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Orlean Susan.
THE LIBRARY BOOK.
New York:: Simon & Schuster 2018. Fine in red illustrated wrappers. Advance Reading Copy trade paperback format. An investigation of the most devastating library fire in US history - that of 29 April 1986 at the Los Angeles Public Library which destroying more than 400000 books and which is still unsolved. Orlean uses this event as "a lens through which to tell the story of all libraries - their history their meaning and their uncertain future as they adapt and redefine themselves in a digital world." 310 pp. Simon & Schuster, unknown
Bookseller reference : 75299
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Orlo Miller
The Donnellys Must Die
Macmillan 1987. MassMarket Paperback. Good. Macmillan paperback
Bookseller reference : 0103562 ISBN : 0771592655 9780771592652
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Orlo Miller
The Donnellys Must Die
Prospero Books 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. <br/><br/> Prospero Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 69637 ISBN : 1552671550 9781552671559
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Orlo Miller.
The Donnellys Must Die.
MacMillan Toronto. 1967. Soft Cover. VG/--. Paperback. THERE IS NO COVID-19 IN MY STORE. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. More details will be added. Very Good condition. MacMillan, Toronto. paperback
Bookseller reference : B0509Crime-DonnellysDie ISBN : 0770502490 9780770502492
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Oscar R. Schmalzbach
Profiles in Murder
Hodder and Stoughton UK 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 161 pages. Boards have no wear rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. . Previous owner's name in ink. In this book Dr O. Schmalzbach Consulting Psychiatrist to the New South Wales Government examines twelve notable cases of murder in 'recent' years in which he was professionally consulted as a matter of course. The motives were different in all cases and in all cases the mental state of the accused at the time the crime was committed had been called in question - usually by the defence. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0340160667. ISBN/EAN: 9780340160664. Inventory No: 18110320. 9780340160664 Hodder and Stoughton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 18110320 ISBN : 0340160667 9780340160664
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Oscar WILDE. H. Montgomery HYDE ed.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Regina Wilde v. Queensberry. Regina v. Wilde and Taylor. Edited with an Introduction by H. Montgomery Hyde. With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Travers Humphreys. Notable British Trials.
William Hodge 1948. 8vo. First Edition with a frontispiece title in red and black and 16 plates and facsimiles; original series binding of red cloth gilt back a very good bright clean copy. Published in the series Notable British Trials. Scarce. William Hodge, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 22231
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Oscar WILDE. H. Montgomery HYDE ed.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Regina Wilde v. Queensberry. Regina v. Wilde and Taylor. Edited with an Introduction by H. Montgomery Hyde. With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Sir Travers Humphreys. Notable British Trials. Second Impression.
William Hodge 1948. 8vo. Second Impression with a frontispiece title in red and black and 16 plates and facsimiles free endpapers lightly spotted neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original red cloth gilt back an unusually bright clean copy. Published in the series Notable British Trials. Published two months after the first edition. William Hodge, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21971
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OSMAN KARABIBER.
Kirimli bir Türkün Rusyadaki maceralari.
Very Good Turkish Modern cloth. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 147 p., b/w ills. and map. Kirimli bir Türkün Rusyadaki maceralari. Memoirs and adventures of a Crimean Turk in Russia. First Edition.
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Osterman Mark
Justifiable Homicide
New Smyrna Beach Florida: Luthers 1982 282 pp. spine slanted and slightly creased crease on lower corner of front cover Binding firm text fresh. Inside front cover inscribed "Best wishes Mark Osterman." A novel about the tangled life of Detroit cop Jack Saunders and his desire for vengeance. This "Dirty Harry"-type novel was penned by a retired Detroit police officer skilled in diving work. In his acknowledgements Osterman thanks brothers Gary and Alan Luther for helping him self-publish. Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall Luthers paperback
Bookseller reference : 002271 ISBN : 1877633178 9781877633171
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Ostrovsky Victor; Hoy Claire
By Way of Deception : The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer
New York: St. Martin's Press 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd Printing Third printing per number line. Hardcover in very good condition. Black boards with gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight with no markings or writings noted. Dust jacket in very good condition with mellow shelf & edge wear; small crease and 1/3"" closed tear on top of back. Not price clipped. 371 numbered pages. From the book "". . . the explosive chronicle of his the author's experiences in the Mossad and of two decades of their frightening and often ruthless covert activities around the world. . . . an insider's account of Mossad tactics and exploits."" St. Martin's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : M000911 ISBN : 0312056133 9780312056131
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OSTROVSKY Victor and CLAIRE HOY
BY WAY OF DECEPTION
NY: St Martin's 1990. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1990. FOURTH PRINTING. AS NEW bound in black with gold titles in white stylized dust jacket. Square and tight UNREAD original price intact. 'The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer.'. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. St Martin's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000871 ISBN : 0312056133 9780312056131
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Otelli Jean-Pierre
Omega point: Le piège
Altipresse 2005 15 4x2 6x23 2cm. 2005. Broché.
