‎Banditisme‎

‎Freemantle Brian‎

‎OCTOPUS The. Europe in the Grip of Organised Crime‎

‎Orion paperback 1995 423p. Guns for hire forced prostitution child porn gangs drug-running and more revealed. Minor defects g-vg. ISBN 0752803314. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 4081 ISBN : 0752803314 9780752803319

‎Clifford William editor‎

‎PLOTTING AND PLANNING‎

‎Australian Institute of Criminology paperback 1980 265 pages illustrated. Proceedings of an International Course in Crime Prevention Planning held at the AIC from 17 May to 15 June 1979. This copy has some insect stains on edges and a bit of wear but is otherwise o.k. ISBN0642903379. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 4298 ISBN : 0642903379 9780642903372

‎Kerr John Fairbanks‎

‎A PRESUMPTION OF WISDOM‎

‎Angus & Robertson paperback 1987 102 pages. 'An expos� of the Jury system of injustice.' ISBN 020715600X. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 4306 ISBN : 020715600X 9780207156007

‎Powers Richard Gid‎

‎SECRECY AND POWER. The Life of J. Edgar Hoover‎

‎Arrow paperback 1989 624 pages illustrated. The somewhat amazing story of this larger-than-life character warts and all! Only in America! Good solid copy but has some marks on bottom edge. ISBN 0099586504. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 3579 ISBN : 0099586504 9780099586500

‎Abrahams Olga‎

‎SPIDER'S THREAD The. The story of Seiko a Japanese Girl‎

‎OMF Books paperback stiff pictorial card 1973 47 pages illustrated. Religious conversion story. Illustrated with line drawings. Very good copy. ISBN 853630836. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 6792

‎Gally Laurent‎

‎BLACK AGENT The. Traitor to an Unjust Cause‎

‎Penguin paperback 1988 198 pages. The true story of Jean-Paul Mazurier who led a double life as defence counsel for an alleged terrorist and a paid agent for the French secret service. A couple of pages have creased corners and there is a bit of general wear but otherws it is fairly good. ISBN 0140107010. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 6189 ISBN : 0140107010 9780140107012

‎Marder L‎

‎VECTOR FIELDS Problem Solvers 7‎

‎Geo Allen & Unwin paperback 1972 81 pages. Clear plastic taped over cover otherwise fairly good. ISBN 0045120153. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 5840 ISBN : 0045120153 9780045120154

‎Rohrbaugh Joanna Bunker‎

‎WOMEN: PSYCHOLOGY'S PUZZLE‎

‎Abacus paperback stiff pictorial card 1980 505 pages. 'The radical breakthrough account of the feminist challenge to male psychology's view of women.' MINOR DEFECTS PAPER TENDING TO BROWNING FAIR. ISBN 0349129436. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 6657 ISBN : 0349129436 9780349129433

‎Day James M‎

‎One Man's Dream : Fort Fisher and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame‎

‎Texas: Texian Press 1976. First edition. Paperback. Good. Stapled paperback in good condition. General light edgewear with a bit of bending at the corners. Sticker to the bottom of the front cover says "Clint Peoples - Senior Ranger Captain Retired" with a badge icon. Interior is clean and unmarked and the stapled binding is solid. 48 pp. filled with black and white photos of the history of Fort Fisher and the celebration of the Texas Rangers. Texian Press paperback‎

Référence libraire : 609

‎Maurice Samuel‎

‎Blood Accusation: The Strange History of the Beiliss Case‎

‎Knopf 1966 Dust jacket has several 1" tears and some chips. Former owner's ex libris stamp and date on front free end paper. Pages of text are clean bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. 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. . 1st ed. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8.5 x 6.5. Knopf unknown‎

Référence libraire : 615940

‎Whittemore Hank‎

‎Find the Magician!: The Counterfeiting Crime of the Century‎

‎Viking Press 1980 Review copy with publishe's promotional letter and a glossy photo of the author laid in. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Viking Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1213115 ISBN : 0670317381 9780670317387

