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Sherry Frank
Raiders and Rebels: The Golden Age of Piracy 1690-1720s
New York: Hearst Marine Books 1986. 399 pages b/w ills notes bibliography index. Cloth-backed papered boards in edge-worn dust-jacket which is faded at and by the spine and which has a creased rear flap fold. The book gives an account of the main events of piracy from 1690 to the 1720s and portrays the often out-sized personalities who played the chief roles in it laying bare the chain of cause and effect that created the piracy. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Hearst Marine Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022738 ISBN : 0688046843 9780688046842
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Moore Daniel G
Enter Without Knocking
Tuscon: The University of Arizona Press. 1969. x 261 pages b/w photos b/w illustrations index. Prelims endpages and edges lightly foxed. Or cloth boards in dust-jacket which has had the price removed. The author was a guard at Arizona State Prison for more than 10 years. In this account he gives an 'outside' insider's view of all aspects of prison life. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. The University of Arizona Press. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022853
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Adelstein Jake
Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
New York: Vintage Books 2010. 328pp. Paperback. 'A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.'. First Vintage Books Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Vintage Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022343 ISBN : 0307475298 9780307475299
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Rendell Ruth editor
The Reason Why: An Anthology of the Murderous Mind. Edited with an Introduction by Ruth Rendell
London. Printed in Australia: Jonathan Cape 1995. x 189pp index of titles and authors. Remainder dot by the spine foot. Papered boards in dust-jacket. Ruth Rendell has 'selected the best of writings which enter into the minds of murderers -- into the talk imagination dreams boastings and remorse of people who have killed in fiction and in fact'. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022383 ISBN : 0224037137 9780224037136
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Schlosser Eric
REEFER MADNESS. SEX DRUGS AND CHEAP LABOR IN THE AMERICAN BLACK MARKET
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 2003. 336pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Investigates America's black market and its far reaching influence on American society through three of its mainstays- sex drugs and cheap labor. By the author of Fast Food Nation. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin and Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022460 ISBN : 0618446702 9780618446704
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Ross Ron
Bummy Davis Vs. Murder Inc. The rise and Fall of the Jewish Mafia and an Ill-fated Prize Fighter
New York: St. Martin's Press 2003. 418pp glossary. Or black cloth boards in jacket. Prev owners name on front free endpaper. Bummy Davis a Brooklyn prizefighter was linked indirectly to the Jewish mafia through his brother. Although he repeatedly stood up to the mob kingpins he suffered a spectacular fall from grace following a media smear campaign. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021990 ISBN : 0312306385 9780312306380
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Lindner Robert M
Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath
New York: Grove Press 1944. Introduction by Sheldon Glueck and Eleanor T Glueck. xiii 296pp bibliography index. Paperback. From the rear cover 'The 'rebel' is a young Polish-American whose recorded criminal history began at the age of 12. Under a lengthy analysis the boy's history is bared and t5he remote sources of his degeneracy brought to life. Dr Lindner's summary of the case is an appraisal of the respective roles of society and the individual in criminal behavior'. An Evergreen book. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Grove Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022073
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von Lang Jochen with Sibyll Claus translator Manheim Ralph.
Eichmann Interrogated. Transcripts from the Archives of the Israeli Police
London: The Bodley Head 1983. xxii 293pp bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped. After being captured in Argentina and turned over to Israeli police Adolph Eichmann was interrogated for 275 hours. Approx 10% of the transcripts are presented here verbatim focusing on Eichmann's account of the scope and nature of Nazi crimes and on his efforts to project an image of himself that the world could not condemn. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. The Bodley Head Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022129
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Walton John Son of Al Capone; Walton Gladys Silent Film Star and Leilani King Storyteller
The Chronicles of Daddy Joe: Bootleggin' and Booze the Roarin' 20's
Gladys Walton Digital Productions 2008. Copyright 2008. 348pp b/w photos. Paperback cover edges lightly rubbed. From the publications page 'Although based upon and inspired by stories told by Daddy Joe and Gladys Walton to John Walton this book is a work of fiction'. Advance Proof Copy. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Gladys Walton Digital Productions Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021684
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Arons Ron
The Jews of Ssing Sing: Gotham Gangsters and Gonuvim
Fort Lee NJ: Barricade Books 2008. 350pp b/w ills 8 appendices index. SIGNED by the author on the ittle page. The book traces the histories of both famous gansters and lesser-known gonuvim exploring their lives as well as the impact they had on their descendents. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Barricade Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021689 ISBN : 1569803331 9781569803332
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Siemon Rosamond
The Mayne Inheritance
