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Junger Sebastian
A DEATH IN BELMONT
New York NY U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company Inc. 2006. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Author of THE PERFECT STORM. As new unread copy in fine mylar-protected dust jacket. NF16 <br/> <br/> W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 11440 ISBN : 0393059804 9780393059809
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Jurgen Thorwald
Dead Men Tell Tales : The Fascinating History of Medicine in the Service of Criminal Investigations
Thames & Hudson London 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is the first UK edition. 222 pages. Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; Inventory No: 18110385. Thames & Hudson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18110385
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Justin John
Prisoner
Christchurch New Zealand: Whitcombe And Tombs 1973. Pale blue boards. 116pp. Moderate edgewear. Binding firm. Text clean & bright. This story is based on fact and taken from the author's personal experience as a prisoner. His purpose was to help prisoners and former prisoners 'along their road of mental terror and despair'. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Whitcombe And Tombs Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000146 ISBN : 0723303665 9780723303664
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K. S. Inglis
The Stuart Case
Black Inc Australia 2002. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 404 pages. Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. Pages are reasonably tanned. In the 1950s Max Stuart was convicted of rape and murder based on a typed confession written in good English. However Stuart could hardly speak or write English. As he sat on death row many questions were raised. The case became a watershed for changes in police procedures racial attitudes and media involvement. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 1863952438. ISBN/EAN: 9781863952439. Inventory No: 19100171. 9781863952439 Black Inc paperback
Bookseller reference : 19100171 ISBN : 1863952438 9781863952439
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Kadish Sanford H.; & A. F. Morrison; May T. Morrison editors
Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice 4 volumes complete
New York: The Free Press / A Division of Macmillan Inc 1983. Heavy set with shipping at our actual cost. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. A handsome set that looks great on the shelf. In each volume part of the front free endpaper is neatly clipped else Near Fine condition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. All four volumes are continuously paged. A massive A-Z dictionary/encyclopedia of criminology law and jurisprudence. From the Foreword: "This Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice is an attempt the first of its kind to draw together in one set of volumes all that is known about criminal behavior and the responses of societies to it." Includes bibliographies glossary legal index table of cases index of legal documents and a comprehensive general index. Listed ISBN 0029181100 represents the complete 4 vol set. Individual ISBNs for vols 1-4 are respectively 0029181208; 0029181305; 0029181402; 002918150X. Original sturdy maroon buckram bindings. Second printing. Oversize Hardcover heavy. Near Fine condition/No jackets as issued. xxxvi 1790pp double-column. The Free Press / A Division of Macmillan, Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011988 ISBN : 0029181100 9780029181102
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Kadri Sadakat
The Trial: A History from Socrates to O.J. Simpson
lo: Harper Perennial 2006. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Published. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. N.B. Two small plain stickers to inside front cover. TRUE CRIME <br/> <br/> Harper Perennial paperback
Bookseller reference : 302550 ISBN : 0007111223 9780007111220
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Kahn David
Hitler's Spies; German Military Intelligence
Arrow Books London 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. XIV 530 pages preface by author citations translations abbreviations notes bibliography illustrations acknowledgements and index. At the beginning of the text is a map of Frenchman Bay Maine. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white drawings and maps throughout the text and two inserts of 16 pages each of black-and-white photography/illustrations. A history of the German intelligence bureau during World War II. the book is second-hand apart from a slight age darkening of the top edge of the textblock there is no damage to describe. This is the 1st Soft cover Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; Military History -- World War II; History -- German ; Espionage; Germany; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0099217201. ISBN/EAN: 9780099217206. Inventory No: 0275223. . 9780099217206 Arrow Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 0275223 ISBN : 0099217201 9780099217206
