Verplank, NY: Historical Briefs, Inc., 1997. Large Quarto; unpaginated; VG-/paperback; white spine with red text; covers show slight wear to exterior; text block has slight shelf wear to exterior edges, clipped corner of title page; interior clean. More about The Terrible 1930's: The Fourth Decade of the Twentieth Century
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1984. First Edtion. Octavo; First Edition; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; Spine, tan with red and black print; DJ in mylar, clean and bright; Boards in grey paper and blue cloth with gold print, slight wear to spine tail, otherwise clean and strong; Textblock has speckled bottom edge, clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the title page; viii, 280 pages. More about PRECINCT 19 [SIGNED
Walterville, OR: Trine Day, LLC, 2009. First Edition. Octavo; pp 826; VG/VG; black spine with pink/blue text; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior; cloth is clean, strong boards; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; inscribed by author. More about A Terrible Mistake: The Murder of Frank Olson and the CIA's Secret Cold War Experiments [inscribed
London: Andre Deutsch, 1989. First edition. Octavo. VG in VG- dust jacket. Orange spine with black and white lettering. DJ protected in plastic encasement and exhibits only minor shelf-wear. Covers clean, binding intact. Small discoloring smudge to lower corner of text block, otherwise text block edges clean. Owner emboss to the half-title page and final text page. Text of pages age-toned but clean and free of markings. 413pp. More about THE MISADVENTURES OF AN AGEING MULE
London: William Hodge and Company, 1952. New edition. Octavo; First published 1911, New edition 1952; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black and red print; DJ is cream with red and black print, peripheral tanning, heavily tanned spine, small tears at spine head and flap corners, bottom portion of spine torn away, portion of top edge torn away, vendor label on front flap; Boards in red cloth with gold print, bump to top corners, mild wear to spine caps; Text block has tanning to endpapers, vendor label on front flyleaf, age-toning to paper; 327 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More about TRIAL OF THE STAUNTONS (NOTABLE BRITISH TRIALS SERIES
New York, NY: Methuen Inc., 1978. English Translation, First Printing. 8vo. VG/VG-. black DJ spine with white author and publisher and title centered between in bold red uppercase. edgewear concentrated at spine tip, tail and panel corners lightly abraded. price-clipped front flap. DJ under clear protective cover. black clothbound with stamped silver titling, lightly sunned khaki boards along thin board edges. ivory text clean, with two ivory semi-glossy sections of b/w images. 242 pp. ISBN# 0458925209. More about THE HEROIN TRIANGLE - THE CONFESSIONS OF MICHEL MASTANTUONO AS TOLD TO MICHEL AUGER
Johnston City: A.E.R.P., 1978. Octavo; VG/no-DJ paperback; Blue spine with red text; Covers have slight edgewear and scuffing, price sticker on rear cover; Textblock shows few very small marks on exterior edges, otherwise clean; 268pp. More about Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame: love and Madness in the Roaring Twenties
New York: Random House, 1994. Octavo; VG/VG; Hardcover with DJ; Spine, green and gold with tan print; DJ clean and bright, half covered by added DJ promoting movie tie-in with a slight tear to spine; Boards in black paper and black cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Textblock clean and tight, author's inscription on half-title page; 388 pages. More about MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A SAVANNAH STORY [SIGNED
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. Early reprint, second printing. Small octavo. Good with no dust jacket. Green spine with gold lettering. Minor shelf-wear to the covers, including a small bump at the fore-edge of each cover. Top corners slightly bumped. Offsetting marks to front and rear free endpaper. Owner name inked to top corner of front pastedown. Binding beginning to crack at gutter of page 86-87. Text block edges clean. Text of pages generally clean and free of markings. 165pp. More about THE NARCOTIC DRUG PROBLEM
