‎Banditisme‎

‎Thirties Crime Film: Andrews Robert H. screenwriter‎

‎Original Window Card for: I WAS A CONVICT‎

‎Los Angeles: Republic Pictures 1939. Pictorial window card 22 x 14" printed in black and white with lurid green titling on recto only of stiff card stock. Uniform tanning along edges otherwise very good or better unused. A promotional window card for this low budget crime thriller based on an original story and screenplay by Robert A. Andrews with contributions by Ben Markson. Barton MacLane Beverley Roberts and Clarence Kolb starred. Aubrey Scotto directed. Andrews was a prolific screenwriter who in addition to potboilers such as this adapted to the screen works by Eugene O'Neill and A. Conan Doyle. Republic Pictures unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : WRCLIT73482

‎Crime Rankin Ian‎

‎Black and Blue‎

‎London: Orion Books 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo. 394 pp. First UK edition of this terrific Inspector John Rebus detective novel. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper clipped at bottom of front flap. An Edgar Award nominee. <br/><br/> Orion Books hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 15046

‎Crime Patterson Richard North‎

‎The Lasko Tangent Inscribed Edgar Award Winner‎

‎New York: W. W. Norton and Company 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition of the author's first book a suspense novel that won the Edgar Award for best first novel of the year. This copy both SIGNED by the author and separately INSCRIBED by Patterson and dated in year of publication. A very good copy in very good price intact but bottom-corner clipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> W. W. Norton and Company hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 13635

‎Crime George Sara‎

‎Acid Drop John Creasey Award Winner‎

‎London: Macmillan 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. First edition of the author's first novel. Winner of the John Creasey Award. Pages tanned as usual else a fine copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. Suspense LSD. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 13639

‎Wise David‎

‎The Spy Who Got Away: The Inside Story of Edward Lee Howard the CIA Agent Who Betrayed His Country's Secrets and Escaped to Moscow‎

‎New York: Random House 1988. Book club edition. A riveting look at the case of Edward Lee Howard who worked for the CIA and defected to the Soviet Union in 1985. Two years later Howard secretly met in Budapest with the author David Wise to tell his version of events. Octavo 288 pages. Good only with foxing of page edges bumped corners some rubbing to the boards and a previous owner's embossed seal on the front end paper. The dust jacket is rubbed on both panels and on the spine. <br/><br/>If anyone can unravel a spy case it's journalist David Wise who is one of the most authoritative writers about the world of espionage. As for Howard he died under mysterious circumstances at his Russian dacha in 2002. He was 50 years old. Random House hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 693 ???????? : 039456281x 9780394562810

‎Shevchenko Arkady N‎

‎Breaking With Moscow‎

‎New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. First Edition. A high-level Soviet diplomat working at the United Nations seeks asylum in the U.S. This is his story along with vivid portraits of Soviet leaders and a look at what takes place in the Politburo and in the world of espionage. Octavo pp. viii 378. Near Fine with some minor soiling on the top and bottom edges in a Very Good dust jacket that has some sunning and edge wear. <br/><br/> Alfred A. Knopf unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 698 ???????? : 0394520556 9780394520551

‎KIMMEL Eric A‎

‎Blackbeard's Last Fight‎

‎NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0374307806 . Illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Farrar, Straus and Giroux hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 34286 ???????? : 0374307806 9780374307806

‎LEE Dr. Henry C. with O'NEIL Thomas W‎

‎Cracking More Cases: The Forensic Science of Solving Crimes‎

‎Amherst: Prometheus Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 1591021995 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Prometheus Books hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 25305 ???????? : 1591021995 9781591021995

‎Bechi G. (Miles).‎

‎Caccia grossa. Scene e figure del banditismo sardo.‎

‎Milano, La Poligrafica, [1900], in-16, leg. coeva in mezza tela, titolo in oro al dorso, pp. X, [1], 153 [ma: 253], [3].‎

