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199528556New York: Alfred Knopf 1995. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. Stated First American Edition. An Adam Dalgliesh crime novel. 416 pp. A very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Ms. James on a bookplate afixed to the half-title page. Alfred Knopf hardcover books
191631420Boston: Small Maynard & Company 1916. First Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; olive green buckram with printed title labels at spine and front cover; dustjacket; 340 4pp. Mild sunning to spine with two faint stains to upper edge of textblock; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket priced $1.50 at mid-spine; hint of sunning and faint vertical crease to spine light dustiness overall with a few small tears and nicks; Very Good. "Human documents from the experiences of a Massachusetts probation officer in the application of the probation system to the problems of men and women who without it would have been permanently lost to useful citizenship" from front panel. Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
193022159Cleveland OH 1930. Large 8vo. Original color pictorial wraps. Good only. Covers chipped and worn. Pages toned. But still sound. 127pp. <br/><br/>A detailed account of the great Ohio Penitentiary fire of 1930 published within the year of the April 21 blaze the deadliest prison fire in American history which killed 322 inmates. Written by Cleveland newspaper reporters Dan W. Gallagher and T.J. Thomas the book provides a comprehensive portrait of the state of the prison during 1930 concentrated on its miserable conditions which the authors compare to Medieval torture chambers and 19th Century prison ships and severe overcrowding. According to the text at the time of the fire more than 5000 prisoners were kept in a facility originally designed to house about 1500. SPOTLIGHT indicts the prison's guards and administration notably a Captain John Hall head guard on duty who refused to unlock the cell block where most deaths occurred. The text is illustrated throughout with 22 photograph reproductions most being of the fire’s aftermath many with African-American prisoners figuring prominently and Thomas and Gallagher appear to have extensively interviewed prisoners for the book. Novelist Chester Himes was incarcerated in the penitentiary where his writing career began during the fire and he wrote about in his breakout article “To What Red Hell” which appeared in Esquire in 1934. Rather poorly produced and likely intended for regional distribution only SPOTLIGHT appears genuinely scarce. OCLC notes 7 holdings only 2 of those outside of Ohio. A rich and largely unheralded work of journalistic advocacy for prisoners’ rights. paperback books
195325649New York: Dell 1953. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Pocket paperbound book. Dell 738. An early reprint edition of this Thompson classic. 1949 on copyright page but this edition actually printed in 1953. A fair to good copy. Two small random ink markings on first endpaper. Some paper scaring/loss at top of front cover. Still well bound and ready for devouring. Dell paperback books
196819276New York: Doubleday & Co 1968. 1st edition. Black cloth binding. White dust jacket. NF/VG light age toning. 656 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Doubleday & Co hardcover books
192747093Hartford: Clarence W. Seymour 1927. Reprint. 12mo. Burgundy cloth boards stamped in gilt. Reprint from the original plates of the 1876 edition. Minimal evidence of wear or handling; close to fine copy with gilt bright on cover and internally sound clean unmarked. Simultaneously issued in wraps this is the somewhat less common clothbound issue. History of Newgate Prison in Connecticut. Clarence W. Seymour unknown books
199013628New York: St. Martin's Press 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition of this murder mystery novel that won the Edgar Award for Best Crime Novel of the year. A sharp near fine copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by the author and dated in year of publication. Great New Orleans setting. <br/><br/> St. Martin's Press hardcover books
199617639New York: G. P. Putnam 1996. First edition. Paperback. Fine/none. 8vo. 201 pp. First edition first printing of this unusual formatted novel written in part by thirteen different authors. Fine condition in bound wrappers. Uncorrected Proof Copy for Limited Distribution. INSCRIBED by John Dufresne on the title page. G. P. Putnam paperback books
199621931NY: Knopf 1996. First edition first prnt. One of an unspecified number of copies issued by the publisher with a tipped-in page signed by Ellroy for promotional purposes. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cove. Ellroy's first memoir. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
18672143Cincinnati: s.n. 1867. FIRST EDITION. Softcover. Good. Original publisher's printed pale green wrappers chipped. 128 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Some general wear & soiling. A touch of foxing. Unsightly abrasion to rear wrapper resulting in some loss. "A Book for the Family" in which are described in the most graphic detail over 100 murders in Cincinnati and environs. This highly curious volume represents a genuinely early American work in the literary genre now known as "True Crime" about which see especially Mark Steltzer "True Crime: Observations on Violence and Modernism" 2007 passim. True Crime as a form of entertainment created important American pop culture icons namely the sociopaths the psychopath the mass murderer and the serial killer all of whom are represented herein. The full title adds useful information about the crimes including: "Trials and Executions of John May ; Philip Lewis colored ; John Cowan the Murderer of his Family ; Washburn and his Associates Davis and Hoover the Butchers of over 30 Persons ; Byron Cooley who killed John Rambo ; Henry Lecount ; Patrick McHugh the Murderer of his own Wife ; and a Careful History of the Hughes Murderers with a Precise Account of the Murder of John Brasher the Watchman ; the Summons Massacre ; Arrison and the Infernal Machine ; Mrs. Howard who Avenged her Own Wrongs ; Nancy Farrer the Child Poisoner ; with a Correct Detail of Over a Hundred Other Murders which have Taken Place in this City and County." Scarce. ¶ Sabin 19107. s.n. unknown books