St. Lucia Qld: University of Queensland Press 1997. xiv 214pp sources bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket. Page edges toned some occasional light foxing. The rare Mary Ryan's hardcover limited edition of 1500 copies this #1217 with author signed edition identifying bookplate on front free endpaper. For 150 years scandal and mystery have surrounded the Mayne's a wealthy family who donated the site for the University of Queensland. The book begins with a macabre 19th century murder. First Hardcover Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. University of Queensland Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021855 ISBN : 0702229342 9780702229343
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Morris Norval
Maconochie's Gentlemen. The Story of Norfolk Island and the Roots of Modern Prison Reform
New York: Oxford University Press 2002. xiv 213pp map. Or cloth backed boards in jacket. Very minor edge wear to jacket. In 1840 Captain Maconochie became at his own request the superintendant of more than 2000 twice-convicted convicts at Norfolk Island. In four years he tranformed what was one of the most brutal convict settlements in history into a controlled stable and productive environment that on release his prisoners became known as Maconochie's Gentlemen. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021474 ISBN : 0195146077 9780195146073
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Wakefield D. R
Australian Handbook for Outdoor Growing of Marijuana
Sydney: Doug Wakefield 1986. 47pp bw ills. Or orange stapled card cover. Light foxing to first/last page. Scarce volume on marijuana in Australia- the second ina series. . Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Doug Wakefield Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021346
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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. viii 259pp bw ills. Or black cloth backed boards in jacket. Stain to front free endpape rand adjacent page prev owners gift notation on copyright and dedication pages. High ranking member of the Oakland Chapter of the Hells Angels tells his story. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. William Morrow Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021080 ISBN : 0688176933 9780688176938
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Ressler Robert K and Shachtman Tom
I Have Lived in the Monster: A Report from the Abyss
New York: St Martin's Press 1997. xi 223 pages 8 pages of b/w photos index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. Written by an ex-FBI agent the book includes a frank coversation with cannibal killer Jeffrey Dahmer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. St Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020573 ISBN : 0312155522 9780312155520
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Ashdown Dulcie M
Royal Murders: Hatred Revenge and the Seizing of Power
Stroud: Sutton Publishing 1998. xvi 223pp 16pp of b/w plates index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. An absorbing compendium of 'who-dunits' gruesome fellings witchcraft infanticide and assassinations that have changed the course of history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Sutton Publishing Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020731 ISBN : 075092053X 9780750920537
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Elliott Paul
Assassin! The Bloody History of Political Murder
London: Blandford / Cassell 1999. 239pp 8pp of b/w plates bibliography index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. This survey of the macabre history of assassination gives details of some of the best know bloodiest and most tragic killings of all time. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Blandford / Cassell Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020732 ISBN : 0713727594 9780713727593
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Forrest A J
Interpol
London: Alan Wingate 1955. x 212pp b/w photos. Prelims endpages and edges lightly foxed. Papered boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. The first study to be devoted to the work of Interpol. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Alan Wingate Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020775
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Jackson Christopher
Manuel
London: Jonathan Cape 1965. 223pp. Prelims endpages edges and jacket flaps foxed. Papered boards in edge-worn and slightly soiled dust-jacket. The 1962 murder in Valpariso of a middle-aged lawyer by a boy prostitute. 'A classic study of crime bred by social injustice.'. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. Jonathan Cape Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020774
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Stashower Daniel
The Beautiful Cigar Girl. Mary Rogers Edgar Allan Poe and the Invention of Murder
New York: Dutton 2006. viii 326pp bibliography index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The Mary Rogers murder that captivated New York in the 1840s. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Dutton Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020810 ISBN : 052594981X 9780525949817
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English T J
Paddy Whacked: the Untold Story of the Irish-American Gangster Featuring Whitey Bulger Jack 'Legs' Diamond Dean O'Banion George 'Bugs' Moran Owney Madden Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll Mike McDonald Jimmy Walker John Morrissey Buddy McLean Danny Greene
New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2006. 468pp 16pp of b/w plates index. Paperback. Also featuring Mickey Featherstone Tom Pendergast Edward 'Spike' O'Donnell Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Spillane. The shocking true saga of the Irish American mob. Stretching from the earliest New York and New Orleans street wars through decades of bootlegging scams union strikes gang wars and FBI investiagions the book penetrates to the heart of the American experience. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. HarperCollins Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020824 ISBN : 0060590033 9780060590031
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Johnson David R
Illegal Tender. Counterfeiting and the secret Service in Nineteenth-Century America