‎Chricton M.‎

‎La grande rapina al treno.‎

‎Milano, Garzanti, 1976, in-8, cartone editoriale, pp. 228.‎

‎Banditismo (Il) in Italia.‎

‎Firenze, Sansoni, 1969, in-8, brossura editoriale con sovraccoperta figurata, pp. 203. Collana "I Problemi di Ulisse", 1969, n°64.‎

‎PRISONS.‎

‎A Bill for consolidating into one Act, and amending, the Laws relating to the building, repairing and regulation of Goals, Penitentiary Houses, Bridwells and Houses of Correction, within that part of the United Kingdom called England.‎

‎4to, [1]-27,[1]pp., disbound.‎

‎PRISONS.‎

‎A Bill (as amended by the committee) Intituled An Act consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the building, repairing and regulation of certain Goals, Bridwells, and Houses of Correction, in England and Wales.‎

‎4to, 54pp., disbound.‎

‎PRISONS.‎

‎A Bill (as amended by the committee) To authorize Magistrates of small Jurisdictions to contract with Justices having charge of County Gaols, for the care of Prisoners; and to prevent untried Prisoners from being compelled to work on Tread Mill.‎

‎4to, [1]-2pp., disbound.‎

‎HARMER (James)‎

‎Murder of Mr. Steele. Documents and Observation, tending to shew a probability of the innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty, who ere Executed on Monday the 23d of February, 1807, as the Murderers of the above Gentleman.‎

‎First Edition, [4], 89, [1] pp., disbound.‎

‎LEVI (Leone)‎

‎Consumption of Spirits, Beer, and Wine, in its relation to Licences, Drunkenness, and Crime. A Report to M. T. Bass, Esq., M.P.‎

‎First edition, 14 + 4pp., of adverts at end, final advert leaf frayed on outer margin, later paper wrappers. Michael Thomas Bass, the Burton-on-Trent brewer and M.P., was concerned with all questions relating to the welfare of the working classes. He requested Prof. Levi to institute a wide and methodical inquiry into the earnings of the working classes throughout the United Kingdom. Levi himself took a lively interest in the working classes and investigated their economic position in several works.****In a calculation made in 1871 it was demonstrated that 'the yearly revenue derived from beer, wines and spirits amounted to about ?28,000,000 being more than a third of the whole revenue. Messrs. Bass contributed upwards of ?780 a day.'‎

‎TRANSPORTATION.‎

‎First [Second & Index] Report from the Select Committee on Transportation; Together with the Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix. London: Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 1856. 3 vols., folio, iv, 183, [1]; iv, 204; iv, 64, [2]pp., stamp of "Home Office Library", stitched as issued, orig. blue wrappers, spines lightly chipped. [Sold with:] Report from the Select Committee on Transportation...‎

‎Folio, xvi, 195, [1]pp., stitched as issued, orig. blue printed wrappers, spine lightly chipped. Important transportation Government Blue Book, predominantly relating to Western Australia.‎

‎HIPPISLEY (Sir John Coxe)‎

‎Prison Labour, etc.: Correspondence and Communications addressed to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, concerning the Introduction of Tread-Mills into Prisons, with other matters connected with the subject of Prison Discipline.‎

‎First edition, 8to (228 x 150mm), [2], iv, [2], 228pp., perforated stamp of the 'Hartford Medical Society Library' on title, errata slip pasted on the verso of the 'Contents' leaf, folding plate of an improved hand-crank mill for prison labour, modern boards, uncut, printed paper label on spine, a good copy. In his final years Hippisley turned to the question of prison discipline, and the study of the prevention and punishment of crime, publicly advocating the hand-crank instead of the treadmill. Goldsmith, 23921.‎

‎LAW TRACTS.‎

‎A bound volume of seven law tracts, mostly with Birmingham imprints, some unrecorded. 12mo (180 x 110 mm).‎