186719303Cincinnati: n. p. 1867 First edition. Wrappers somewhat stained with some chipping and a few closed tears and some creasing to the rear wrapper; upper edges of the text block somewhat foxed and dust-soiled; a very good copy. Original printed blue-green wrappers 8.25 x 5.5 inches 128 pages. Accounts of some of Cincinnati's most memorable executions and murders including such episodes as "The Summons Massacre; Arrison and the Infernal Machine; Mrs. Howard who Avenged her own Wrongs; Nancy Farrer the Child Poisoner" and many more. With perhaps one of the finest known epigraphs in American literature with the title at the head of the front wrapper claiming "A Book for the Family." Sabin 19108; not found in McDade. [n. p.], unknown books
186743987.1Cincinnati 1867. 1st Edition Sabin 19107. Original publisher's printed pale green wrappers. Some general wear soiling & light edge chipping to wrappers. A touch of foxing. Some paper loss at spine ends. Withal an About VG copy. 128 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" <br/><br/>De Beck describes over 100 people who committed murders in and around Cincinnati. Curiously enough the front wrapper describes this volume as "A Book for the Family". Reissued later in the year with the author's name with the title amended to "The Horrors of Queen City. Being an Account.". unknown books
194134927New York: The MacMillan Company 1941. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy "of the Author's Six Copies this is Number 1" with warm 'Day of Publication' inscription from Holbrook as "Hols" to close Seattle-based friends Jim & Theresa Stevens. Black cloth binding. Black & yellow dust jacket. VG/Abt VG edgeworn with small triangular pc missing from top right edge of front panel. viii 2 283 3 blank pp including Index. 8vo. <br/><br/> The MacMillan Company hardcover books
198930034New York: St. Martin's Press 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Satterthwait's somewhat scarce second book a Lizzie Borden pastiche. This is a near fine copy in near fine or better unclipped jacket. Stated first edition with complete number run. St. Martin's Press hardcover books
1994005811Random House 1994. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mint copy in like jacket. $23.00 on flap.Stated First Edition.Beautiful copy. Random House Hardcover books
1994000984Random House 1994 1994. Book. As New. Cloth. As New/As New. First Thus. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. ISBN:0-679-42922-0. Mint copy of the movie editon with wrap around band. Random House, 1994 hardcover books
199810266New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0813526051 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Rutgers University Press hardcover books
48688Manchester: Published by The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co. Wellington Street Gorton n. d. Ca 1914 pre-WWI. Dull red paper covers printed in dark blue stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. General wear soiling & age darkening to covers. Age-toning to paper which is becoming brittle. Withal a VG copy. 32 pp. 8-5/8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>"The Red Barn Murder was a notorious murder committed in Polstead Suffolk England in 1827. A young woman Maria Marten was shot dead by her lover William Corder. The two had arranged to meet at the Red Barn a local landmark before eloping to Ipswich. Maria was never seen alive again and Corder fled the scene. He sent letters to Marten's family claiming that she was in good health but her body was later discovered buried in the barn after her stepmother spoke of having dreamed about the murder. Corder was tracked down in London where he had married and started a new life. He was brought back to Suffolk and found guilty of murder in a well-publicised trial. He was hanged at Bury St Edmunds in 1828 and a huge crowd witnessed the execution. The story provoked numerous newspaper articles songs and plays. The village where the crime had taken place became a tourist attraction and the barn was stripped by souvenir hunters. The plays and ballads remained popular throughout the next century and continue to be performed today." Wiki Rare published account of this lurid murder case with OCLC showing just one institutional holding: Stanford. Published by The Daisy Bank Printing & Publishing Co., Wellington Street, Gorton unknown books
196211759JLondon: Pimlico Films Limited 1962. First Edition. Original shooting script belonging to actress Hira Talfrey and signed by her on the front cover. Paperbound in printed studio wrappers. This Britsh produced television crime series starred Craig Stevens Tracy Reed and Graham Stark. Hira Talfrey appeared in such films as The Curse of the Demon The Conqueror Worm The Oblong Box and The Year of the Sex Olympics. Pimlico Films Limited unknown books
1999002393Scribners 1999 1999. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautiful perfect mint copy of the author's rare first book.Remainder mark. Scribners, 1999 Hardcover books
199929226NY: Scribner. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 0684857820 . The author's first book. First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Scribner hardcover books
200321390Boston: Little Brown & Co 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition of this Detective Harry Bosch crime novel. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Initialed by the author on the title page. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
198925216New York: Henry Holt 1989. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Stated First American Edition. The first Charlie Resnick crime novel by this celebrated author. A clean near fine copy in dustwrapper. SIGNED by Harvey and dated in 1992. Terrific series. Henry Holt hardcover books
199421704New York: Armchair Detective / Otto Penzler 1994. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. New edition of this early Tony Hillerman crime novel with new introduction by the author. Special edition of only 100 SIGNED copies of which this is number 72. Fine condition in fine matching hard slipcase. Armchair Detective / Otto Penzler hardcover books
198416864New York: William Morrow 1984. 1st edition. White cloth spine with blue boards. Dust jacket. VG slight lean with some soiling on bottom edge/spine 'push'/VG lt edgewear. 383 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> William Morrow hardcover books
