tears or fading. NOT price clipped $25.95. The jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1997. First Printing of the First Edition with "First published in 1997" so stated and complete number row 10 987654321 on the copyright page. Photo illustrated. Bound in the original black boards with a blue spine stamped in bright gold. From the publisher: "The lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder trial provides an insider's glimpse of the case its outcome the personal issues involved and life in the Office of the Los Angeles District Attorney.". SIGNED by Marcia Clark. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. x 502pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Viking Hardcover
19743763London: Tabaret Press 1974. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Limited First Edition No. 42 of 100 copies; from a BBC Radio Four broadcast on June 1 1972; 8vo white paper covers; vg covers toning and dustsoiled; creasing to top and bottom corners from cover to cover affects pages; edgeworn; 37pp of transcipt. <br/> <br/> Tabaret Press paperback
1984015132Fredericton N. B.: Fiddlehead Poetry Books 1984 Book. Illus. by Drawings By Alexander McGibbon. Very Good Minus. Trade Paperback. First No Additional printings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange trade paperback with black lettering. 3/4" tear in edge of front cover. An account of the part played by New Brunswick in the illegal liquor trade. Scarce. 244 pp. Fiddlehead Poetry Books paperback
1987EW2663Frederick MD: University Publications of America 1987. Textblock and binding immaculate and tight. Dust jacket lightly edge and corner rubbed. 201p. including index. Red Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine in mylar. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover. University Publications of America Hardcover
195715176New York: E.P. Dutton 1957. First Edition. Octavo 21cm; red cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 248pp. Lengthily inscribed on front endpaper by the author dated 1957. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges else a tight Near Fine copy in a bright unclipped dustwrapper.<br /> <br /> Biography of Joseph E. Ragen long-time warden of the Illinois State Penitentiary at Statesville-Joliet home to Leopold & Loeb Roger "The Terrible" Touhy Basil "The Owl" Banghart and fictionally Jake & Elwood Blues. Includes an introduction by Ragen and a foreword by Harry Reutlinger; well-illustrated with photographic plates halftones. Very nice copy; uncommon signed. E.P. Dutton unknown
191063051Martinez CA: R.R. Veale Sheriff of Contra Costa Co N.d. ca. 1910s. Original wanted flyer on pink stock 10" x 8"; text in a single column beneath headline and mug-shots. Slightly creased; ragged at bottom edge; Very Good. Undated but we find George Fraser listed as a Constable in Pinole in the California Roster of State County and Municipal Employees for 1917. The suspect Charles Miller is identified as a German-born immigrant "poses as a Horse Doctor.speaks broken German also speaks French. is a booze fighter." The issuing sheriff R.R. Veale was one of the longest-serving sheriffs in California history holding the office from 1895 through the mid-1930s. R.R. Veale, Sheriff of Contra Costa Co unknown
19750008454Washington DC : Federal Bureau of Investigation April 10 1975. First edition. Very Good. Folio broadside two holes punched at top for posting slight loss on right margin from paper button sealer with three folds from mailing. <br/><br/>In this infamous sequence Patty Hearst was kidnapped and converted by her captors the Cinque and his Symbionese Liberation Army in February 1974. With the Harrises and others they engaged in a series of crimes - especially bank robberies - while eluding capture. This updated wanted poster is from April 1975. Hearst was ultimately captured on September 18 1975. The Harrises and others remained "at large" until 2002 and 2003. Federal Bureau of Investigation unknown
195662480London: Robert Hale 1956. First Edition. Octavo 22cm. Black cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 192pp. Tight Very Good or better copy in the original pictorial dustwrapper price clipped on front flap; slightly rubbed with a tiny chip at base of spine; Very Good. Classic memoir of a London youth's life of addiction petty crime and incarceration. Includes some jazz content. Robert Hale unknown
1928D140563London: Selwyn & Blount 1928. Lightly bumped and rubbed spine sunned. Faint foxing to the end papers and edges of the text block. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears including a 4" tear down the rear spine fold with associated tears and creases to the rear panel. Spine darkened in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Selwyn & Blount Hardcover
199924050133Kotabi Publishing Australia 1999. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed by Author. Trade Paperback. Inscribed by Author. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Kotabi Publishing Australia 1999. CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Both books are inscribed and signed by the author. SYNOPSIS: Details the author's enquiries into alleged corruption within the Victorian Police force and official responses to these allegations. Much of the material in this book has been tabled in various Australian Parliaments and some is now the subject of official inquiries and investigations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; Inventory No: 24050133. Kotabi Publishing paperback
