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1950010739London: William Hodge 1950 dust jacket is unclipped with short tears at head of spine small chips to spine ends browned spine original price ticket over published price on the flap rear panel soiled scarce in the dustwrapper lxxxvii 457pp The case of Dr Buck Ruxton also known as Buktyar Rustomji Ratanji Hakim this case was the first time reconstructed skulls were superimposed upon photographs to identify the bodies . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
1927006615New York: John Day Company 1927. Edited by Sir John Hall One of the Notable British Trials Series First American Edition 8vo size black clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on the spine; 402 deckle edged pages with red topstain black and white frontispiece on glossy stock and several other full page black and white illustrations also on glossy stock. This volume covers the 1886 trial of Adelaide Bartlett for the poisoning death of her husband Thomas. Also known as the Pimlico Poisoning Mystery the mystery of the case was how Thomas Edwin Bartlett died from a fatal dose of chloroform. The contents break the book down into the six days of the trial including the verdict. The dust jacket is in poor condition with large chips missing from the front back and spine. There are several tears on the back of jacket. There is a name and price on the fep. The rear pastedown is cracked. Lightly bumped corners and head and heel of spine. The gilt titles on spine are rubbed. We noted fingermarks on at least one page Family historians: the name in the book is Walter E Prince. . First American. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Day Company Hardcover
1950010740London: William Hodge 1950 dust jacket is price clipped with short tears at ends of spine folds small chips to spine ends small hole to backstrip browned spine; minor foxing to closed edges scarce in the dustwrapper 298pp plates small bookseller stamp to foot of fep. Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
1893016889New York City: The New York State Medical Association 1893. This is the original 1893 first edition -- not a cheaply-made modern reprint. Good condition. Bound in the original olive cloth. The spine is gilt decorated and has a maroon label. Inner hinges are cracked but holding. Spine ends worn. A thin razor cut to the spine runs from top to bottom. SEE PHOTOS. Something perhaps a bookplate has been neatly removed from the endpapers leaving a slight shadow. Top edge gilt. The textblock is in Near Fine condition -- bright clean square tight. No foxing or page browning. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Index. This large heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Hardcover heavy. Good - Near Fine condition. Thick 8vo. 834pp. The New York State Medical Association Hardcover
rja818518<p>UKthick 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. Complete number line 1. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanmattb/w Whitechapel map with small circular cut-outs of victims' murder sites to front and spine illustrated dw/dj with black lettering on front and white lettering on spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread apart from my collation.Publisher's brightcrisp cleansharp-corneredoriginal plain red cloth boards with partial wrap-around monochrome portrait of Michael Maybrick 1844-1913 illustrated upper board and continuing around the foot of spine and lowerrear edgeno lettering to spine/ backstripa blackred striped headtailband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UKthick 8vo HBdw/djillustrated1st ednxi-xiiipp1-850pp paginated includes author's Note19 chaptersprofusely illustrated with contemporary facsimile b/w illustration reproductionsand b/w photographs etc. throughout the text and the bookAppendices III AcknowledgementsSourcesPicture Creditsan Index; plus unpaginated half-titletitle pagesa dedicationa Contents list/tableand an epigram.<br />A book like no other - the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history's most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I. For over a hundred years'the mystery of Jack the Ripper' has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horrorspawning an army of obsessive theoristsand endless volumes purporting finally to reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorised Victorian England. But what if there was never really any 'mystery' at all What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sightdeliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to lookwhile cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting to bring him to justice In 'They All Love Jack'the award-winning film director and screenwriter Bruce Robinson exposes the cover-up that enabled one of history's most notorious serial killers to remain at large.More than twelve years in the writingthis is much more than a radical reinterpretation of the Jack the Ripper legendand an enthralling hunt for the killer.A literary high-wire act reminiscent of Tom Wolfe or Hunter S. Thompsonit is an expressionistic journey through the cesspools of late-Victorian societya phantasmagoria of highly placed villainshypocrites and institutionalised corruption. Polemicforensic investigationpanoramic portrait of an age underpinned by deep scholarship and delivered in Robinson's inimitably vivid and scabrous prose'They All Love Jack' is an absolutely riveting and unique bookdemolishing the theories of generations of self-appointed experts - the so-called 'Ripperologists' - to make clearat lastwho really did it; and more importantlyhow he managed to get away with it for so long. <br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.ukbecause of the weight/value of this item for correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refundedafter order's receipt and before the order's despatchespecially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. <br /> N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> LONDON.FOURTH ESTATE,2015. hardcover