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Kahn David
Seizing the Enigma : The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes 1939-1943
New York NY U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company 1991. Book has 336 pages with illustrations. Light wear to edge of dj. For almost four desperate years from 1939 to mid-1943. the British and American navies fought a savage losing battle against German submarine wolfpacks. The Allies might never have turned the tide of that historic battle without an intelligence coup and the race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the great untold stories of World War II. Clean. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Book Club Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 006655 ISBN : 0395427398 9780395427392
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Kahn David
Seizing the Enigma : The Race to Break the German U-Boat Codes 1939-1943
New York NY U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company 1991. Book has 336 pages with illustrations. Light wear to edge of dj. For almost four desperate years from 1939 to mid-1943. the British and American navies fought a savage losing battle against German submarine wolfpacks. The Allies might never have turned the tide of that historic battle without an intelligence coup and the race to break the German U-boat codes is one of the great untold stories of World War II. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Book Club Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001149 ISBN : 0395427398 9780395427392
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Kahn David
The Codebreakers : The Story of Secret Writing : The First Comprehensive of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Threshold of Outer Space
New York: The Macmillan Company. Book contains 1164 with b&w illustrations charts etc. DJ has a few small 1/2" tears/chips along top edge. Gift inscription penned in front endpaper. DJ price clipped. The author tells of the secret activities of cryptanalysts and how they determined the outcome of battles and diplomatic coups. He recounts the crptology portrays the outstanding personalities of the science and outlines the techniques - some electronic - used to break the most advanced machine ciphers. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. The Macmillan Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003416
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Kahn David
The Reader of Gentlemen's Mail : Herbert O. Yardley and American Intelligence
New Haven CT U.S.A.: Yale University Press 2004. 318pp/illus. Biography of Herbert O. Yardley. Almost new condition. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Yale University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002783 ISBN : 0300098464 9780300098464
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Kaihla Paul & Laver Ross
Savage Messiah The Shocking Story of Cult Leader Rock Theriault and the Women Who Loved Him
Toronto: Doubleday Canada. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0385254407 . 324 pp. Index. Photos. Spine bumped. Jacket has light edewear. The brutal inside account of Theriault his 8 wives and 26 children in two communes in Ontario and Quebec. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Doubleday Canada hardcover
Bookseller reference : CRM0244 ISBN : 0385254407 9780385254403
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KAISER, Günther
Kriminologie. Ein Lehrbuch. 2., völlig neubearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage.
Heidelberg, Müller, 1988. XXVIII, 1066 S. OLwd (mit OUmschlag im Schuber).
Bookseller reference : 624846
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Kakonis,Tom
Shadow Counter
Fourth novel in the Timothy Waverly series."Timothy Waverly, an ex-con and ambitious card shark, is up to his ears in trouble in Las Vegas as he becomes involved in an ingenious basketball point-shaving scam and matches wits with a calculating psychopath, with his sister's life at stake. 325p.Crisp copy except for library stamps and sticker. Ex-Library
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KALLIFATIDES, Théodor - Benjamin Guérif (traduction du suédois)
Juste un crime
2008 Editions Rivages/Thriller. 2008. 1 vol in-8, broché, couverture illustrée. 263 pages. Tampon à froid de Service Presse en dernière page
Bookseller reference : 93008
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Kalat David
Homicide: Life on the Street The Unofficial Companion
Los Angeles California U.S.A.: Renaissance Books 1998. Very Good Trade Paper. Paperback. Very Good. Renaissance Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 081216-MT151 ISBN : 1580630219 9781580630214
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KALIFA Dominique
Histoire des détectives privés en France (1832-1942).
Broché. 362 pages.
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Kalscheuer, Elmar; Angermann, Lutz
Roots & Trends. 15 Pop- & Rocksongs.