Bookseller reference : 500098705
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Otelli Jean-Pierre
Omega point: Le piège
Altipresse 2005 15 4x2 6x23 2cm. 2005. Broché.
Bookseller reference : 500100091
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Other Contributor Presidents Crime Prevention Council
Helping Communities Fight Crime: Comprehensive Planning Techniques Models Programs and Resources 040-000-00693-1
Cultural Connections 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Cultural Connections paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG0160492408 ISBN : 0160492408 9780160492402
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Otis F. N. MD. inscribed by the author to Seth C. Hawley M. D.
Isthmus of Panama : History of the Panama Railroad and of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company Together with a Traveller's Guide and Business Man's Hand-Book for the Panama Railroad and the Lines of Steamships Connecting It
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1867. Very Good condition. INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR to: "Seth Hawley Esq with regards of his friend the author 23rd May 1867." A very nice copy -- bright clean and tight. Bound in the publisher's bevel-edged green cloth. Gilt lettering on the spine is still bright and shiny. The cover shows only trivial wear at the extremities. Corners are NOT bumped. Inner hinges are perfectly sound. Original brown endpapers. Signed by Seth C. Hawley with two Hawley private library ink stamps. Copies INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR and as well preserved as this one are scarce. Illustrated with many engravings and maps. The year 1867 is printed on both the title and copyright pages with no other printing listed. SABIN 57851 cites this 1867 work as well as 1861 and 1862 editions that have fewer pages and a slightly different title. According to politicalgraveyard.com Seth C. Hawley 1810-1884 was a railroad builder lawyer newspaper editor member of New York state assembly; and U.S. Consul in Nassau. He was also chief clerk New York City Police Department including during the 1863 Draft Riot and where Otis was a police surgeon from 1861 until 1872. The NEW YORK TIMES called Hawley "the brains of the department." See: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hawks-hawthorne.html. Virtual American Biographies says: "Fessenden Nott Otis physician was born in Ballston New York 6 May 1825. He studied medicine in the University of the City of New York and in New York medical college where he was graduated in 1852. He was a surgeon on the United States mail and Pacific mail steamers till 1861 and then a police surgeon in New York City until 1872. He was clinical lecturer at the College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1862 until 1871. He was president of the American dermatological society in 1872. Dr. Otis invented in 1871 the urethrometer and the dilating urethrotome which he perfected in 1872 and 1875 respectively he invented also the dilating catheter introduced in 1874 the prostatic catheter and prostatic guide. and a simplified evacuator for removing stone from the bladder." Full title reads: "Isthmus of Panama : History of the Panama Railroad and of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company Together with a Traveller's Guide and Business Man's Hand-Book for the Panama Railroad and the Lines of Steamships Connecting It with Europe the United States the North and South Atlantic and Pacific Coasts China Australia and Japan. with Illustrations by the Author.". INSCRIBED by the AUTHOR. Second Edition Revised & Enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 317pp. Harper & Brothers, Publishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014282
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OTTAVIOLI, Pierre
Echec au crime. 30 ans de " Quai des Orfèvres"
in-8 broché - 1985 - 353p - Ed. Grasset
Bookseller reference : 26572
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Ouaknin Marc-Alain
Les Dix Commandements
Seuil 1999 288 pages 14x2x20 4cm. 1999. Broché. 288 pages.
Bookseller reference : 100121931
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Oufkir Malika; Fitoussi Michele
Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail Oprah's Book Club
U.S.A.: Miramax Books 2001. very good hardcover with dust jacket. some wear. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Miramax Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 160519-MG18 ISBN : 0786868619 9780786868612
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OURSLER, Will.
Le Dossier Florence Withe.
Genève, Ditis (« Détective Club, 73»), 1945. in-16 broché, couverture "à la Chouette".