1981050904Moscow: Progress Publishers 1981. 200pp few bw ills. Paperback. Covers a little rubbed crease to top corner of both covers sticker shadow to rear. Triangle cut from left side of title page. Differing paper qualities throught have reulted in bands of toning t page edges. Extremely scarce Soviet publication exposing nazi criminals who committed appalling crimes on the temporarily occupied Soviet territory and then living in the USA FRG Canada and other countries. Translated from the Russian. First English Language Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Progress Publishers Paperback
192935124New York: D. Appleton & Co 1929. Second American printing first published in London 1925; the first American printing also appeared that year. Octavo; blue cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xviii 1-619 2pp; 15 inserted leaves of photographic plates halftones; text illus. A tight Near Fine copy in the scarce dustwrapper lightly soiled overall with a few nicks to extremities Very Good to Near Fine. Very nice copy of this classic of juvenile criminal psychology. Burt achieved great eminence during his lifetime in 1946 becoming the first British psychologist to be knighted as a reward for his research. Burt's methodologies came into question after his death however and it is now widely believed he falsified much of his data particularly that relating to the inheritance of IQ. Nonetheless the current work remains compelling for both its wealth of detailed personal case studies of British delinquents and the numerous photographic portraits which though clearly staged portray genuine subjects and are classics in their genre. D. Appleton & Co unknown
1987011588London: Grafton 1987 In 1974 a young bride named Arlis Perry was brutally murdered in the Stanford University church. It appeared to be a ritualistic killing with few clues left behind and the police closed the case deciding the murder had been committed by yet another California crazy Years later on the East Coast a book about satanism was smuggled from the confines of a maximum security prison. The words "Arlis Perry. Hunted Stalked and Slain. Followed to California" were scrawled in the margin of one of its pages by none other than confessed Son of Samkiller David Berkowitz. At the close of the Son of Sam case investigative reporter Maury Terry became fascinated with it and began his own private inquiries. He tracked down every detail interviewing witnesses and studying the satanic anagrams in the killers letters until he became convinced that Berkowitz had not acted alone. Now in this stunning and frightening work Terry reveals for the first time how a satanic network appears to have been behind not only the Son of Sam killings but also the murder of Arlis Perry the Charles Manson slayings and several other bizarre and grisly incidents which have occurred since the early 1970s. An extraordinary exposproving that there is indeed a satanic cult active today The Ultimate Evil is a persuasive and alarming probe into this little-known but awesomely deadly group. excellent copy in unclipped DW small splits to bottom corners of DW at the folds xiii 512pp plates heavy book may incur higher postage charges . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Grafton hardcover
1332285775.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1935011672London: Rich & Cowan 1935 black cloth light wear and handling soiling ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE to fep a cockle above the helm crest shield has 4 rows of cockles and a star with a circle in the centre in the top left of the shield main shield is flanked by two others on the left a quartered shield with flower star and heart designs on the right top quarters are fleur de lys and lion rampant bottom half looks like three stemmed plants excuse my laymans heraldry bookplate for G E Fitzhardinge Kingscote Captain New Zealand Expeditionary Force Officer of the 5th Party of the Dunsterforce Baghdad Iraq 1918 book has foxing to end papers and closed edges prelims 280pp frontis port. some scattered foxing to margins. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Rich & Cowan hardcover