Düsseldorf, KJG Verlagsgesellschaft, 1995. 4°, 63 S., Lieder mit Noten, Bezahlung per PayPal möglich , we accept PayPal, Rücken angeknickt, Einband ger. beschabt und ger. bestoßen, altersbedingte Bräunungen, sonst ger. Gebr.sp., kartoniert/ Taschenbuch
Bookseller reference : 21663
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KALUGIN OLEG WITH MONTAIGBE FEN
The First Directorate: My 32 Years In Intelligence And Espionage Against The West
St. Martin's Griffin New York: 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. The First Directorate is nothing less than a full-scale personal account of a life in espionage. It is a memoir of a spy who candidly provides the fullest and most detailed picture of the inner workings of the KGB. It also offers a unique perspective on the "great game" of espionage over a period of thirty years as well as one man's decision to walk away from and actively oppose the most feared organization in his country. Includes an Index. ISBN: 0312114265. St. Martin's Griffin, New York: 1994 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 58736X1 ISBN : 0312114265 9780312114268
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Kalven Jamie
Working With Available Light: A Family's World After Violence
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1999. Spine head gently rolled with corresponding wrinkle to the mylar covered jacket. Warmly inscribed by Kalven on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. W W Norton & Co Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 110102 ISBN : 0393046907 9780393046908
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Kaminsky Stuart
L'affaire Howard Hughes
10/18 2000 1x18x11cm. 2000. Broché.
Bookseller reference : 500035119
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Kamil Fred
DIAMOND UNDERWORLD The
Lon Allen Lane large octavo hardcover 1979 244p illsts. 'The true story of Flash Fred - the world's most famous diamond agent.' Warning - this is a 'reading only' copy - ex-library and well used worn etc. 'A Lebanese Robin Hood becomes the terror of the smugglers'. ISBN 0713810860. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 5939 ISBN : 0713810860 9780713810868
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Kamper Angela; and Miranda Charles
My Brother's Keeper: The True Story of a Viscious Killing and a Powerful Surf Brotherhood
Crows Nest Australia: Allen & Unwin 2006. Softcover reprint 248g 224pgs. This is the story of the local Maroubra surf gang the Bra Boys and the killing of notorious underworld figure Tony Hines. Book is in very good condition with mild general wear and tear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good/Not Applicable. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Allen & Unwin Paperback
Bookseller reference : TRU59 ISBN : 1741146038 9781741146035
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Kamper Angela and Miranda Charles
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. The True Story of a Vicious Killing and a Powerful Surf Brotherhood
Allen & Unwin Australia paperback stiff pictorial card 2006 225 pages illustrated. The story of the killing of Sydney underworld figure Tony Hines found naked and very dead. The story soon embroiled members of the Bra Boys gang especially surfing identity Koby Abberton and his brother Jai. paperback
Bookseller reference : 17285
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Kamstra Jerry
Weed
Bantam 1975. Much cover and spine wear. A reading copy. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Photographs. Bantam paperback
Bookseller reference : 0504908
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Kandall Stephen R.
SUBSTANCE AND SHADOW : Women and Addiction in the United States
Harvard 1999. 353pp. Softback VG corner tips slightly curled no names or markings in text index references chapter notes b&w photos and illustrations The author's work while working as an expert witness for the defense in the case of a young black woman charged with two counts of delivery of drugs to her unborn baby she learns how other women fared in the same conflict and how drug dependent women have been treated . Soft Cover. Very Good. Harvard Paperback
Bookseller reference : w170623674 ISBN : 067485361X 9780674853614
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Kane Harnett T.
Spies for the Blue and Gray
<p>First Ace Star # K-132 edition of this look at spies for both sides of the American Civil war. Light edge wear. Light reading crease to the spine. Earlier owners small name plate on the back side of the front cover. In very good condition.</p> Ace Books paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio10152
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Kane Peter
The Bobbitt Case --you Decide!