London: William Hodge and Company, 1951. Octavo; G/Poor; Hardcover with DJ; Spine, red with gold print; DJ spine missing, front and rear of DJ are detached from each other, peripheral tanning, tears to front top edge and to flap corners, creasing, shelfwear; Boards in red cloth with gold print, mild wear to corners and spine caps; Text block has remainder of torn away label on front flyleaf, slight age-toning to paper; xiii, 278 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More about THE TRIALS OF PATRICK CARRAHER (NOTABLE BRITISH TRIALS SERIES, VOLUME 74
Buenos Aires: Emece Editores, S.A., 1966,1967,1968. Mixed Editions. 10mo; G/no-DJ; burgundy spines with gilt text and ruling to spines; 3 volumes; cloths have moderate rubbing to exteriors; slight buckling to exterior front of vol. 1; chipped head spine edge to vol. 2; minor wear to corners; strong boards; text blocks show some wear to exterior edges; green decorative endpapers; slight age toning to endpaper edges; previous owner's name to title pages; interior clean; [SPANISH TEXT]. More about Obras Completas de Jorge Luis Borges [3 volumes
NY: Pocket Books, 2000. 1st. octavo, NF/NF, red spine with white and gold lettering. More about PORTRAITS OF GUILT
New York: Basic Books, 2014. First Edition. Octavo; pp 348; VG-/VG; black/red spine with white text; dust jacket has lightly sunned exterior; minor wear to edges; cloth shows light wear; clean exterior; strong boards; text block has slight wear to exterior edges; interior clean; inscribed by author. More about A Very Principled Boy: The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and Cold Warrior [inscribed
London and New York: John Lane, 1912. Octavo; vg/none; green cloth spine with white text; shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 391 pp.; illus., plates; age-toning; binding shaken; fore-edge, deckle; chipping; else very good. More about MADAME DE BRINVILLIERS AND HER TIMES, 1630-176
New York: Random House, 1965. Early Book Club Edition. Octavo, 343 pages; VG/VG; beige DJ, black spine, black and maroon lettering to beige title block: covers protected by mylar; top edge of text block black; with "1/66" to front flap, "Publishers of the American College Dictionary and the Modern Library" to back flap, "First Printing" stated to copyright page, small debossed square to back cover, lacking "$5.95" to front flap,; shelved Case 2. More about IN COLD BLOOD
New York: Random House, Inc., 1952. First Printing. Octavo; pp 808; G/G-; dark beige spine with black and red text; dust jacket shows age toned exterior, mostly to spine; some chipping to edges; price clipped front flap; mylar wraps; cloth shows slight wear to boards; minor wear to edges; strong boards; text block shows slight age toning to exterior edges; lightly toned interior. More about Witness
New York and London: W. W. Norton, 2014. First edition. Octavo. VG in VG dust jacket. White and red spine with red and white lettering. Top edge of rear dust jacket panel slightly curled. Slight shelf-wear to dust jacket panels. Covers clean, binding strong, text block edges clean. Text of pages clean and free of markings. 242pp. More about KITTY GENOVESE: THE MURDER, THE BYSTANDERS, THE CRIME THAT CHANGED AMERICA
Kuttawa, KY: McClanahan Publishing House, 1995. (first). 8vo in laminated boards. VG+. In great shape. Very minor shelfwear. Spine is blue with light blue text. Shelve in Prisons & Criminology. 256pp. More about CASTLE: THE STORY OF A KENTUCKY PRISON
London: Book Club Associates, 1974. Octavo; VG/VG; yellow spine, black text; jacket has protective mylar cover; boards are strong, minor bumping at spine head and tail; textblock has foxing along head edge, age toning to exterior, otherwise clean; pp 160. More about 'Orrible Murder: An Anthology of Victorian Crime and Passion Compiled from The Illustrated Police...
