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With contributions by J. B. S. Haldane, J. Bronowski, Lord Chorley and others. 88 pages. Some staining on front cover. Top of page edges greyed with dust marks.
310 pages. eng
Name inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked dark turquoise cloth boards, tanned end papers and no bumping to corners. Well sunned dust jacket price clipped with nicks and chips to edges. 370pp. Sixteen detective stories from the likes of William Faulkner, TS Stribling, Philip Macdonald, Anthony Gilbert and Ngaio Marsh.
Reliure toile. 296 pages.
Vg/Vg (clean bright dj very lightly creased at ends over spine but no loss. full plastic cover over all, loose-fitting. all tight and bright without fault. no inscriptions. not price-clipped. signed by author. octavo On January 30, 1991, the caretaker of a Christmas tree dump outside Minneapolis discovered the dismembered body of Michael Proumenshikov, one of Prudential-Bache's top earning stickbrokers in the Twin Cities area. This is a harrowing, meticulously researched account of Prozumenshikov's life and death which reveals the relentless ambition that drove a man's rapid rise in the eighties spelled his ruin in the ninties. 293 pages including index. B&W photos
SIGNED on front end paper by a member of the Pugh family, possibly MP Pugh's wife - see image #2. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tears to edges. 232pp. The biography of a 'law man' who was unique in England and remains fascinating to the world. He was Prosecuting Solicitor to the City of Birmingham from 1924 to 1958.
192727223New York: Henry Holt and Company n.d. but 1927-28. First American Edition. Octavo 22.25cm; indigo cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 282 2pp; illus.frontispiece and seven plates of illustrations. Bound from British sheets with title page a cancel on a stub. Mild wear to extremities else Fine in a Very Good dustjacket lightly spine-sunned with some dustiness to panels and 1.5cm chip to crown. An accounting of "some of the most hazardous and thrilling escapes and attempts at escape" ever recorded with chapters devoted to John Nevinson Jack Sheppard David Haggart Louis Cartouche Louis Napoleon George Kelly and Frederick Trenck - the latter-named tagged by the author as "the arch-escaper of all history." Originally published by Philip Allan & Co. in London in 1927; the present edition undated but was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times in April 1928. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
237p.,frontis. Hardcover Very good condition good
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
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 338pp. An Inspector Banks novella plus ten more brilliant and eclectic stories. Just a number '1' on the copywright page.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked green cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 352pp. The eighth novel in the crime series featuring Joe Faraday and Paul Winter.
1st UK edition. 8vo, 321 pages, not illustrated. Nr fine condition hardback in nr fine condition dust jacket. 40788. eng
VG/VG. not price-clipped. no inscriptions. a very clean tight bright copy. octavo .The seventeenth chronicle of Brother Cadfael.
Paperback in-16 - Original vintage mass market paperback book with the usual natural age toning GOOD ++ (No mark, no inscription). [LP-10]
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Minor creasing adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly indented unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. pp. Foreword from the then Chief Constable James Anderton. Well illustrated with 261 photos and images.
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
VG/VG no significant fault with book or dj, inscribed by previous owner. octavo. pp 208. Gripping true murder stories by leading contemporary authors.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Slightly foxed dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with tiny nicks to lower front edge and top of spine. 205pp. A fascinating true story from 1829 when a group of convicts being transported to the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania) mutinied and managed to sail the ship all the way to Japan and the South China Sea. They were later re-captured, some were hanged and some did eventually end up in Van Diemen's Land.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked faux-leather padded boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. A very well illustrated history of the criminal fraternity at sea. Tucked in is a wallet holding two images of typical pirate ships - a brigantine and a sloop, and two official ships - a naval sloop and a man-of-war.
8vo, 433 pages. eng
8 cassettes in one case, 8vo., a fine set. Publisher's code CAB 1436; total playing time 8 hours 45 minutes. Chivers Audio Books are arguably the finest audio books available. The author's original text is unabridged, the readers (usually professional actors or broadcasters) are selected for the quality of their characterisations, the recordings are produced to high standards in Dolby stereo and the cassettes or discs are housed in robust 'diamond' packs. Not surprisingly, used sets are scarce and almost invariably ex-institutional copies. Sets in the present state and condition are very uncommon.
A true-crime story of forgery, deceit and ambition that had all London and its press talking in 1775. 16 pages of illustrations. 346 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 5 plates; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy.