Bookseller reference : 77553
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Oursler, Fulton: Editor in Chief
Liiberty Magazine - Canada's Largest Weekly Magazine: January 24, 1942, Vol. 19 No. 4
50 pages. Interesting WWII commentary by publisher Joseph Lister Rutledge; Secret Power in the Far Pacific - Japan and Germany planned a 'perfect crime'... Here's why it failed, and why Japan cannot win (written in light of the Pearl Harbour attack); Never From Valiant Men - story by I.A.R. Wylie; Mickey Rooney - The Life and Loves of Box-Office Man No. 1 - article with photos; Photo feature of Alexis Smith; I Saw it Happen in Manilla - Annalee Whitmore describes Japanese bombing in the Philippines; Digest version of "Storm", a novel by George Stewart; The Goodwill Tour of Don Florencio De La Pampa; 40-question boxing quiz by Jack Dempsey; The Battle of Detroit - Frederick L. Collins gives a first-hand report of high-scale allied arms manufacturing; Mississippi Belle - story by Clements Ripley; Kellogg's All-Bran cereal ad; Stalin - Devil or Genius?, by Emil Ludwig with black and white photos; To the Ladies, by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin; Girl Meets Girl, by Bubbles Schinasi; Pictures You Ought to See, by Howard Barnes; Nice colour ad for Mercury Mills, Limited, Hamilton, on back cover. Cover photo of young girl nurse bandaging arm of her playmate's arm. Average wear. Address label with hand-written correction on front cover. Inked postal date stamp atop front cover. Binding intact. A quality copy. Magazine
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OURSLER, Will.
Le Dossier Florence Withe.
in-16 broché, couverture "à la Chouette". Bel exemplaire. [CHEM-3]
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OURY Louis
Rouget le braconnier.
Broché. 338 pages.
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Ouvrage dirigé par Gilles Menegaldo. C.A.E.P.E.S./ Agrégation Anglais
C.A.E.P.E.S./ Agrégation Anglais. Le crime organisé à la ville et à l'écran (1929-1951). Quatre états du ganster hollywoodien : Scarface (1932), Angerls with Dirty Faces (1938), Force of Evil (1948), Th Asphalt Jungle ( 1950)
in-8 broché - 2002 - 222 pages - Ed. Ellipses
Bookseller reference : 51313
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Overstreet Harry
The FBI in Our Open Society
New York: W.W. Norton 1969. VG/VG hardcover 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. W.W. Norton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003180
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Ovid Demaris
The Contract
Belmont Books 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. January 1970 Belmont printing. Belmont book number B95-1082. Very-good clean condition paperback. No remainder marks or clippings. Covers are clean show light wear - no tears. No writing or tears inside book. 192 pages. Tight spine clean pages. Pages show tanning. Novel of the mafia and Caerol Vincent Godfather of The Syndicate. . Belmont Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 070712
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Ovid Demaris
The Director: An oral biography of J. Edgar Hoover
Harper's Magazine Press 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Good condition hardback with jacket. No remainder marks or clippings. Price inside jacket $10.95. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. No writing or tears inside book. Tight spine clean pages. Previous owner's name label small in book front on blank page George E. Rogers - Petersburg Illinois. . Harper's Magazine Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 068641 ISBN : 0061219517 9780061219511
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OWEN David
CRIME ET SCIENCE. Les crimes à l'épreuve de la science.
Tana, Editions Paris 2000 Grand in-8 ( 260 X 185 mm ) de 240 pages, cartonnage anthracite sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs. Très nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir dans et hors-texte. Très bel exemplaire.
Bookseller reference : 51762
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Owen David
Hidden Evidence: Forty True Crimes and How Forensic Science Helped Solve Them
U.S.A.: Firefly Books 2000. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9� - 12" tall. Near-new condition. No remainder marks or clippings. Illustrated throughout. No writing or tears. 240 pages. Tight spine clean pages. Foreword by Thomas T. Noguchi. Preface by Kathy Reichs. Firefly Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 055225 ISBN : 1552094839 9781552094839
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Owen David
Hidden Evidence: The Story of Forensic Science and How it Helped to Solve 40 of the World's Toughest Crimes
London England: New Burlington Books 2002. Softcover reprint 684gms 240 pages. This book takes you to the scenes of over 40 infamous crimes and into the heart of the intriguing investigations that followed. Book is in very good condition with mild general wear and tear otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good/Not Applicable. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. New Burlington Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : TRU64 ISBN : 1861552785 9781861552785
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Owen David
Police Lab : How Forensic Science Tracks Down and Convicts Criminals
London: New Burlington Books. Fine. Soft Cover. 1861553021 . 2003 reprint. New book128p index; 8vo . New Burlington Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 11121 ISBN : 1861553021 9781861553027
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Owens Tom & Browning Rod
Lying Eyes
Thunder's Mouth 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs. Thunder's Mouth Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 07031076 ISBN : 1560250747 9781560250746
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P D James
The Lighthouse
London: Faber & Faber 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 6.5" x 9.5. An Adam Dalglish crime novel set in Cornwall. A clean and tightly bound book but the dust wrapper has shelf wear and a tape repair to the reverse of one fold. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK <br/> <br/> Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022135 ISBN : 0571229182 9780571229185
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P D James
The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
London: Faber & Faber 2016. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 5.5" X 8. The late P D James was known as the Queen of crime this book contains four short stories with a Christmas theme that were written for magazines and newspapers. With this copy the binding is tight and it is very clean very minor shelf wear to the dust wrapper genuinely "As New" and quite giftable. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK. Please email with any queries that you may have <br/> <br/> Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021439 ISBN : 0571331343 9780571331345
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P.D. JAMES.