‎Sterling Claire‎

‎The Time of the Assassins‎

‎Holt Rinehart & Winston 1983 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Holt Rinehart & Winston hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 1213102 ISBN : 0030635543 9780030635540

‎WALSH John Evangelist‎

‎Midnight Dreary: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe‎

‎New Brunswick N.J.: Rutgers University Press 1999. Black & white plates; 199pp. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Rutgers University Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 905134 ISBN : 0813526051 9780813526058

‎Harr Jonathan‎

‎A Civil Action‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Vintage Books 1996 Cover has minor wear. Pages of text are clean lightly toned and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. 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. . Trade Paperback. Good. Vintage Books paperback‎

Référence libraire : 615934 ISBN : 0679772677 9780679772675

‎Holledge James‎

‎White Slavery‎

‎Sydney: Horwitz 1964. VG Edgewear creases browning/NO DUST JACKET. "A startling report on the activities of today's white slavers". Horwitz PB185. 162 pages. Expanded condition report/scan on request. 1st Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Horwitz Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 018083

‎Harry Hodge Ed‎

‎The Black Maria or the Criminals Omnibus‎

‎Victor Gollancz 1935. An early omnibus of accounts of true crime 15 of them from 1752 to 1931. 1012 pp. Rubbed covers but a robust clean interior apart from one owner's name to the inside front cover. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Victor Gollancz Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 049596

‎Amis Kinsley‎

‎We are all Guilty‎

‎London: Reinhardt Books/Viking 1991. First edition # line. hardcover. vg/fine/not price clipped. ex-library texta mark & cancelled stamp ffep stamp on title page glue residue rear endpapers o/w clean copy. "His first novel for young readers" Reinhardt Books/Viking hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 30612002 ISBN : 1871061261 9781871061260

‎Hamilton Mary E.; Foreword by Raymond B. Fosdick‎

‎The Policewoman : Her Service and Ideals‎

‎New 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

Référence libraire : 016540

‎United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime‎

‎2004 World Drug Report Volume 2: Statistics‎

‎Vienna Austria: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2004. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; some shelf wear; spine is gently creased; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used first edition! Color illustrated blue and white wrapper with black and white lettering. 222 educational historical and informative pages! "An estimated 3% of the global population or 185 million people consume illicit drugs annually. Among this population are people from almost every country on earth and from every walk of life. Countless more people around the world are involved in the production and trafficking of illicit drugs and still more are touched by the devastating social and economic costs of this trade. These people live in both developed and developing countries are rich and poor healthy and unhealthy citizens and refugees illicit drugs are a truly global phenomenon. Partially a consequence of this pervasiveness and partially a consequence of the illicit and hidden nature of this trade reliable analysis and statistics on the production trafficking and consumption of illicit drugs are rare.". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Paperback‎

Référence libraire : 042392 ISBN : 9211481864 9789211481860

‎Moran Lindsay‎

‎Blowing My Cover: My Life As a CIA Spy‎

‎E Rutherford New Jersey U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group 2005 Covers have mild edgewear. 0.5 inch tear to the back near spine. Pages of text are clean lightly toned and free of markings. Binding is secure. 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. Soft Cover. Good. 7.50 x 5. Berkley Pub Group paperback‎

Référence libraire : 610339 ISBN : 0425205622 9780425205624

‎Svenvold Mark‎

‎Elmer McCurdy The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw‎

‎New York: Basic Books 2002. As New condition in As New dust jacket. NOT price clipped $25.00. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated. True story of the Oklahoma outlaw Elmer McCurdy. After a train robbery gone bad McCurdy was shot and killed in 1911. Instead of being buried his corpse was laid out for a nickel-a-look by the funeral home owner; then displayed by various carnivals circus sideshows and amusement parks until 1977. From the Dust Jacket: "Born 1880. Shot dead 1911. Buried 1977� Svenvold tells the bizarre story of this quixotic American anti-hero and the journey through the twentieth century of his embalmed remains. A travel book an exposition of the exotic corners of the entertainment industry a meditation on death and its meanings and one of the most daring biographies of recent times ELMER MCCURDY brilliantly reveals America's deepest obsessions and how they have changed." List of chapter notes/sources. Index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. 312pp. Basic Books Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 013297 ISBN : 046508348X 9780465083480