‎(1.) On Appeals of Death; Together with a Concise Statement of their Nature, the Laws respecting them, and in what cases and by what relatives of the deceased entitled to be instituted. Compiled, from the best Authorities, by a Professional Gentleman. Birmingham: Printed by R. Jabet and Co., [c. 1810]. 12pp., one line of text shaved but without loss of sense. This appears to be unrecorded, not listed on Copac or OCLC. (2.) [TOPHAM (Edward)] The Remarkable Life of John Elwes, Esq. Member in three successive parliaments for Berkshire. with singular Anecdotes, &c. London: Printed for J. Roe... and Anne Lemoine, [c. 1810]. Engraved frontispiece, 34pp. (3.) Thornton's Trial. The Trial of Abraham Thornton, at the Warwick Summer Assize, on Friday, the 8th day of August, 1817, for the murder of Mary Ashford, in the Lordship of Sutton Coldfield, before the Hon. George Sowley Holroyd, Knight. A new edition... Birmingham: Printed and Sold by Joseph Russell, [c.1820]. 39pp., folding plan frontispiece (misbound at the start of the volume), the title page refers to 'engravings', however, there doesn't appear to be any in other copies located. (4.) An Account of the Appeal of Death, by Wm. Ashford, Against Am. Thornton... Birmingham: J. Russell, [c.1820]. 17pp. (5.) The Mysterious Murder, or, What's the Clock? A Melo Drama, in Three Acts. Founded on a Tale too True. Written by G. L. Birmingham: Printed and Sold by the Author, [c.1810]. Second edition, revised and corrected, [2], 56pp. (6.) The King versus B. Mander and Eight Others. The Trial at large of the Committee of the Flour and Bread Company, of which Benjamin Mander was Chairman, at Stafford Summer Assizes, 1814, etc. Wolverhampton: Printed by J. Smart, 1814. 48pp., fore-edges shaved and touch text. Not recorded by Copac. (7.) The Speech of Charles Phillips, Esq. Counsel for the Plaintiff in the Crim. Con. Cause, tried in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, June 9, 1815, John Guthrie, Esq. versus Peter William Baker Dunstanville Sterne. Birmingham: Printed and sold by J. Ferrall, 1815. 23pp. Not recorded by Copac.‎

‎CHARLTON (James)‎

‎Trial of James Charlton, at the Northumberland Assizes, Held on the 20th of August, 1810, before Sir Robert Graham, Knt., one of the barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, at the prosecution of Michael Aynsley the elder, on the charge of robbing Kirkley Hall on the 3d of April, 1809, and feloniously stealing therefrom the sum of L1157 13s. 6d., the property of Nathaniel Ogle, Esq.‎

‎First edition, 64, [4] + [4]pp., of publisher's adverts, 12mo (165 x 105 mm), blank upper margin of title torn away and replaced, several tears to title repaired, lower blank margin of final leaf of text torn away and replaced, last line of text to first leaf of text cropped, soiled and stained, stitched as issued. Although this pamphlet is a little grubby it is rare, Copac locates copies at the BL and Newcastle University.‎

‎LAVALETTE (Antoine Marie Chamant, Comte)‎

‎The Trial, at full length of Major-General Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Michael Bruce, Esq. and Captain John Hely Hutchinson, before M. Romain de Sez, at the French Assize Court of the Department of the Seine, for aiding and assisting in the Escape of General Lavalette. Taken in Short=hand by Mr. Nicholson. With an Account of their Journey to Mons, their Commitment, Examination, &c. &c. with Official Documents. To which are prefixed, Biographical Memoirs of Sir Robert Thomas Wilson.‎

‎First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 92pp., previous owner's name and address on soiled half-title, engraved portrait of Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, wrappers browned, some light soiling, stitched as issued, uncut. General Lavalette, who having been condemned to death, escaped from prison by changing into in his wife's dress. Wilson, Bruce and Hutchinson, were tried for being instrumental in the escape from Paris, of Lavalette. Wilson passed the barriers in a cabriolet with Lavalette disguised as a British officer, and escorted him safely to Mons. He sent an account of the adventure to Earl Grey which was intercepted and he was arrested in Paris. The three men were tried in Paris and sentenced to three months imprisonment. JISC locates a single copy at University of Cambridge.‎