Pinnacle 1994. Crease to cover. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus. Illus. by Photographs. Pinnacle Paperback
Bookseller reference : 0203523 ISBN : 0786000600 9780786000609
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Kangaspunta Kristina et al
Crime and Criminal Justice Systems in Europe and North America 1990-1994
Helsinki: Heuni 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. VG softcover 195pps five major sections appendices bibliographies red stamp Book Sale on two edges. Heuni Paperback
Bookseller reference : 112875
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Kanon Joseph
Good German the
New York: Henry Holt 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG/VG 1st edn. Corruption and love in Occupied Berlin. Henry Holt Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 94493
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Kanon Joseph
The Good German: A Novel
New York New York U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co 2001. 1st. Ed. FINE.FINE. Joseph Kanon has chosen postwar Berlin from 1945 to 1955 as the background for the love story of CBS war correspondant Jake Geismar at the same time murder mystery spy thriller and historical novel. Basis for the Oecar nominated film directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney Cate Blanchett and Tobey Maguire. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Henry Holt & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016951 ISBN : 0805064222 9780805064223
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Kanon Joseph
The Prodigal Spy
New York New York U.S.A.: Broadway Books 1999. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Walter Kotlar a high-level State Department official is accused of treason by an ambitious congressman. As Nick watches helplessly his family's privileged world is turned upside down in a frenzy of lights and banging gavels from the House Un-American Activities Committee. Then one snowy night the chief witness against his father plunges to her death and his father flees leaving only an endless mystery and the stain of his defection. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Broadway Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017815 ISBN : 0767901428 9780767901420
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KAPLAN (David E.) et Alec DUBRO.
Yakusa. La Mafia japonaise.
Philippe Picquier, 1990, in-8°, 446 pp, 27 photos, glossaire, broché, couv. illustrée. Bon état
Bookseller reference : 26709
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Kaplan Andrew
Dragon Fire
N.Y.: Warner Books Inc 1987. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket. North Vietnamese troops are at the border of Thailand poised to pursue Cambodian rebels across the line. By violating Thailand's sovereignty they will draw the U.S. into another war. And so in this adventure novel the CIA sends Michael Parker on an unusual mission. He will offer the Cambodian resistance arms in exchange for a valuable supply of morphine that the U.S. will keep from the hands of drug dealers. But agent Parker is seized and in his stead a one-eyed golden boy code name Sawyer is sent together with a beautiful Eurasian companion. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Warner Books Inc Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018102 ISBN : 0446513776 9780446513777
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Kaplan David E.; Dubro Alec.
Yakuza. The Explosive Account of Japan's Criminal Underworld.
Reading MA: Addison Wesley 1986. xi 336pp index bibliography glossary notes bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Jacket price clipped otherwise near new. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Addison Wesley Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 043202 ISBN : 0201111519 9780201111514
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KAPLAN Robert
SOLDIERS OF GOD ~ With the Mujahidin in Afghanistan
MA: Houghton Mifflin 1990. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1990. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW bound in tan boards and dark brown cloth spine with map endpapers in pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight UNREAD original price intact. Kaplan's firsthand account of the Afghans lengthy war against Soviet occupation. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000850 ISBN : 0395521327 9780395521328
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Kappeler Victor; Blumberg Mark; Potter Gary W.
The Mythology Of Crime And Criminal Justice
Waveland Pr Inc 2000. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Stated Third Edition. Very-good condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean NO tears. NO tears inside book. 354 pages. 46 pages have light highlighting and/or writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. Illustrated. Waveland Pr Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 030475 ISBN : 1577660781 9781577660781
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KAREN FARRINGTON
Maximum Security INSIDE STORIES FROM THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST PRISONS
Capella 2007. Light shelfwear to wraps; interior is clean tight and bright. We ship daily. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes not envelopes. A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request. . Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Capella Paperback
Bookseller reference : 625880 ISBN : 1841936820 9781841936826
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Karen Farrington
MAXIMUM SECURITY. Inside Stories From the World's Toughest Prisons
Icewater Preess large-format paperback 2010 208 pages illustrated. Tells the stories of the world's harshest prisons and the people on either side of the locked door. From Alcatraz and Devil's Island to La Sante France and Boscobel USA 'supermax'. With many illustrations. Front cover card and the first few pages creased due poor storage otherwise the book is good. ISBN 9781921718922. paperback
Bookseller reference : 22162 ISBN : 9781921718 9789781921711
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Karen Farrington
World War II War Crimes & Espionage
Abbeydale Press UK 2003. Softcover. Fine. 240 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military & Warfare; True Crime. ISBN: 1861471149. ISBN/EAN: 9781861471147. Inventory No: 10110222. 9781861471147 Abbeydale Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 10110222 ISBN : 1861471149 9781861471147
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Karen Kingsbury
Missy's Murder
Dell 1991. MassMarket Paperback. Good. Dell paperback
Bookseller reference : 0132040 ISBN : 0440207711 9780440207719
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Karloff Boris Ed.
