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193344786New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1933. Book Club Edition. With "H-H" code on copyright page. Octavo 21.5cm; dark blue cloth with titling and decorations stamped in lime green across spine and covers; gray topstain; patterned endpapers; viii2951pp. Previous owners name to upper front endpaper light wear to extremities else a bright Near Fine copy. BOMC booklet laid in. Attractive copy of Burnett's seventh book a novel set in California and centered around a down-and-out gambler his interaction with gangsters and his love affair with dog racing - particularly with a greyhound named Dark Hazard. Burnett became involved in dog racing for a time while writing the novel and even owned a greyhound named War Cry. Basis for Alfred E. Green's 1934 film of the same name starring Edward G. Robinson and Genevieve Tobin and a 1937 B-picture titled Wine Women and Horses. Hubin p.58; Baird 359. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
192125752Boston: Roxburgh Publishing Company 1921. First Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; 258pp. Slightly shaken; spine gilt dulled legible with difficulty; internally clean tight and unmarked. A solidly VG copy lacking the presumed dustwrapper. Extremely uncommon survey of vice and crime in the Windy City presented as an exercise in "psychopathology" but written in a flat hard-boiled style by the enigmatic "Prince Immanuel of Jerusalem" whose true identity is shrouded in mystery. This pseudonym turns up in a number of unexpected locations: as a steerage immigrant to California in 1909 where he is described as "the son of the Sultan of Turkey and an Arabian Jewess" and is apparently seeking to raise funds for the construction of a "Universal University" on the site of King Solomon's Temple see The Lompoc California Journal for Jan 3 1909; as the headmaster of an institution called the "University College of Africa" in Cairo Egypt ca. 1917 see Hill The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Papers v.11 p.769n; and as the creator of an invented language "Universal" ca. 1914 see Okrent In the Land of Invented Languages p.296. In the first two sources he is identified as "I.E. Goldreich" and "Eleasar Isaac Goldreich" respectively and he appears to have been a one-time British citizen. He was responsible for at least two other published works: Postcards of Palestine Cairo ca 1912 and Chaos: Written for the Illiterati Columbia City IN: 1947. A scarce and somewhat mysterious Chicago item. Roxburgh Publishing Company unknown books
19589291NY: Greenberg 1958. First edn. 8vo Pp. 251. Little soiled cloth. The story of men and women who have committed crimes of passions in England and France. Greenberg unknown books
200425305Amherst: Prometheus Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1591021995 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Prometheus Books hardcover books
196350884Washington D.C.: President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime 1963. First Edition. Quarto. Side-stapled sheets; printed cover-wrappers; 83pp. Slight external wear; ownership signature "Return to Wyckoff" to front cover; Very Good. Summary progress report on Kennedy-era anti-delinquency initiatives in New York Cleveland New Haven Boston and seven other American cities. President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime unknown books
198799664N.pl: New York State Organized Crime Task Force 1987. 130p. wraps slightly creased minor internal creasing 8.5x11 inches first edition. New York State Organized Crime Task Force unknown books
188416534Millerton N. Y. Millerton Telegram Print 1884. First edition. A couple of small chips from along the upper edges of the wrappers; a few light spots of toning and browning; a very good copy. 12mo original printed green wrappers 11 pages. All members of this Society shall hold themselves in readiness at the call of the managers for the pursuit of thieves." A nice Dutchess county imprint for this anti-crime society. OCLC notes copies at Harvard Law and Conn. Historical only. Millerton Telegram Print unknown books
198637530Columbia: University of Missouri Press 1986. First paperback printing originally published 1981. Oblong quarto ca 22cm x 27cm. Pictorial card wrappers; 196pp. Light external wear; one text page with a vertical crease at center; Very Good. Evocative photo-essay documenting life inside Washington's maximum-security prison. According to the rear cover blurb the photographs were taken during a period of ".near breakdown in prison security.an atmosphere of riots murders and lockdowns." The text is by John McCoy then a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. University of Missouri Press unknown books
200221389Boston: Little Brown 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First edition of this Detective Harry Bosch crime novel. Paper a bit tanned with age. One stray ink mark on the blank front endpaper else a near fine copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Connelly on the title page and then initialed by him. <br/><br/> Little Brown hardcover books
200823838New York: Mysterious Bookshop 2008. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Small 4 x 6 1/2" tall bound booklet. A 33 pp profile on Harvey's crime protagonist Charlie Resnick. A fine copy. Issued as Mysterious Profile #14. Mysterious Bookshop paperback books
195419322New York: Prentice-Hall Inc 1954. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; black cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; 361pp. Base of spine gently nudged else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly edge-rubbed with a few tiny tears and creases to same; Very Good to Near Fine with the spine notably unfaded. Chessman's classic account of life on San Quentin's Death Row adapted for the 1955 film of the same name directed by Fred F. Sears in 1955 starring William Campbell as Chessman. After publishing three books and exhausting a number of appeals Chessman was finally executed in 1960. An unusually nice copy. SUVAK 57. Prentice-Hall, Inc unknown books
198313671New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1983. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First American edition. A novel of suspense that won the John Creasey Award. Fine condition in near fine price intact dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1911List812California 1911. Single sheet measuring 8 ½ x 11 inches. Two vertical folds two holes punched at upper margin very good condition overall. Very Good. An uncommon survival possibly published by the Santa Clara County Sherriff's Office showing two wanted criminals from 1911 who were travelling together. The first a C.K. Paullins was the editor of the Rocky Mountain Moose and is wanted for embezzlement. The second a Ruby J. Stanley alias Lillian Raymond is known as "Kentucky." According to the flyer "This woman is very well known in the tenderloin of Los Angeles and Fresno. She dresses in the latest style and wears fancy dresses. These people work all kinds of schemes to make money. I wish you would keep a sharp lookout for these parties. W.J. Newman Constable Visalia California. Dated October 23 1911.". 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