Les Meurtres de la Tamise.
Paris, Fayard, 1994. in-8°, 317 pp, broché, couverture illustree.
Bookseller reference : 76153
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P.D. JAMES.
Les Meurtres de la Tamise.
in-8°, 317 pp, broché, couverture illustree. Bel exemplaire. [MA-4] Une enquête historico policière.
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PAASILINNA, Arto.
La Foret des renards pendus.
Paris, Denoel ("Empreinte"), 1995. in-8°, 241 pp, broche, couv.
Bookseller reference : 28512
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PAASILINNA, Arto.
La Cavale du géomètre.
Paris, Denoel ("Empreinte"), 1998. in-8, 249 pp, broché, couv.
Bookseller reference : 75481
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PAASILINNA, Arto.
Le Fils du dieu de l'Orage.
Paris, Denoel ("Empreinte"), 1993. in-8, 264 pp, broche, couv.
Bookseller reference : 33165
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PAASILINNA, Arto.
La Cavale du géomètre.
in-8, 249 pp, broché, couv. Bon etat. [NV-4]
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PAASILINNA, Arto.
La Foret des renards pendus.
in-8°, 241 pp, broche, couv. Bel exemplaire. [MI-12]
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PAASILINNA, Arto.
Le Fils du dieu de l'Orage.
in-8, 264 pp, broche, couv. Bon etat. [AZ-12]
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Pace Denny F. & Styles Jimmie C
Organized Crime: Concepts and Control
Prentice Hall 1975. Light edge wear and two short tears to jacket. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. Prentice Hall hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0205343 ISBN : 013640961X 9780136409618
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Packer Peter
Death of the Other Self
Belmont Tower BT50206 BT50206 1970. Mass market paperback Very good. . Illustrated. . Their playboy father heir to the Armour meatpacking and Pullman fortunes abandoned them when they were infants. Their hard-drinking mother could not distinguish one from the other and called them both Tim-Todd. They grew up aware of the importance of both sex and money intensely competitive with each other in both areas. On December 7 1964 at the age of 22 Todd Nicholson was shot and killed. WAS TIMOTHY NICHOLSON the MURDERER . True Crime. Belmont Tower BT50206 paperback
Bookseller reference : 822111
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PAGES, Patrick de:
Mystérieuse affaire en Terre Vaudoise.
unbekannt, ca. 2008, in-8vo, 28 p., brochure originale, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 104595aaf
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Page Bruce David Leich Phillip Knightley. Introduction By John Le Carre
Philby. The Spy Who Betrayed A Generation
London: Andre Deutsch 1968. The true story of Kim Philby. This book tells for the first time in detail how Philby penetrated the British Secret Service and rose to be its favorite son of the operations he betrayed and the agents he sent to their deaths; how his cover was broken when he had to protect Donald Maclean - whose atomic espionage is here exposed for the first time in detail - and the amazing sequel in which Philby was secretly " tried" cleared and re-employed by the Secret Service. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Name on ffep. A sound respectable copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Andre Deutsch hardcover
Bookseller reference : B1493
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Page Bruce with Potter Elaine
THE MURDOCH ARCHIPELAGO
London United Kingdom: Simon & Schuster Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Paper yellowing. 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0743239369 . 580p index. "A riveting psychological profile and a devastating case agaisnt the dangers of media monopoly. " Near new copy.800gms weight; 8vo . Simon & Schuster Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17851 ISBN : 0743239369 9780743239363
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Page Leo
For Magistrates & Others
<p>First edition first printing of this gathering of information from meetings and conferences to expose issues Judges and Probation Officers are having. There is a on inch closed tear to the head of the spine. The dust jacket has tanned. In very good / very good condition.</p> Faber & Faber hardcover
Bookseller reference : biblio6508
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PAGE Sir Leo.
The Young Lag. A Study in Crime.
London:Faber and Faber1950. 1st ed. Ex libris. Pp.320 library stamps to fep and title page remains of ticket pocket to verso front board. Red cloth rubbed. G. . London:Faber and Faber,1950. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 6423
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Pagon Milan Ed.
Policing in Central and Eastern Europe
Ljubljana: College of Police & Security Studies 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF oversized softcover signed by editor on fep he is author of one of the essays 587pps numerous essays on the subject. College of Police & Security Studies Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 106489
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Pailler Emmanuel Meltzer Brad
Mort avec retour
Xo 2009 442 pages 23 8x4x16 4cm. 2009. Broché. 442 pages.
Bookseller reference : 100121018
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