Statman Alisa; Tate Brie.
Restless Souls. The Sharon Tate Family's Account of Stardom the Manson Murders and a Crusade for Justice.
New York: HarperCollins 2012. xv 380pp bw ills. Or card covers. Some toning and foxing to page edges and margins light edge wear to covers. Told from the Tate family's perspective this is a rare glimpse into the post-trauma survival of a family and their journey to find justice and ultimately peace. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. HarperCollins Paperback
Bookseller reference : 035453 ISBN : 0062131869 9780062131867
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DeNevi Don.
Riddle of the Rock. The Only Successful escape from Alcatraz.
Buffalo NY: Prometheus Books. 1991. 245pp appendices bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Gift note on front free endpaper. The 1962 escape of the 'Tabletop Trio' Clarence Anglin JW Anglin and Frank Morris. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Prometheus Books. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035082 ISBN : 0879756470 9780879756475
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Balsamo William; Carpozi George Jr.
Crime Incorporated. The Inside Story of the Mafia's First 100 Years.
London: W.H. Allen 1988. xvii 391pp index. Or card covers. Light edge wear light toning to edges. . First UK Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. W.H. Allen Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034930 ISBN : 0352325011 9780352325013
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Motion Andrew
Wainewright the Poisoner.
London: Faber & Faber 2000. xix 305pp indexbibliography bw ills. Or black boards in jacket. Light edge wearto jacket. Light even toning to page edges. in 1828 Wainewright inherited an impressive family home and sussessive legacies enabled him to maintain a flamboyant lifestyle. Within a few years threeof his relatives died in suspicious circumstances. While the murders were never proved he was convicted of forgery and transported to Van Diemens Land for life. A painter and writer he had lived at the centreewof the Romantic world exhibiting at the Royal Academy painting Byron'sportrait and writing art criticsim for the London Magazine. He was friends with Fuseli Blake and Lamb and knew Hazlitt de Quincey and Keats. This biography evokes his double life. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Faber & Faber Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 035003 ISBN : 057119401x 9780571194018
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Matthews Tony.
Gold Graves and Gallows. Crimesand Calamities on the Colonial Goldfields.
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 2002. xviii 215pp indexbibliography notes bw ills maps. Or card covers. Small crease to top front corner. True stories of Australia's goldfields in the 19th century- mysteries disasters robbers pirates mutiny murders and gunfights. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034535 ISBN : 1876780126 9781876780128
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Matthews Tony.
Blackguards and Scoundrels of Colonial Queensland
Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press 2001. 248pp index bibliography bw ills. Or pictorial card covers.Bump/minor creasing bottom corners. Tells just how dangerous and brutal life could be in colonial Queensland- includes scoundrels and cheats murderers and hangmen jail breaks brutal masters lost gold whippings and prisons and daring gold robberies. Based on the author's popular historical broadcasts on ABC Radio. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Central Queensland University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034603 ISBN : 1876780002 9781876780005
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Gibney James and Desmond.
The Gatton Mystery.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1977. vii 223pp endnotes bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket smudge mark on half-title. Examines the baffling murder of three members and the brutal rape of the women of the Murphy family near Gatton west of Brisbane in 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034602 ISBN : 0207135258 9780207135255
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Friedman Lawrence M.
Crime and Punishment in American History.
New York: BasicBooks 1993. xi 577pp index notes. Or black cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket- near new. Panoramic hisotry of the American criminal justice system from colonial times to the present. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. BasicBooks Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034102 ISBN : 0465014615 9780465014613
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Gilfoyle Timothy J.
A Pickpocket's Tale. The Underworld of Nineteenth Century New York.
New York: W. W. Norton & Co. 2006. xvii460pp index notesbw ills. Or black boards in jacket. Near new. The story of 19th century career criminal George Appo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. W. W. Norton & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034141 ISBN : 0393061906 9780393061901
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Fabricant M. Chris.
Busted! Drug War Survival Skills from the Buy to the Bust to Begging for Mercy.