182787802Albany: D. M'Glashan 1827. First and Only Edition. Octavo in 4's. 24cm. Stab bound pages with the title page serving as the front cover and no trace that the pamphlet was ever bound. 35pp. Some mild chipping to edges and extremities most notably the upper right corner toning and soiling to wraps; internally clean but uniformly toned with offsetting from the type throughout edges untrimmed luxuriously wide margins some traces of careless opening in places. Very good by dint of survival and solidity rather than beauty the paper is cheap and the pamphlet was printed to leverage opportunity rather than posterity.<br /> <br /> A notable and at the time highly controversial trial dealing with what was later referred to as "The Murder at Cherry Hill." The prominent New York Van Rensselaer family owned and lived at Cherry Hill Farm in Albany the daughter Elsie was married somewhat unhappily to John Whipple and fell for a younger man she met in a bar by the name of Jesse Strang. The couple fell in love Elsie expressed her deep unhappiness with Whipple; Strang masquerading under the name of Jesse Orton took on a job at the farm and began an affair with Elsie which was maintained by the house staff many of whom were enslaved people of color whose testimonies were heard at the trial passing notes between the two. Elsie chafing somewhat at having to endure her legal husband resolved that he must die to make way for Strang and they would run away together to Canada. <br /> <br /> The first plan was arsenic poisoning which failed. What Elsie lacked in poisoning ability she made up for with murderous intent and she purchased a rifle removed the ammunition from her now somewhat suspicious husband's gun and induced Strang who does not come across as the sharpest tool in the shed to shoot Whipple dead. Strang then attempted to fabricate an alibi which did not hold up and he was arrested. What followed was a widely publicised trial in which both defendants turned on each other Elsie's status as the daughter of prominent landowners was leveraged as protection from any serious punishment and Strang bore the brunt of the law. He had of course further doomed himself by attempting to plant evidence lying under several oaths and generally being one of the less gifted murderers of the early 19th century; he was hanged Elsie went home to Cherry Hill the Van Rensselaer's invested heavily in local collective amnesia and the rest of the US stared somewhat incredulously and gossiped over their breakfast grits. <br /> It was a carnival of awfulness that posed many questions about the societal rights and freedoms of women the privileges of wealth and the integrity of the judicial system. Fairly represented in institutions with 20 examples in US libraries but scarce in commerce and usually in later binding. D. M'Glashan unknown
1954006291London: William Hodge 1954 red cloth with blind design to upper board light bumping to corners unclipped dust jacket with minor handling wear very minor short edge splits fep has small patch of browning xiii 299 deplorable case of a mental deficient who strangled three young girls the last one while escaped from Broadmoor interesting case of the use of the McNaughton Rule. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
1912013449Glasgow: William Hodge 1912 red cloth with blind design to upper board top edge gilt gilt to spine states 'Notable English Trials' light bumping to corners light rubbing or fading to spine light foxing to prelims xlvi 364pp frontis port 5 plates quite tidy internally accused of poisoning her husband Florence Maybrick was found guilty ands ordered to be hanged but was imprisoned and later released whence she travelled to the USA where she lived the rest of her life of note is that the recent 'Ripper Diary' has been claimed as belonging to her husband and that he was the Ripper and possibly she killed him knowing this . First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. William Hodge hardcover
1977028577St. Paul Minnesota: West Publishing Co. 1977. This copy is from the library of and SIGNED by "Judge Bry Behrmann" a felon on the front free endaper. SEE BELOW or details about Behrmann's legal troubles his jail sentence after conviction for money laundering and the order that he pay $38 MILLION in restitution. The book appears unread. Fine condition. Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. Published under the sponsorship ot the National Conference of State Trial Judges. Bound in the original green leatherette stamped in bright gold. From the FBI website: "Directors of La Grande Company Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conviction in Federal Money Laundering Case Defendants Ordered to Pay in Excess of $38 Million in Restitution to Thousands of North American Investors Who Lost Millions of Dollars Bryant E. Behrmann 63 and Larry 'Buck' E. Hunter 63 were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown. Both defendants pled guilty in June 2009 to money laundering in connection with a scheme to defraud thousands of investors through their company Global Online Direct. Judge Brown sentenced both defendants to serve 72 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. The defendants were ordered to pay restitution to their victims in the amount of $38279352. Berhmann and Hunter were ordered to report to the Bureau of Prisons on January 8 2010 to begin serving their sentence.". Reprint of the 1969 Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xvi 407pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. West Publishing Co. Hardcover
1990BOOKS014399INew York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good/Very Good Dj. 1990. First Ediition. Hardback. 8vo 039913509X Some light staining to inside of dustjacket . G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1356774989.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1954052058Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1954. x 204pp bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Minor rubbing to jacket folds several short tears to edges <1cm-some with associated minor creasing. Minor foxing to page edges.The exploits of New South Wales police detective Frank Fahy. Working undercover his work was unknown to all but a very few of his colleagues. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