Tales of Terror
Cleveland: World Publ 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 14 stories plus Karloff's introduction G only as wear to top of spine. World Publ Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 97651
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Karlsen Carol F
the Devil in the Shape of a Woman. Witchcraft in Colonial New England
New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 1987. xvii 360pp index notes appendix. Or card covers. Near new. Pioneer work in what might be called the sexual structuring of society. Not jaust another book about witchcrafy-the author has uncovered the assumptions explicit and implicit that governed the everyday relationships of men and women in early New England. Book Club. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. W. W. Norton & Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018790
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Karp Carl; Rosner Cecil
When Justice Fails: The David Milgaard Story
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1991 VERY GOOD First Edition Trade Paperback SIGNED by co-author Carl Karp and dated Dec 1991. This book was published the year before Milgaard was released from prison after spending 23 years incarcerated for a murder he did not commit. Clean and tight previously read but well looked after. 5.75" x 9" 262 pages two sections of b&w plates. . Soft Cover. McClelland & Stewart paperback
Bookseller reference : 007454 ISBN : 0771045514 9780771045516
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Karp Carl and Cecil Rosner
When Justice Fails: The David Milgaard Story
Toronto On: McCelland & Stewart 1998. Light edgewear reading crease at spine no marks. This is the full story of how an innocent man was locked behind bars for 22 years- for a murer he did not commit. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Mystery. McCelland & Stewart paperback
Bookseller reference : 003859 ISBN : 0771045913 9780771045912
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Karpis Alvin as Told to Robert Livesey signed
Alvin Karpis Public Enemy Number One On the Rock Twenty-Five Years in Alcatraz The Prison Story of Alvin Karpis as Told to Robert Livesey signed 25 / 1
Oakville Ontario: Oakville ON: L.B.S. Inc. Publications 1994 1st LBS Edition First Printing 1994. ----------paperback a Very Good example a wee bit of very light rubbing very faint spine crease signed and inscribed "for Paul M____ Thanks for all your help. Robert Livesey" 306 pages illustrated with b&w photos ---"In 1936 the FBI arrested Alvin Karpis in New Orleans. He was the leader along with Freddie Barker of the Karpis/Barker gang of outlaws. The FBI falsely claimed that Freddie's mother Ma Barker was the leader of the gang only after they killed the old lady with her son Freddie in Florida. Alvin Karpis was wanted for 14 murders at the time of his arrest but none could be proven. He was given a life sentence on a kidnapping charge and sent to the mysterious super-prison in San Francisco - Alcatraz. For 25 years Alcatraz housed the most dangerous criminals and inside the walls and cells bloody death sexual perversity and the brutality of guards were commonplace.Karpis describes the black hole - solitary confinement - and tells of the violent deaths of the cons who failed in their bids for freedom. "On the Rock" is Karpis's personal story of the desperate and insane who lead a timeless existence on the rock of Alcatraz Island.Karpis describes his fellow inmates: Al Capone "Machine-Gun" Kelly Doc Barker Robert Stroud the "Bird-Man of Alcatraz" and at McNeil Island a young Charlie Manson whom Karpis taught to play guitar. His descriptions often contradict public mythologies about the infamous criminals. karpis died in Spain in 1979."--- any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. Signed see description. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good see Description . Illus. by Photo Cover. 4.25w x 7h Inches. Oakville, ON: L.B.S. Inc. Publications, 1994, 1st LBS Edition, First Printing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 164920 ISBN : 091978805X 9780919788053
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Karpis Alvin as Told to Robert Livesey