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First Edition Thus. Octavo; VG/VG; black spine with red text; jacket has protective mylar cover, age toning, rubbing; boards have rubbing, binding is strong; textblock is clean; pp 222; one of 2000 unnumbered copies. More about Wisconsin Murders: An Enquiry into Mayhem & Homicide in the Midwest
Polygon Books. Small Octavo; VG/VG-; Off-white spine with black text in red & green ovals; Dust jacket is slightly age toned with sticker on front and lightly rubbed exterior; Boards have sunned edges otherwise strong; Textblock is slightly age toned; pp 300. More about Burke & Hare
New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, April 2010. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 8vo. VG+/VG+. b/w pictorial segments illustrate DJ spine with redf and black overlay titling centered above mid-spine, followed by red tipped tail with tiny yellow publisher. jacket front and rear neat and edgewear minor. black cloth HB spine with red metallic lettering, adjacent boards black. binding is intact with clear and excellent textblock and its outer smooth edges. mid-volume gallery of b/w photos and images between pages 214-215. attractive and like new shape. 468 pp. ISBN# 9781416580591. More about GET CAPONE : THE SECRET PLOT THAT CAPTURED AMERICA'S MOST WANTED GANGSTER
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First Edition. Octavo, 87 pages; VG-/G; spine is heavily faded gray with white lettering and a black stripe; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has moderate wear along the top and bottom edges and along the sides of the spine, spine has heavy discoloration due to sun exposure, has moderate chipping at the top and bottom, has mild chipping on the fore edge corners; binding has wear along the top and bottom edges; pages have age toning and mild dust build up along the top edge; original owner's name is written in pencil on he ffep; shelved case 0. More about MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. Octavo; pp 286; G+/no-DJ; gray spine with gilt text; ex-library; cloth shows minor wear to exterior; ex-library sticker to lower spine; ex-library stickers to rear board; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; slightly cocked spine; ex-library stamps to title page; interior clean. More about The Black Book and the Mob: The Untold Story of the Control of Nevada's Casinos
New York: McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1990. first. Octavo, VG+/VG+, in black cloth; DJ spine is black with red and brown title. Minor shelfwear; boards very slightly warped. More about BREAKING THE MOB: THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF A DEDICATED COP WHO LED THE FIGHT THAT PUT AN ENTIRE...
New York: Times Books, 1978. Octavo; VG/G+; Hardcover with DJ; Spine, grey with orange print; DJ has mild edgewear and shelfwear, small surface tear to rear; Boards in grey paper and red cloth with gold print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xii, 312 pages. More about I, WITNESS : PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS WITH CRIME BY MEMBERS OF THE MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA
Jefferson and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2004. reprint. Octavo; G+/no-DJ paperback; Black/off-white spine with off-white text; Covers have slightly age toned exterior with light rubbing wear along edges, however panels are intact; Text block shows slight wear on exterior edges due to age and handling with unmarked pages and tight binding; pp 317. More about The Fix Is In: A History of Baseball Gambling and Game Fixing
Los Angeles: Renown Publications, Inc., 1973. Vol. 32, No. 2. 12mo; pp 160; G/paperback; yellow spine with black text; 3 stories:The Spy Who Came Home; Tough Tony Accardo: Mr. Big of Chicago; Horror Story; covers show moderate wear to exterior; light soiling to rear; slight rubbing to edges; text block shows is age toned; illustrated; light ink to first page; frontispiece. More about Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [January, 1973
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1913. Thin octavo; good/none; green cloth spine with black text; boards, moderate shelf wear and bumping; flaking at the edges; small stains, both boards; endpapers, browned; text block, clean; toning starts; B/W illustrations; some are fold-outs; 129pp., plus 8 pages of fingerprint samples. --Author was London Commissioner of Police. More about CLASSIFICATION AND USES OF FINGER PRINTS [Fourth Edition