‎TRIALS.‎

‎A Full and True Relation of Two Very Remarkable Tryals at the Quarter-Sessions of the Peace for the City and Liberty of Westminster held in the Great Hall, on Monday the third of October, and ending the eleventh of the same. The one, for scandalous words, by one Shippon : the other, of a priest in the Gate-house, for spoiling a girl of nine years old. By way of a letter to a friend.‎

‎First edition, folio (295 x 190 mm), 4pp., drop-head title, a well margined copy with just slight signs of a water stain, sewn in recent marbled wrappers, preserved in a custom-made folding cloth case, leather spine label lettered in gilt. Sexual abuse of a nine year old girl by an Irish priest. The second part of the pamphlet contains "a very foul case" of sexual abuse of a nine year girl by an Irish Catholic priest of the name of Dowdel. The girl, named Bishop, swore in court that the previous August she used to visit Dowdel, then a prisoner in the Gate-house where she had first made his acquaintance when her mother was also a prisoner there. According to her testimony: "he used to kiss her, to take her upon his knee, and to give her sugared beer, some time put his tongue into her mouth, and his hands up her coats; that he hurt her once with his finger, which made her cry; and then to please her, gave her two groats: and that a week after he took her in like manner upon his knee, and after he had kissed her a while, he threw her upon his bed (having made his Door fast with a stick) fell upon her, pull'd up her Coats, and hurt her with something..." When the matter came out the girl's father, being drunk, told Dowdel that for forty pounds he could see to it that everything would be hushed up. Dowdel thought forty pounds too much and offered ten. At his trial Dowdel shamelessly confessed his misdemeanour with a frankness which later earned some leniency from the court. He speaks in what appears to be the writer's attempt to imitate his Irish accent. "Being asked if he would challenge any of the jury, he answered like an Irish St. Omer, Me like dem well, they be all honest men. Being asked, if he used to kiss the Girl and set her upon his knee ; he answered Yes my Lor the chile be so pretty and do twenty pretty tings make me laugh a hundred times. Being asked if he ever gave her money, he said, My Lord that be my Charitee, when her Mother bee in Prison, I tooke her to eat half my dinner, and I say this bee pretty Shile, I had love for the Shile and gave her any ting I had : she used to come often for my Charitee. But amongst the rest of his discourse he owned the matter in effect in these words, which happened about entering her body, he said, Me enter her dis far, pointing his finger to the Court." Wing, F 2337.‎

‎MURDER.‎

‎A Copy of Verses, on W. & J. Dyon, Father and Son, Who was executed at York, for the wilful murder of Mr. John Dyon, of Brancroft, neaf Finningley, brother to the former and uncle to the latter, on the 16th of February, 1828, by shooting him, as he entered the gate of the field leading to his own House, as he returned from Doncaster Market.‎