New York: HarperCollins 2005. xiv 385pp bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Part drug war survival handbook part criminal law 101 Busted! is the bible on how not to get busted and what to do if you find yourself in any of these situations. NOTE: Based on US law. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Crumb R. 16mo. HarperCollins Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034142 ISBN : 0060754591 9780060754594
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Hufsmith George W.
The Wyoming Lynching of Cattle Kate 1889.
Glendo WY: High Plains Press 1993. 367pp index bibliography endnotes bw ills map. Or card covers. Very light edge wear. The author researched the lyncing of Cattle Kate and Jim Averell after being commissioned to write an opera about the event. With newly unearthed evidence never before published photographs and documents and on-site investigations he challenges old assumptions. Why were the politically powerful cattlemen who committed the lynching never punished and what became of the witnesses who mysteriously disappeared and died. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. High Plains Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034197 ISBN : 0931271169 9780931271168
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Perkinson Robert.
Texas Tough. The Rise of America's Prison Empire.
New York: Metropolitan Books 2010. 484pp index notes bw ills. Or whiteboards in jacket. Near new. An original history of the USA's largest harshest prison system and how Texas came to lead America's punitive revolution. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Metropolitan Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034203 ISBN : 0805080694 9780805080698
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Goewey David.
Crash Out. The True Tale of a Hell's Kitchen Kid & the Bloodiest Escape in Sing Sing History.
New York: Crown 2005. xiii 304pp bibliograpjhy notes bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or boards in jacket. Near new. Whitey Riordan and his escape from Sing Sing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Crown Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034204 ISBN : 1400054699 9781400054695
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Heppenstall Rayner.
Bluebeard and After. Three Decades of Murder in France.
London: Peter Owen. 1972. 198pp bw ills index. Or blue cloth in jacket. Long tear across top of front panel of jacket some moderate foxing price clipped a couple of stains to rear of jacket. Murderers and political assassins of the teens 20s and 30s in France. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Peter Owen. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034227 ISBN : 0720601924 9780720601923
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Sondern Frederic Jr.
Brotherhood of Evil. The Mafia.
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1959. xii 243pp appendix bw ills. Or beige cloth in jacket. Jacket edgeworn rubbed with 6cm tear at top of front panel several small chips. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Farrar, Straus & Giroux Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 034290
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Echols Allan K.; Keeler Harry Stephen; Charteris Leslie.
Star Novels Magazine. Number 15. October 1934.
Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co. 1934. 252pp bw ills ads. Or pictorial wraps. Covers creased front cover reattached exchange library stamp page edges/margins toned. A true story about missing women and marriage for murder. 2 full length novels including The Higher Finance a Saint novel by Leslie Charteris and The Blue Spectaclesby Keeler. Periodical. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to. Doubleday, Doran & Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034301
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Hocking Geoff.
Wild Colonial Boys. Tall Tales & True Australian Bushrangers.
Melbourne: The Five Mile Press 2012. 320pp index bibliography notes num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers. As new. Includes list of convicts of the First Fleet. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. The Five Mile Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 034415 ISBN : 1743006349 9781743006344
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Jones Lisa editor
Policing Queensland 1864-2014. 150 Years.
Brisbane: Queensland Police Service 2014. HEAVY. 172pp num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card covers with integral French flaps. Near new. 150 years of police in Queensland. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Queensland Police Service Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033702 ISBN : 0646910574 9780646910574
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Doughty Jack.
The Rochedale Hangman and His Victims.
Lancashire UK: Jade Publishing 1998. xii 455pp indexbibliography bw ills. Or cardcovers. Minor edge wear spine creased thumb mark on rear blank. The true story of John Ellis Public Executioner from 1901-1923. Ellis hanged some of the most notoriuos murderers in British criminal history including Crippen Major Armstrong the Ladies in the Bath murderer Seddon and Edith Thompson. Over 22 years he was involved in over two hundred executions- the stories behindthem are told here in fascinating detail interwoven with that of the hangman's own career and private life. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Jade Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033810 ISBN : 1900734141 9781900734141
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Bleszynski Nick.