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1983. Reprint, Second Printing. Reprint; Quarto; VG+/VG-; Spine is tan with black text; DJ has general shelf wear, rubbing to corners and edges, some superficial scratches and marks; Boards have some shelf wear, rubbing to corners; Text block has minimal signs of handling, binding is strong, very light age-toning, content is clear; pp 290; Additional shipping cost may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions. More about Forgotten News, The Crime of The Century and Other Lost Stories
Edinburgh: Canongate Press, 1991. First edition. Octavo. VG- in good+ dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Moderate soiling and rubbing to DJ, notably at the rear panel. Small laminate peeling spot at bottom edge of rear DJ panel. Covers clean. Binding intact. Slight shelf-wear to top text block edge, otherwise text block edges clean. Text of pages clean and free of markings. 327pp. More about EASY MONEY? A TRUE STORY OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Marietta, GA: DIP Publishing House, 2012. First Edition. Octavo; pp 232; VG/VG; white spine with black/red/purple text; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior; mild edge wear; mylar wraps; cloth has light wear to exterior; strong boards; text block shows clean exterior edges; frontispiece; interior clean; inscribed by co-author, Anthony Meoli. More about The Diary of the D.C. Sniper [inscribed
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. First. Small Octavo: G+/Fair: Black spine with white text: DJ in considerable disrepair with numerous chipping, cresaing and scuffing, small tears along edges, discoloration along the spine and a one inch tear across lower spine: Boards scuffed and tail and head, some shelfwear, some mild discolorations: Textblock has darkened considerably with age, no markings or tears, several pages bear evidence of small folds: First Edition: 279 pp. More about My Life in Crime: The Autobiography of a Professional Criminal
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. Reprint. Octavo; vg/none; brown cloth spine with gold text; boards, minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; B/W illustrations; 346 and 62 pages. A facsimile reprint, originally published 1880. More about SECRETS OF THE GREAT WHISKEY RING --and-- EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN THE PENITENTIARY
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. Octavo; pp 663; G-/Fair; blue spine with white text; dust jacket shows chips to edges; some creases to exterior, as is; cloth has light sunning to exterior; slanted boards; text block shows slight toning to exterior edges; lightly stained fore edges to pp 246-252; illustrated; slightly cocked spine;. More about Fatal Vision
New York, NY: Berkeley Books, 2007. First Printing. 8vo. VG+/VG+. solid black DJ spine with uppercase white, red and yellow lettering centered above a black/yellow thin stripe across spine and front cover, which has similarly shades in titling, faintly illustrated with purple mugshot background graphic. inner flaps are glossy black with no markings. at midsection of text interior, glossy b/w figures and photos with much text detail, rest of HB is excellent wit no markings. 281 pp. ISBN # 9780425217276. More about THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND MAN
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. First Edition. First Edition; Octavo; VG/VG; Black spine with white and pink text. DJ has Brodart cover jacket, general shelfwear, edge wear, small price sticker by previous book store on front flap; Boards have light age toning to spine, minor rubbing to edges, apart from that, clean, binding strong, corners sharp; Textblock is clean, free of underlining/highlighting; pp 309. Shelve in upstairs area, on shelf perpendicular to copier. More about The French Connection: The World's Most Crucial Narcotics Investigation
New York: Smithsonian Books/Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. First Edition. Octavo; vg+/vg; dj, red spine with white and black text; HB, black cloth with gold text, quarter-bound with red boards; very minor shelf wear and bumping, price sticker on front dj cover, text block clean; 324 pp; plates; else very good. More about SCOUNDRELS IN LAW; THE TRIALS OF HOWE & HUMMEL, LAWYERS TO THE GANGSTERS, COPS, STARLETS, AND...