Washington DC: Smithsonian Instition Press 1994. xviii 222pp index notes bw ills. Or brown boards green cloth spin in jacket. Tiny crease on front jacket flap. In 1862 it was reported that 80% of US currency in circulation was counterfeit. In 1865 the federal Governemnt created the Secret Service to combat the problem. It turned out to be one of the most successful crime fighting campaigns of all time almost eradicating the problem over the ensuing forty years. Here is the stroy of the criminals involved in counterfeiting the evolution of counterfeiting as a peculiarly urban crime the initial mission of the Service and its role in the growth of federalism and state building in the 19th century. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Smithsonian Instition Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020784 ISBN : 1560983590 9781560983590
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Rodriguez Teresa; Montane Diana with Pulitzer Lisa
The Daughters of Juarez. A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border
New York: Atria Books 2007. xvii 316pp index bw ills. Or white papered boards with cloth spine in jacket hard cover. Slightest of edge wear to jacket. For more thqan 12 years the Mexican city of Juarez across the border from El Paso has been the centre of an epidemic of horrific crimes against women- kidnapping rape mutilation and murder- with most victims conforming to a specific profile. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Atria Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020949 ISBN : 0743292030 9780743292030
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Oney Steve
The The Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
New York: Pantheon Books 2003. HEAVY. 742 pages b/w ills bibliography index. There is a small red remainder dot on the lower page edges. Fore-edge uncut. Papered boards in dust-jacket. On 27 April 1913 the bludgeoned body of 13-year-old Mary Phagan was found in the basement of Atlanta's National Pencil Factory. The book tells the story which climaxed in 1915 with the lynching murder of Leo Frank the Cornell-educated Jew who was convicted of the murder. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pantheon Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020201 ISBN : 0679421475 9780679421474
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Willoughby Malcolm F
Rum War at Sea
Washington: Treasury Department United States Coast Guard 1964. xii 183 pages b/w photo plates appendix: captured vessels taken over by the Coast Guard index end-paper maps. Prev owner's stamp by the upper corner of the front flyleaf map not affected. Decorative red cloth boards gilt. The United States Coast Guard and The Rum War the suppression of illegal liquor traffic at the time of prohibition from the middle 1920s to the early 1930s. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Treasury Department United States Coast Guard Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020206
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Michaud Stephen G with Hazelwood Roy
The Evil That Men Do: FBI Profiler Roy Hazelwood's Journey into the Minds of Sexual Predators
New York: St Martin's Press 1999. 262 pages b/w photos bibliography index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. Profiler Roy Hazelwood's cases have ranged from autoerotic deaths to staged suicides and hve included investigations from Toronto's Ken and Barbie sexual killings to the Atlanta Child Murders and the fatal explosion that killed 47 sailors aboard the USS Iowa. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. St Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020227 ISBN : 0312198779 9780312198770
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McCarthy P. H
Starlight. The Man and the Myth
Melbourne: Hawthorn Press 1972. 143pp index bibliographical notes. Or burgundy cloth in jacket. Jacket spine somewhat faded price on front flap blacked out some light rubbing to front panel. The story of Captain Starlight a bold bushranger who plundered northern New South Wales and Queensland in the late 19th century. Mystery surrounds his identity and this book examines the lives of the possible contenders. Starlight was immortalised in Boldrewood's Robbery Under Arms. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Hawthorn Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020338
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Denney Ronald C
The truth About Breath Tests
London: Nelson 1970. xii 90pp index appendices bibliography few bw diagrams. Or blue cloth in jacket. Ex-library with usual stamps including withdrawn stamp remains of card pocket etc. Quite early book debating the effectiveness and implementation of breath testing and administration of the laws as they stood at the time of publication. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo. Nelson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020369
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Harrison Shirley narrative
The Diary of Jack the Ripper
New York: Hyperion 1993. 323 pages b/w plates facsimile of the diary index. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. The diary apparently of James Maybrick is the subject of considerable controversy. A report questioning its authenticity is included along with a rebuttal to that report. As the reader follows the detective work that overlays the diary with what is known about James Maybrick and Jack the Ripper each can decide: were they one and the same. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Hyperion Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019870 ISBN : 1562827049 9781562827045
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Harris Melvin
The True Face of Jack the Ripper
London: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. 1994. viii 216 pages b/w plates 10 appendices index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The author presents his evidence identifying Jack the Ripper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019871 ISBN : 1854791931 9781854791931
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Fido Martin
The Crimes Detection and Death of Jack the Ripper
New York: Barnes & Noble Books 1993. 239 pages street plans. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. The book re-examines the sensational details of the murders ascribed to Jack the Ripper and the author provides a convincing identification of the murderer. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Barnes & Noble Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019965 ISBN : 1566195373 9781566195379