You'll never Take Me Alive. The Life and Death of a Bushranger. Ben Hall.
Sydney: Random House Australia 2005. xiii 337pp glosaary. Or card covers. Very slight signs of use. Falsely imprisoned for bushranging by NSW police in 1862 Ben HAll declared that he might as well have the game as the blame. He bailed up more banks stations squatters and towns than any other bushranger and masterminded the Eugowra excort robbery netting the biggest haul in the colony's short history. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Random House Australia Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033936 ISBN : 1740512812 9781740512817
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Quimby Myron J.
The Devil's Emissaries.
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company 1969. 303pp index bibliography bw ills. Or grey cloth in jacket. JAcket spine stained with moderate edge wear and several short tears. The lives of legendary figures of the American underworld including Pretty Boy Floyd Ma Barker Bonnie & Clyde Alvin Karpis and Baby Face Nelson. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. A.S. Barnes and Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033985 ISBN : 0498067645 9780498067648
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Martin L. Friedland
The Trials of Israel Lipski: A true story of a Victorian murder in the East End of London
MacMillan 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. Size: Octavo standard book size. 219 pp. Binding is tight spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; Britain/UK; #67196; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 34601. . MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34601
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Dunstan Keith
Saint Ned: The Story of the Near Sanctification of an Australian Outlaw.
Sydney: Methuen 1980. 128pp num bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Endpapers toned some foxing to page edges. . It is a strange facet of the Australian psyche that allows one of our most famous outlaws Ned Kelly to become hero rather than villain. This is the story of Ned Kelly and how Australian's have almost raised him to the level of Sainthood through legend and folklore. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Methuen Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033406 ISBN : 0454001983 9780454001983
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Skolnik Jerome H.; Fyfe James J.
Above the Law. Police and the Excessive Use of Force.
New York: The Free Press 1993. xviii 313pp index notes. Or card covers. Remainder line on bottom edge-near new. A disturbing look at the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. The Free Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033519 ISBN : 0029291534 9780029291535
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Kurland Michael.
How to Solve a Murder. The Forensic Handbook.
New York: Macmillan 1995. 194pp index bibliography diagrams. Or card covers. Near new. Includes latest techniques for analyzing clues at the crime scene DNA tests fingerprints and blood samples ballistics autopsy reports psychological profiles and more. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Macmillan Paperback
Bookseller reference : 033520 ISBN : 0028604105 9780028604107
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Hendricks George D
The Bad Man of the West
San Antonio: The Naylor Company 1950. xv 238pp bibliography appendix bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or red cloth lacking jacket. Prev owners details and date written on verso of frontis. A study of outlaws of the American west. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Stanush Frank Anthony. 8vo. The Naylor Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033032
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Marx Samuel; Vanderveen Joyce
Deadly Illusions. Jean Harlow and the Murder of Paul Bern
New York: Random House 1990. xii 271ppindex bw ills. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. Prev owners stamp on front free endpaper otherwise excellent. Presents compelling evidence that Jean Harlow's husband Paul Bern did not commit suicide but was murdered. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033070 ISBN : 0394582187 9780394582184
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Barger Ralph 'Sonny' with Zimmerman Keith & Kent
Hell's Angels. The Life and Time of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club
New York: William Morrow 2000. ix 259pp bw ills. Or black padded boards embosed with Hell's Angel symbol winged skull. No jacket as issued. SIGNED by Sonny Barger on half-title and numbered 1059 of an unspecified quantity. High ranking and founding member of the Oakland Chapter of the Hells Angels tells his story. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. William Morrow Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032898 ISBN : 0688176933 9780688176938
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Cooke Marshall; Cook Quentin; Copeman Charles et al
Corrupt Elections. Recent Australian Studies and Experiences of Ballot Rigging
Sydney: H.S. Chapman Society 1997. 213pp. Or card covers. Near new. Looks at electoral fraud in Union and Parliamentary elections in Australia. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. H.S. Chapman Society Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032603 ISBN : 0958710406 9780958710404
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Clune Frank; Stephensen PR
The Pirates of the Brig Cyprus