1973A48786New York NY: Atheneum. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright but has one small nick / bump to the top front spine joint. "In his final summation after 12-week trial Special Prosecu tor Matthew Boylan did no de mand the death penalty. He conceded that the state's case was weak in not fully develop ing the alleged motive. The prosecution said the 21- year-old Mrs. Kavanaugh was strangled and shot because she was about to expose a counter feit ring headed by Harold Matzner a newspaper execu tive. The defendants are Mr. Matz ner and his wife Dorothe 37; Vincent Kearney Jr. 29 a for mer Paterson numbers runner and Paul Kavanaugh 26 the victim's husband and a news paper deliverer for Mr. Matz ner's publishing company in Wayne. It was the second murder charge against Mr. Matzner and Mr. Kearny. They were acquit ted a year ago of slaying Gabriel Johnny the Walk DeFranco of Paterson." from New York Timesm February 22 1970; B&W Illustrations; 371p. pages; Pictured 6/19/24 . Atheneum hardcover
1977001286<p>Portland OR: NewGate Publishing Company 1977. Paperback. Very Good-. 168pp; Covers slightly age-toned pages age-toned text unmarked binding is tight VG- condition. Signed by Author. True stories of men who served time at Alcatraz by the author of "Birdman of Alcatraz.</p> NewGate Publishing Company paperback
1988031716New York: Times Books 1988. INSCRIBED / SIGNED on the front free endpaper by DEA agent Mike Levine who is the subject of this book. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. The inscription is to a "Lenny" and it reads in part "You sure are a Narc and a good one! Your friend and fellow drug warrior signed Mike Levine." Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped $19.95. Only a little minor shelfwear to the jacket. NO chips tears creases or fading. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. 1993. First Printing of the First Edition. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original dark gray boards with a blue cloth spine. Complete with dust jacket. From the publisher: "Details the twenty-three-year career of undercover narcotics agent Michael Levine focusing on his mastery of disguise and subterfuge and on his unmatched successes.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by. 1988 edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xii 338pp. 12 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Times Books Hardcover
1940biblio12251<p>First edition first printing of this author's first novel. There is a 1 1/2 inch wide by 1/2 inch deep chuck missing from the base of the spine. Light edge wear to the rest of the dustjacket. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition.</p> Eyre & Spottiswoode hardcover
1920216411920. Japan OccupationWWII Primary-source photo album of United States military governance during the occupation of Japan with particular emphasis on the enforcement of legal authority and the administration of war crimes proceedings under Allied control. Centered on the career of General Charles Sabin Ferrin in his capacity as Provost Marshal of Tokyo the album captures the institutional frameworks through which U.S. forces maintained order supervised political transition and participated in the International Military Tribunal for the Far East IMTFE. The collection includes images of high-ranking military and political figures official proceedings connected to the war crimes trials and formal and informal interactions with Japanese leadership situating Ferrin's role within broader systems of occupation-era administration legal oversight and diplomatic engagement.<br /> <br /> The album contains 85 black-and-white silver gelatin photographs varying in size from 2.5" x 2.5" to 6" x 4.25" mounted in a clothbound album measuring approximately 7" x 5". The images begin in the United States depicting early domestic life before shifting focus to Ferrin's stationing in China from 1919 into the 1920s and later to his critical role in postwar Japan where he engaged with Japanese political and military officials at the highest levels. The China-era photographs include striking scenes of the U.S. Army's presence in Tientsin Tianjin as indicated by labeled photographs of "U.S. Army Buildings Tientsin" designed by architect Albert Benz. Other images capture American cavalrymen of the 15th Infantry Regiment on horseback lined up in disciplined formation labeled "1921 Tientsin China 15th Infantry U.S.A." The album also contains personal family moments such as a uniformed soldier cradling a small child on horseback annotated "1918 Russell" and an image of two children dressed formally on a walkway inscribed "Aug 26 1919 leaving for China." Additionally candid moments in Tientsin show a young child riding in a rickshaw pulled by a Chinese laborer and another with a Chinese woman identified as an "Ama" caring for the family's child at a beach in Chinwangtao Qinhuangdao in July 1921. <br /> By the late 1940s the album shifts focus to Ferrin's tenure as Provost Marshal of Tokyo a role that placed him at the center of postwar military governance and legal oversight. Several photographs depict U.S. military officials dining and meeting with Japanese political figures. One particularly notable photograph