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Rhodes Richard
Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
New York: Vintage Books 2000. x 371pp bibliography index. Or card covers. Minor edge wear to covers front cover creased toning & foxing to first/last pages and edges. The book explores the discoveries of maverick American criminologist Dr Lonnie Athens which challenge conventional theories about violent behavior. The theory that violent behavior is impulsive unconsciously motivated and predetermined is challenged. . First Vintage Books Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Plus. 8vo. Vintage Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020026 ISBN : 0375402497 9780375402494
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Lamott Kenneth
Chronicles of San Quention: The Biography of a Prison
New York: David McKay Company 1961. x 278 pages 16 pages of b/w photos notes index. Library stamps and withdrawn stamps on upper and lower page edges library pocket on the rear paste-down and trace of sticker with ref nos on the facing page. Cloth boards with library reference by the spine foot. San Quentin prison from 1849. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Ex-Library. David McKay Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020057
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Wolf George with Joseph DiMona
Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Underworld
New York: William Morrow 1974. 266 pages with 32 b/w photos. Two-line note and prev owner's blind stamp on the tinted front flyleaf. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. The story of Costello capo di capo re and the rise of organized crime in America. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. William Morrow Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020066 ISBN : 0688002560 9780688002565
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Veno Arthur with Ed Gannon
The Brotherhoods: Inisde the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
Sydney: Sue Hines / Allen & Unwin 2002. 277 pages index. Page edges foxed. Paperback. Written by 'Australia's leading expert on the bikie scene'. The author draws on interviews personal stories and meticulous research to explain the rules and rituals of becoming a club member and profiles some famous biker identities. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Sue Hines / Allen & Unwin Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020041 ISBN : 1865086983 9781865086989
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Kind Stuart
The Sceptical Witness: Concerning the Scientific Investigation of Crime Against a Human Background
Hodology Ltd 1999. Foreword by P D James. iii 265 pages. Paperback. From the Foreword 'Here we have an enthralling and excellently written account of a life and a philosophy as well as of a career told with honesty and candour.' Includes the part played by Stuart Kind in the case of the Yorkshire Ripper. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hodology Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020042 ISBN : 0953398706 9780953398706
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Fletcher Alfred Crow
The 'brook the Reformatory for Boys Westbrook. Alfred Crow Fletcher's story as told to Cheryl Jorgensen
Brisbane: Blake Publications 2004. 219 pages. Paperback. Queensland'sfirst boys' reformatory was established on the prison hulk The Proserpine in1871. In 1881 the boys were transferred to some buildings in Lytton. In1900 88 boys and some of the buildings were transferred to Westbrook near Toowoomba. This new institution was called the Reformatory for Boys Westbrook. Crow Fletcher's story of his time at the Reformatory. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Blake Publications Paperback
Bookseller reference : 020043 ISBN : 0975134043 9780975134047
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Bresler FEnton
The Murder of John Lennon
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. 1989. x 309 pages bibliography index. Page edges heavily foxed. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The author argues that Lennon's death had been plotted and planned by the CIA for years and Mark Chapman had been programmed to fire the shots by undercover forces which controlled him. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Sidgwick & Jackson. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019731 ISBN : 0283994991 9780283994999
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Fido Martin
A History of British Serial Killing. How Britain's Most Famous Serial Killers Were Identified Caught and Captured
London: Carlton Books 2001. 224pp index bibliography bw ills. Or black cloth injacket. Light edge wear to jacket. Explains how a pattern is established how police procedures are followed or amended and how a killer is identified caught and convicted with the help of psychological profiling and forensic evidence.Includes Jack the Ripper Haigh acid bath murderer Christie the Moors murderers Dennis Nilsen and Fred and Rosemary West the House of Horrors. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Carlton Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019301 ISBN : 184222204x 9781842222041
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Anderson Hugh
Larrikin Crook. The Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press 1971. x 220pp bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Short note on front free endpaper blacked out spine somewhat faded and several small stains on rear panel.The story of Squizzy Taylor Melbourne gangland kingpin of the 1920s. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. Jacaranda Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019303 ISBN : 0701630704 9780701630706
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Elliott Paul
Brotherhoods of Fear: A History of Violent Organizations
London: Blandford 1998. 255 pages 8 pages of b/w photos bibliography and index with some pink highlighting. There is no highlighting in the main body of the book. Prev owner's name with date by upper edge of the flyleaf. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Publisher's note: the book is 'not just a history of violent organizations but also of terror groups who have inspired fear hatred and paranoia across the pages of history'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Blandford Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019335 ISBN : 0713726873 9780713726879