London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1962. 205pp map. Or black cloth in jacket. Tape stains on endpapers. In 1829 a group of convicts mutinied and took control of the brig Cyprus off Van Diemen's Land. They sailed to New Zealand Tonga and Japan before scuttling the ship in the China Sea. This is the story of those events. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Rupert Hart-Davis Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032699
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Cowan Rick; Century douglas
Takedown. The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2002. 363pp bibliography glossary bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. The investigation that brought down the Mafia cartel in New York State. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. G. P. Putnam's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032398 ISBN : 0399148752 9780399148750
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Weisberg Harold; Ray james Earl postscript
Martin Luther King: The Assassination
New York: Carroll & Graf 1993. xiii 530pp index appendix notes. Or card covers. Some toning to page egdes light edge wear. Originally published as Frame Up. . First Thus. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Carroll & Graf Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032306 ISBN : 0881849944 9780881849943
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Duzan Maria Jimena. eisner Peter. translator
Death Beat. A Columbian Journalist's Life Inside the Cocaine Wars
New York: HarperCollins 1994. 282pp. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. HarperCollins Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032083 ISBN : 0060170573 9780060170578
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Kirkpatrick Sidney D
A Cast of Killers
New York: E. P. Dutton. 1986. xi 301pp notes bw ills. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. Near new. The true story of Hollywood's most scandalous murder- covered up for more than sixty years and solved at last by director King Vidar. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. E. P. Dutton. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032084 ISBN : 0525243909 9780525243908
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English TJ
Havana Nocturne. How the Mob Owned Cuba.and Then Lost it in the Revolution
New York: William Morrow 2008. xx 396pp index sources notes bw ills. Or black boards in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. The story of the heavy interest and control had in Cuba under the Batista regime and how this was lost with Castro's ascent to power. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. William Morrow Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031890 ISBN : 0061147710 9780061147715
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Thornton Bruce
Searching for Joaquin. Myth Murieta and History in California
San Francisco: Encounter Books 2003. xii 185pp index bibliography notes. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. Slight fading to spine. A penetrating inquiry into the life and times of 19th century California outlaw Joaquin Murieta and the role that he played in the creation of the myth of Hispanic California. Muriet became a part of California folklore. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Encounter Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031952 ISBN : 1893554562 9781893554566
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Graves Robert
They Hanged My Saintly Billy
London: Cassell & Co 1957. xi 269pp. Or blue cloth in jacket. Price clipped with several short tears to jacket. Some fi=oxing bookstore stamp on front free endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Cassell & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031944
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Queen William
Under and Alone. The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
New York: Ballantine 2007. 277pp bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. True story of an ATF agent who infiltrated the San Francisco Chapter of the Mongols- one of the most dangerous biker gangs in America. He had to prove his fealty by any means necessary including selling and using drugs stealing motorcycles trafficking in arms driving getaway cars. . Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Ballantine Paperback
Bookseller reference : 032033 ISBN : 0812969529 9780812969528
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Chesnoff Richard Z
Pack of Thieves. How Hitler and Europe Plundered the Jews and Committed the Greatest Theft in History
New York: Doubleday 1999. 325pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or black cloth backed boards in jacket. Prev owners name stamp on front free endpaper. The systematic looting of the Jews by the Nazis and most of the nations of Europe- Axis Allied and neutral. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031886 ISBN : 0385487630 9780385487634
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Roland Paul
Deadly Duos. Partners in Crime and Their Addiction to Murder
New York: Chartwell Books 2010. 208pp index num bw ills. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. Looks at many cases of couples who murdered- true life stories of what can happen when two evil individuals hook up with each other. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Chartwell Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031876 ISBN : 0785826769 9780785826767
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de Leeuw Hendrik
Underworld Story. The Rise of Organized Crime and Vice-Rackets in America