1330007700.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1986037939Sydney: Historic Australia Book Publishing Company 1986. 191pp index references num bw ills map. Or pictorial card. Covers rubbed with bottom front corner creased small chip from head of spine. SIGNED by author on title page. The story of Ben Hall by Australia's foremost authority on bushrangers. Signed by Author. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to. Historic Australia Book Publishing Company Paperback
2082702114904072Not Available N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 117p Size: Shinsho Not Available paperback
1912A34239New York: G. W. Dillingham Company. Very Good. 1912. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping rubbing and edge wear. The covers have some lightish ground-in dirt edge wear and water spotting. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The front inner hinge has cracked. The author Goron was the chief of the Sûreté - Head of the Secret Service of France during the late 1890's. This book has been translated by Florence Crewe-Jones and combines portions of two of Goron's biographical books: Coup Double and Policiers et Rastas. 1847-1933 French soldier from 1865 and police officer from 1881 eventually head of the Sûreté best known for Les Memoires de M Goron: Ancien Chef de la Sûreté "Memoires of Monsieur Goron: Former Head of the Sûreté" 1897. "Scarce. . G. W. Dillingham Company hardcover
19722092902137405336Gaku Yo shobo 1972. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 book Gaku Yo shobo paperback
198617120116Victor Gollancz UK 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good ex-library/Fine. Hardcover. 204 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Victor Gollancz UK 1986. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in good ex-library condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: End pages marked with library stamps spine unmarked in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. Lightly tanned pages. End pages and page edges have library stamps but otherwise book is in very good overall condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: As Communism consolidated its victorious grip on Poland in 1947 Jerzy Popieluszko was born into a peasant farming family. Nearly 40 years later as European communism began to crumble his mutilated body was dumped in the Wisla river. In life and death this young and unassuming priest courageous beyond his means lived in his flesh Christ's call to love the enemy to overcome evil with good. This chilling reminder of modern-day totalitarian brutality is surpassed only by the overwhelming hope that the victory of the Truth Christ Crucified brings to today's world. This account includes many of his own writings.He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 0575038306. ISBN/EAN: 9780575038301. Inventory No: 17120116. 9780575038301 Victor Gollancz hardcover
1989028526Privately Published 1989. New and unread in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. The jacket is rubbed at the extremities but has NO chips tears creases or fading. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Hinges are perfect. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Illustrated with numerous photographs of police dogs in action and in training. List of bibliographical references. Bound in the original dark blue cloth stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket which says the author "is presently the trainer for the police departments Beverly Hills and Bakersfield California and Odessa Texas." Printed by: Quality Press. 1st ed No additional printings listed. Hardcover. New condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii 134pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Privately Published Hardcover
1924016540New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company 1924. This is the rare 1924 hardcover first edition -- not a modern reprint. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. A solid reasonably tight copy. Bound in the original blue cloth. Gilt lettering is flaking off the spine and front cover. WITHDRAWN stamp and a few other library markings. Otherwise pages are creamy white clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Foreword by Raymond B. Fosdick. The author was New York City's first policewoman. This book is based on her experiences as a pioneer in the field. There are 18 chapters including WOMAN'S PLACE IN A POLICE DEPARTMENT; EDUCATING POLICEWOMEN; THE POLICEWOMAN AS A DETECTIVE; THE POLICEWOMAN AND THE LAW; COOPERATION AMONG POLICEWOMAN; etc. In the final chapter the author states: " The policewoman of today in her service and ideals foreshadows the policewoman of the future In the future there will be more policewomen. The field of service however will not change. Women protective officers will always confine their efforts to work with children girls and women. From a small isolated group women protective officers will rise to take their rightful places beside the men cooperating with them so that society may have the full benefit of a woman's point of view in solving those difficult problems that threaten the life and safety of mothers and children Crime is a super-social disease In the policewoman of the future rests the hope of a permanent and lasting cure". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY/No jacket. 8vo. xviii 200pp. Frederick A. Stokes Company Hardcover