Alvin Karpis Public Enemy Number One On the Rock Twenty-Five Years in Alcatraz The Prison Story of Alvin Karpis 25
Toronto Ontario: Don Mills ON Toronto .: Musson 1980 1st Edition First Printing 1980. ----------hard cover a Near Fine copy in a chipped and torn but overall Fair to Good dustjacket sticker pull on front panel 306 pages illustrated with b&w photos ---"In 1936 the FBI arrested Alvin Karpis in New Orleans. He was the leader along with Freddie Barker of the Karpis/Barker gang of outlaws. The FBI falsely claimed that Freddie's mother Ma Barker was the leader of the gang only after they killed the old lady with her son Freddie in Florida. Alvin Karpis was wanted for 14 murders at the time of his arrest but none could be proven. He was given a life sentence on a kidnapping charge and sent to the mysterious super-prison in San Francisco - Alcatraz. For 25 years Alcatraz housed the most dangerous criminals and inside the walls and cells bloody death sexual perversity and the brutality of guards were commonplace.Karpis describes the black hole - solitary confinement - and tells of the violent deaths of the cons who failed in their bids for freedom. "On the Rock" is Karpis's personal story of the desperate and insane who lead a timeless existence on the rock of Alcatraz Island.Karpis describes his fellow inmates: Al Capone "Machine-Gun" Kelly Doc Barker Robert Stroud the "Bird-Man of Alcatraz" and at McNeil Island a young Charlie Manson whom Karpis taught to play guitar. His descriptions often contradict public mythologies about the infamous criminals. karpis died in Spain in 1979."--- any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine see description/Fair see description. Illus. by Photo Cover. 6.25w x 9h Inches. NOT Price Clipped. Don Mills, ON ( Toronto ).: Musson, 1980, 1st Edition, First Printing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 148818 ISBN : 0773700471 9780773700475
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Karpis Alvin; as told to Robert Livesey
On the Rock Twenty-Five Years in Alcatraz : The Prison Story of Alvin Karpis as told to Robert Livesey
New York and Toronto: Beaufort Books Inc. 1980. Very Good condition in Good Dust Jacket closed tear edge chips. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean square tight and unmarked. Illustrated with 16 pages of rare photos. Karpis takes us inside the walls and cells where violent death is commonplace sexual perversity a norm and sadism abounds. From the Dust Jacket: "Canadian-born Karpis was the only survivor from the 1930s era of infamous criminals in the USA. Only four men ever held the title of Public Enemy Number One. The others -- Baby Face Nelson Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger -- all died violently. J. Edgar Hoover personally assumed credit for the apprehension of 'Old Creepy' in New Orleans. Karpis was not granted parole during his twenty-five years behind bars in Alcatraz. ON THE ROCK is his personal story of life at Alcatraz a hell-hole where all regard for humanity was lost. Brutal violent frightening ON THE ROCK provides fantastic insights into the criminal mind prison bureaucracy the machinations of the FBI and life in the most inhumane of the maximum security penitentiaries - Alcatraz." Keywords: G-Men . First Printing so stated. Hardcover. Publisher's red boards/DJ Not Price Clipped 12.95. 8vo. 306pp. Beaufort Books, Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002448 ISBN : 0825300193 9780825300196
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Karpis Alvin Livesey Robert
On the Rock : Twenty Five Years in Alcatraz
Toronto: Musson/General Publishing 1980 The prison experiences of Alvin Karpis designated "Public Enemy Number One" in the American crime annals of the 1930's. 1st.Can Ed. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Musson/General Publishing hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15190 ISBN : 0773700471 9780773700475
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Kartun Derek
The Courier
N.Y.: St Martins Press 1985. 1st ed. complete number line. Fine in very lightly rubbed dust jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. St Martins Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017782 ISBN : 0312170440 9780312170448
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