London: Neville Spearman & Arco Publishers. 1955. vi 237pp bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Top edge toned. Jacket faded at edges and spine stain to spine several short tears at flap folds price clipped. The hold of organized crime on America at the time of writing. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. Neville Spearman & Arco Publishers. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031615
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Fraser Frankie with Morton James
Mad Frank's Britain
London: Virgin 2002. 268pp index bibliography bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Near new. SIGNED and iscribed by 'Mad' Frankie Frasewr on ittle page To Brian Be Lucky'. Notorious British criminal takes us on a tour of crime in Britain includign some of these in which he was involved the prisons he stayed in; unsolved crimes on which he can shed some light and more. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Virgin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031587 ISBN : 1852279737 9781852279738
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Levy Alan
Nazi Hunter. The Wiesenthal File
New York: Barnes & Noble 2002. xii 564pp index bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Approx 1 inch tear to jacket at top of spine light marking to fore-edge. How Simon Wiesenthal hunted down the Nazi war criminals including Eichmann Stangl and Mengele. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo. Barnes & Noble Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031367 ISBN : 1567316875 9781567316872
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Smyth Frank; Ludwig Myles
The Detectives. Crime and Detection in Fact and Fiction
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott 1978. 191pp index num bw & nfew col ills. Or card covers. First/last few pages foxed small bump to bottom corner. . First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. J.B. Lippincott Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031433 ISBN : 0397012527 9780397012527
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Johnson Pamela Hansford
On Iniquity. Some Personal Reflections Arising Out of the Moors Murder Trial
London: Macmillan 1967. 144pp index. Or black cloth in jacket. Bookseller stamps on front endpapers endpapers toned moderate foxing throughout. Jacket edgeworn and rubbed with tear and creases. The author seeks to establish a link between the Moors Murders and what she considered the tainted moral and spiritual atmosphere of the time. Provides cameos and vignettes of the trial and of the chief characters in it; and asks provoking questions about the future of English society. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good. 8vo. Macmillan Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031486
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Hastings Macdonald
The Other Mr. Churchill. A Lifetime of Shooting and Murder
London: George G Harrap 1963. 336pp index bibliography bw ills. Or brown boards in jacket. Light toning to page egdes prv owners anme on front free endpaper. Jacket edgewron with short tears and chips tear/crease to rear panel small hole in front flap fold and some fading to spine. Biography of the great gunmaker and ballistics expert Robert Churchill. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. George G Harrap Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031472
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Mary Ting Yi Lui
The Chinatown Trunk Mystery. Murder Miscegination and Other Dangerous Encounters in Turn-of-the-Century New York City
Princeton: Princeton University 2005. xiii 298pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Orpurple cloth in jacket. Small crease at bottom corner of jacket. Through the lens of the unsolved Chinese Trunk Murder of 1909the author offers a fascinating snapshot of social and sexual relations between Chinese and non-Chinese populations in turn-of-the-century New York City. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Princeton University Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 031503 ISBN : 069109196x 9780691091969
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Hare Glenn concept
Death Row Vol. 1 No. 1
Carlsbad CA: Glenn Hare Publications 1989. 225pp bw ills. Or card covers. Slight rubbing and light edge wear. Includes profiles of 12 condemned killers history of capital punishment complete listing of 2186 death row inmates. Fiully illustrated. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to. Glenn Hare Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 031124 ISBN : 0962485705 9780962485701
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Adler John with Hill Draper
Doomed By Cartoon. How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves
Garden City: Morgan James 2008. xix 310pp bibliography num bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Looks at circumstances surrounding Boss Tweed as visualized by Thomas Nast in his 160-plus cartoons from 1866-1878. Organized to tell the Nast vs Tweed story for ordinary readers with an interest in politics history or cartoons. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Morgan James Paperback
Bookseller reference : 030973 ISBN : 1600374433 9781600374432
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Meredith John; Scott Bill
Ned Kelly. After a Century of Acrimony
Sydney: Lansdowne Press 1980. 183pp index bibliography bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Edges of boards worn some minor foxing jacket edges slightly worn. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Lansdowne Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 030822 ISBN : 0701814705 9780701814700
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