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Murphy Brendan M
Turncoat. The Strange Case of British Traitor Sergeant Harold Cole 'The Worst Traitor of the War'
San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987. xii 301pp index bibliography notes bw ills endpaper maps. Or gray boards blue cloth spine in jacket. Black remainder line at bottom. Slight edge wear to jacket. At the start of WWII Cole deserted from the British army at Flanders. He was hired by British Intelligence as a key agent in Nazi occupied France to assist in the escape of Allied servicemen. Before the end of the war he would cause more damage and human suffering than any British traitor of the period. Cole delivered scores of Allied agents and civilians into Nazi hands wear the Gestapo uniform betray hismistress and the mother of his child then turn traitor one last time to don the American uniform and track down and torture the very German officers he head served. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018998 ISBN : 0151914109 9780151914104
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Smolen Kazimierz translator Michalik Krystyna
Auschwitz 1940-1945
Albuquerque: Route 66 Publishing 1995. 120pp notes bw ills. Ir card covers. Light crease to front cover. English language translation of The Guide to the Museum- guide to the Auschitz museum with some additional material. A stark reminder of man's inhumanity to man. First English Language Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Route 66 Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019028 ISBN : 0964429314 9780964429314
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Haden Guest Anthony
The Last Party. Studio 54 Disco and the Culture of the Night
New York: William Morrow 1997. xxviii 404pp index bw ills. Or blue boards in silver jacket with pictorial wraparound band. Minor bump at top front left corner affecting top of spine and small area of jacket. The inside story of Studio 54 from opening night when the author was present as a guest of one of the founders to the trial for tax evasion that ended the nightclub's reign at the top of the discoteque heirarchy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. William Morrow Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019165 ISBN : 068814151x 9780688141516
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Slatalla Michelle and Quittner Joshua
Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace
New York: HarperCollinsPublishers 1995. 225 pages. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. The book 'offers a tour of the murkiest reaches of the electronic frontier and a blow-by-blow chronicle of the most notorious gang war in cyberspace'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. HarperCollinsPublishers Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019199 ISBN : 0060170301 9780060170301
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Sabbagh Karl
A Rum Affair
London: Allen Lane 1999. ix 224pp index notes appendix bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket.Professor JW Heslop Harrison aroused suspicion of scientific fraud in the 1940s after numerous 'discoveries' of new plant species on Rum Island in the Hebrides. A young Cambridge man infiltrated one of the professor's expeditions and the report was damning accusing the professor of sytematic and persistent faking of his results. The report was buried in a Cambridge library for nearly fifty years and the professor continued his career. The author unearthed the report and used it as a starting point in unravelling a story that has been called 'the Piltdown Man of botany'. He uses the Rum Island affair to explore the roots of scientific fraud in general and the pressures that can drive an emineent scientist to believe that faking the data is sometimes justified. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Allen Lane Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018701 ISBN : 0713992778 9780713992779
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Asbury Herbert
The Gangs of Chicago. An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press 1986. xxv 377 xix pp; index bibliography bw ills. Or card covers. Near new. Sequel to The Gangs of New York this book explores the underworld of Chicago covering many of the 'minor' figures as well as the giants- Big Jim Colosimo Terrible Johnny Tottio and Al Capone. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Thunder's Mouth Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018804 ISBN : 1560254548 9781560254546
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Wethern George; Colnett Vincent
Wayward Angel. The Full Story of the Hell's Angels By the Former Vice President of the Oakland Chapter
Guilford CT: The Lyons Press 2004. 288pp notes. Or card covers with slightest of edge wear. The story of the Hells Angels from a former leader who testified against several prominent gang members and disappeared into the witness protection program. The author was one of California's most important drug dealers and tells of witnessing killings million dollar drug deals and orgies as he exposes the inner workings of the biker club. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. The Lyons Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018781 ISBN : 1592283853 9781592283859
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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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Harvey Miles
The Island of Lost Maps. A true Story of Cartographic Crime
New York: Broadway Books 2001. xxi 404pp index notes few bw ills. Or card covers. Corner crease to each cover light toning to page edges. Tells the story of the theft of scores of valuable centuries old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the US by antiques dealer Gilbert Jospeh Bland Jr. The author unravels the mystery of Bland's life mapping out the world of cartography and cartographic crime. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Broadway Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018827 ISBN : 0767908260 9780767908269
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