‎Fox Stephen‎

‎Blood and Power Organized Crime in Twentieth-Century America‎

‎New York: William Morrow and Company Inc 1989. Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Bright shiny clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped $22.95. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated. From the Dust Jacket: "BLOOD AND POWER is the first general account by a professional historian of America's organized crime from the 1920s to the 1980s� Five years in research and writing� the result is a fresh and challenging reinterpretation of our criminal history. Arching over all is of course the history of the Mafia in America� Luciano Costello Lansky Capone and Genovese for example�" Extensive chapter notes that fill 75 pages. Index. . Third printing. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 512pp. William Morrow and Company, Inc Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 013406 ISBN : 068804350X 9780688043506

‎Caillou Alan‎

‎Sheba Slept Here : A Delightful Reminiscence of Ethiopia and the Twilight of British Colonial Life‎

‎New York: Abelard-Schuman 1973. Fine condition in Near Fine dust jacket. Bright shiny clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped $7.95. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Memoirs of the two years just after WWII when the author served as Police Commissioner in a Reserved Area of North Africa that part of Ethiopia that was under UN mandate and British control until its ownership could be formally decided. Fascinating accounts of lion hunts Somali tribesmen and women local soothsayers a missing railway locomotive Danakil feast days the British Governor Sir Reginald etc. Original blue cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Gaudio Joseph del dust jacket design. 8vo. 250pp. Abelard-Schuman Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 013407 ISBN : 0200040006 9780200040006

‎Helpern Milton MD.; with Bernard Knight MD. from the library of Mrs. Henry Howard Kessler M. D. M. D.‎

‎Autopsy The Memoirs of Milton Helpern The World's Greatest Medical Detective signed association copy‎

‎New York: St Martin's Press 1977. Bright shiny clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped 10.00. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Photo illustrated. Forensic pathology. Dr. Helpern was New York City's Chief Medical Examiner for 20 years. These memoirs examine the medical evidence in some of the century's most notorious crimes Coppolino murder Crimmins affair Joan Robinson Hill Peter Reilly matricide Wylie-Hofferet career girl murders etc. Dr. Helpern died in April 1977 just before his book was published. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author's wife: "To Estelle Kessler With all my love in remembrance of a long friendship of shared joys and sorrows. SIGNED Be Helpern Mrs. Milton Helpern." In 1949 Estelle Kessler's husband Henry Howard Kessler founded The Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange New Jersey and was its Medical Director until his death in 1978. Index. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the author's wife. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii 273pp. St Martin's Press Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 012619 ISBN : 0312062117 9780312062118

‎Sullivan Gerard; & Harvey Aronson‎

‎High Hopes The Amityville Murders‎

‎New York: Coward McCann & Geoghegan 1981. Bright shiny clean square tight unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped 13.95. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. True crime. The story of Richard "Butch" Defeo who murdered six members of his own family on 13 November 1974 in Suffolk County New York. From the Dust Jacket: "The Time: 3:02 A.M. Wednesday November 13 1974. A teen-aged boy is awakened by the mournful howling of a neighbor's sheepdog. Co-author Gerard Sullivan was the prosecutor. A half hour later a barmaid driving home from work in the lonely pre-dawn hours is surprised to see a single house a blazing jack-o'-lantern of light on the sleeping suburban street. The Crime: The murder by .35-caliber Marlin rifle of six members of a prosperous Italian family." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. 349pp 16 pages of photos. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 013042 ISBN : 0698110765 9780698110762