‎Single sheet printed on one side only (214 x 135 mm), printed black on white fragile paper, mounted on card, soiled and creased. From the London Times, February 25, 1828, page 3, Column 1 : "It is this week our painful duty to record one of the most cold-blooded murders that ever darkened the annals of crime, a deed which has spread a wider gloom and deeper horror than any event which has occurred in this neighbourhood within the remembrances of the eldest inhabitants." John Dyon was the second son of a wealthy landowner in Yorkshire, England near Doncaster. He lived a hard working, respectable and quiet life. He married the lovely Betty Conway and together they had 3 daughters, Elizabeth (from whom we descend), Mary and Matilda. Working closely with his father, he often gained favors and gifts from the older man. In 1826 and 1827 alone, it is recorded that he received 63 acres of land and 300 pounds sterling. His older brother, William also received many gifts from their father as a young man, but the money was mostly squandered and drunk, and eventually the gifts stopped coming. So William struggled and John thrived? and William stewed, and his resentment grew. William frequently ranted of his anger to his son, John, poisoning the younger man's mind against his uncle. On Saturday, the 16th of February, 1828, John Dyon attended the market in Doncaster (12 miles away) with a couple of friends as was his custom. On his return home that evening, when he dismounted his horse to open the gate to his property, he was assaulted, shot, and left for dead. His wife, concerned when he didn't arrive home at the time he should, sent a servant to look for him. The servant found John's horse standing near the gate, but did not see John lying a few feet away. They found him in the morning lying where he had bled out. Mr. E. B. Denison, Esq. and the local constable rode out from Doncaster immediately upon receiving the news Sunday morning and began their investigation. Mr. Denison, a student of the new forensic sciences, was pleased to find the murder scene offered an abundance of clues. It had rained on Saturday and the ground was quite moist, then the temperature dropped below freezing overnight, capturing the escape route of the assailants. Mr. Denison observed that there were two attackers; one smaller and lighter than the other. He noted that these persons were relatively wealthy because they possessed a pair boots with both a right and left foot. He also noted that the larger footprints had a distinctive toe-out gait. An inquest was called by the coroner. After the presentation of evidence, the jury delivered a verdict of "Willful murder by person or persons unknown". Many in the area knew of the ill will that William Dyon and his son held for William's brother, John Dyon. By Thursday of the following week, both were arrested. They provided alibis, insisting that they had been nowhere near the scene of the crime. The magistrate felt he had to let them go. After his release by the authorities, William went to a pub in Gainesborough, and bragged there that he had "humbugged" the local magistrate, apparently disclosing further details of the crime. His brags were soon brought to the attention of Mr. Denison and additional inquiries were made. A farmer who had previously worked for William, but was now in John's employ, admitted that he knew of William and young John's plan to kill John Dyon. He also said that he had hidden the gun at his home for a week prior to the murder, and that William had bribed him and threatened him to keep quiet about the plan. Soon, William and his son, John were arrested. The constable searched their homes and found the boots, a pair having both right and left feet, and the gun. During the trial, the farmer, John White, testified to everything he knew, including the fact that William had showed up the evening of the killing to pick up his gun. Several witnesses came forward to testify to the ill will that William and his son bore for the deceased. They also testified that William had a distinctive gait, walking with his toes pointed outward. William Dyon and John, his son, were hanged for their crime on April 4, 1828. William staunchly declared his innocence throughout, but his son confessed to all as they placed the noose around his neck. No other copy located.‎

‎TRIALS.‎

‎The Trials of Henry Sanderson, for Shooting Wm. Carr, and Robt. Bamford, Adam Adie, and William Knight, for the Murder of John Timms, at Nottingham Lent Assizes, 1822; with some Particulars of their Lives, Behaviour, and Execution.‎

‎12mo (150 x 85 mm) 37, [1]pp., several leaves mounted on stubs, new boards. Henry Sanderson, Adam Adie and Robert Bamford, were for murder, on Friday, March 22, 1822. Sanderson was out shooting pheasants, when he was apprehended by William Carr, gamekeeper to Sir Thomas Wollaston White. While wrestling with the gun Carr was shot, but he lived just long enough to identify his assailant. Adie and Bamford underwent the penalty of the law for the murder of John Timms, aged 17. The three, along with William Knight, were out on the town, after they decided to go poaching but only just got passed Trent Bridge before it began to rain. They then abandoned their plan and went to the Three Horse Shoes public house. Here they argued who was to pay for the drink consumed, Timms, having treated them all in the afternoon, refused to pay more than his share. On the way home the three robbed Timms of his watch and three shillings in silver. Knight then knocked him down, and Adie threw him over the battlements of the bridge into the river Trent. Adie and Bamford were executed after Bamford confessed, but Knight could not be identified, and was consequently acquitted. NOT found on JISC or OCLC.‎

‎TRIAL.‎

‎The Tryal and Conviction of Sr. Sam, Bernardiston, Bart. for High-Misdemeanor at the Sessions of Nisi Prius, holden at Guild-Hall, London,..... before the Right Honorable Sir George Jeffreys,..... Lord Chief Justice of England, on Thursday, Feb. 14. 1683.‎

‎First edition, folio, [4], 8, 13-34, [2]pp., licence leaf before title, with the final blank I2, text a little browned, disbound. A trial for sedition connected with the Rye House Plot. Wing, T2164.‎