shows Ferrin standing beside a dignitary identified as "Prince Takamatsu Hirohito's younger brother." Other images depict high-ranking officers including Admiral James O. Richardson testifying at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East IMTFE with a caption stating: "Admiral James O. Richardson Commander-in-Chief United States Fleet testifies on the witness stand at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East during the Pearl Harbor phase of the trials of the 27 accused Japanese war criminals." A separate image shows troops of the 720 MP Battalion executing a right-dress formation in front of the War Ministry Building in Tokyo on October 13 1947. The presence of these high-ranking officials alongside candid social and formal meetings with Japanese elites underscores Ferrin's prominent role in enforcing law and order during the American occupation and his involvement in overseeing war crimes proceedings. The album is in very good condition overall. A rare and historically significant visual chronicle of General Charles Sabin Ferrin's career across pivotal moments in 20th-century history with firsthand images of U.S. military presence in China the occupation of Japan and high-level engagements with political and military leadership. unknown
191085165New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1910. First edition. Octavo. Blue-green pictorial cloth stamped in black and silver on cover and spine; 379pp. 8 inserted leaves of plates halftones by Glenn O. Coleman. A bright Near Fine copy with just a trace of rubbing to spine ends board edges; virtually free of soiling with the pictorial design on front cover still bright and unfaded.<br /> <br /> Hapgood's uncommon chronicle of immigrant and underworld life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan presented as a series of fictionalized vignettes and a sequel of sorts to his classic The Spirit of the Ghetto. Hapgood a sometime anarchist and full-time free-lover was in the first wave of Greenwich Village bohemians; his celebratory accounts of Manhattan's seedier sections have long stood as scarce classics of New York writing. An uncommonly nice copy of a quite uncommon book. Funk & Wagnalls unknown
191086220New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1910. First edition. Octavo. Gray pictorial cloth stamped in black and silver inks on cover and spine; 379pp. 8 inserted leaves of plates halftones by Glenn O. Coleman. Trace of rubbing at spine ends and corners; scattered pencil marginalia with old erasure to front endpaper; still a tight square and attractive copy Very Good or better. <br /> <br /> Hapgood's uncommon chronicle of immigrant and underworld life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan a sequel of sorts to his classic The Spirit of the Ghetto. Hapgood a sometime anarchist and full-time free-lover was in the first wave of Greenwich Village bohemians; his celebratory accounts of Manhattan's seedier sections have long stood as scarce classics of New York writing. This a really brilliant copy; the book is very rarely seen thus. We have noted binding variants in gray cloth as here and green. Funk & Wagnalls unknown
193034866New York: circa 1930. 1930. Good. - 41 words typed on an approximately 10 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of his personalized letterhead. Signed "A Abdullah". Folded 3 times for mailing. There are several short tears at the folds with some light red staining below the text. There is some light soiling at bottom right and there is a crease & tear to & a small piece out of the bottom right corner. Good. <p>Abdullah writes to future congressman Seymour Halpern that he is too busy to see anyone but "I am sending by this mail the signed picture to your friend."<p>Achmed Abdullah who claimed descent from the Russian imperial family and was educated in England emigrated to the United States in the 1910s. He went on to become an American author and screenwriter most noted for his pulp stories of crime mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films and earned an Academy Award nomination for collaborating on the screenplay for the 1935 film "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer".<p>The Queens New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern 1913-1997 started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law including measures on schools housing civil rights nutrition and mental health. A Liberal he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits including painting and collecting autographs he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. New York: circa [1930]. unknown
19353203N.p. 1935. Very good. Photographically illustrated film herald 12 x 6 inches. Even toning minor edge wear short closed tear near top edge. A rare small broadside advertising a true crime presentation including real footage related to the shooting death of famed gangster John Dillinger. This "sensational story" most likely a newsreel mixed with a reenactment of Dillinger's assassination promised to show "actual authentic pictures" "the ambulance that hauled him away" and "Dillinger's body on a cold slab in the undertakers morgue." The herald includes a portrait of Dillinger himself. The Dillinger film was paired with an action western from 1930 titled Trails of Danger. An early entry in American true crime and a wonderful display piece. unknown