New York: The Panurge Press, Inc., 1935. First Edition. Octavo; pp 255; G/no-DJ; faded red spine with gilt text; cloth shows slight wear to exterior, moderately sunned exterior; slight wear to edges; strong boards; text block has deckled fore edge; interior lightly toned. More about Sexual Slavery in America
Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1980. Octavo; VG/no-DJ paperback; Off-white spine with orange text; Covers are slightly age toned on exterior with minor wear due to handling, but generally clean and intact, sticker on front; Text block has slight writing on first & last few pages, otherwise only slight shelf wear and few loose pages, three at front and one at rear; pp 128. German text. More about Das Leonardo-Portrat in Der Kgl. Bibliotek Turin und andere Falschungen des Giuseppe Bossi
London: W.H. Allen, 1958. Octavo.VG/VG- DJ. Red spine with black and cream text and an illustration of the streets; dustjacket is rubbed at the corners and the spine; dj has slight tears around the spine and is age toned; dj has a tiny brown moisture exposure stain on the inner flap; front pastedown and front free end page has moisture exposure staining vertically; front and back pastedown has foxing; back pastedown and back free end page has moisture exposure staining vertically; binding is strong; light staining to top edge and fore-edge, otherwise textblock clean. Pp. 255. More about Wild Men of Sydney
Ottawa, Illinois: Green Hill Publishers, Inc., 1983. US Printing. thick 8vo. VG/VG-. gently sunned beige tones with a wisp of the original rose color the wide DJ strip, thick bold black title, white author and small green/white publisher between chipping and abraded ends, light wear to panel extremities as well. wide red clothbound HB spime with thick gold titling, adjacent panels are black paperboard. text interior a clear ivory. head-edge is peppered by a few flecks, thick light ivory fore-edge and tail. 543 pp. ISBN# 0898031230. More about THE MOB : 200 YEARS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN NEW YORK
New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1879. Octavo; G-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine, green with gold print; Boards in green cloth with gold print, corners are bumped, worn, exposed, spine caps are tattering, mildly cocked spine, puckering to cloth on rear edge, wear to edges, shelfwear; Text block has inscription in ink on front endpapers, peripheral tanning to endpapers, shaken binding, foxing prominent on endpapers but evident throughout; viii, 324 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More about CRIMINAL REMINISCENCES AND DETECTIVE SKETCHES
Ediciones El Faraon, 1996. First Edition. Inscription by author on half title page. First American Edition. Octavo; VG/no-DJ softcover; Black spine with white text; Covers have minor surface scuffing, very slight edgewear; Textblock clean; 207pp. More about The Farc Cartel [Inscription
Chicago: The White House Publishers, nd. Octavo; good-/fair; dj, sunned red spine with black and faded white text; dj [protective cover], shelf worn; chipping; small open and closed tears; HB, gray cloth spine with black text; animal damage to lower corner of front cover, to include portion of text block; endpapers, browned; text block, clean; toning starts; 311pp. No pub date, estimate 1926. Early cocaine writings. Offered as is. More about THE WHITE MENACE
New York: Little A, 2018. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG Hardcover; Shades of blue and black with orange text; Light shelf wear to covers; Boards are strong and clean, binding solid; Text block clean; 316 pp. More about Hell's Princess, The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men
Lynchburg, VA: Schroeder Publications, 2004. Second Edition, Revised. Octavo; pp 319; VG-/no-DJ; dark green spine with light green and red text; cloth shows moderate rubbing to exterior; bookshop's autograph sticker to front; strong boards; text block shows light shelf wear to exterior edges; small chip to head edge of title page; interior clean; profusely illustrated; signed by Patrick Schroeder. More about Pennsylvania Bucktails: A Photographic Album of the 42nd, 149th and 150th Pennsylvania Regiments
Manchester, UK: Carcanet, 1987. First English Translation. Octavo; VG/VG; Red-to-yellow fade spine with white and black text; DJ faded by age, otherwise clean with general shelfwear and edgewear, head and tail edges of cover flaps yellowed with age; Boards strong, clean; Textblock age-toned, otherwise clean; pp 175. More about The Moro Affair and the Mystery of Majorana
New York and Tokyo: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1973. First edition. Octavo; pp 167; VG/VG-; red spine with ivory and black text; dust jacket has slight wear to exterior, minor edge wear; cloth has very slight wear to exterior, strong boards; text block shows slight shelf wear; interior clean; inscribed by photographer;. More about Hachijo: Isle of Exile [inscribed
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1934. first edition; very scarce. small octavo in bright green cloth hardcovers with red letters; spine discolored; boards strong but somewhat soiled; binding still strong; thick paper slightly faded; last pages foxed; text in fairly large print; pp. 255; a few pages with crease or dog ear; shelved in True Crime section. More about INSIDE DOPE. AN EXPOSURE OF THE DOPE TRAFFIC
