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Gallagher Richard
I'll be Watching You. True Stories of Stalkers and Their Victims
London: Virgin 2001. xiv 239pp bibliography notes bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. A comprehensive investigation into stalking- what drives one person to become obsessed with another- someone they may not even have met And what happens when the obsessions of 'unbalanced misfits desperate lones and aggrieved ex-partners spiral out of control'. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Virgin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018912 ISBN : 1852279311 9781852279318
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Fox Edward
Sacred Geography. A Tale of Murder and Archaeology in the Holy Land
New York: Metropolitan Books 2001. 254pp index notes portrait. Or boards with blue cloth spine in jacket. The true story and mystery surrounding the murder of prominent American biblical archaeologist on the West Bank in 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Metropolitan Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018935 ISBN : 0805054936 9780805054934
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Cawthorne Nigel
Pirates: An Illustrated History
London: Arcturus Publishing 2005. 144pp b/w ills throughout index. Paperback. The book looks at the reality behind the legends. It protrays the pirates their weapons their ships their victims and their hideouts including the 'pirate capital city' of Port Royal on Jamaica once infamous as the 'wickedest city in the world'. New Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Folio. Arcturus Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018314 ISBN : 1841933260 9781841933269
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Olsen Jack
Hasten to the Grave: The Gypsy Murder Investigation
New York: St Martin's Press 1998. 276pp. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The story of the hunt for Danny his mother and sister of the Tene Bimbo gypsy family believed to be responsible for at least five deaths by mistreatment and slow poison. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. St Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018385 ISBN : 0312183623 9780312183622
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Echols Lee E
Hilarious High Jinks & Dangerous Assignments
Washington: The National Rifle Association of America 1990. x 265pp portrait frontis. Green cloth boards gilt in dust-jacket which has a strip torn from the rear flap continuing as a tear to the rear panel. The autobiography of a US lawman and holder of four world pistol shooting records winner in 1941 of the Custer Trophy and leader of the US Treasury Department Pistol Team during years in which it won all the team matches at the US National Champtionships. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair to Good. 8vo. The National Rifle Association of America Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018038 ISBN : 0935998608 9780935998603
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Carnwath Tom; Smith Ian
Heroin Century
London: Routledge 2002. 216pp index notes. Or card covers. Slightest signs of having been read. A wealth of information about the history cheistry pharmacology and medical aspects of heroin. From its appearance as a modern miracle drug over a century ago to recommendations for the future arguing that a more relaxed relationship between society and the drug would benefit both the economy and public health and safety. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Routledge Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017637 ISBN : 0415278996 9780415278997
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Rhodes Richard
Why They Kill: The Discoveries of a Maverick Criminologist
New York: Alfred A Knopf 1999. x 371pp bibliography index. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. 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. . Borzio First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Alfred A Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017236 ISBN : 0375402497 9780375402494
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Stewart James B
Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder. Updated by the Author
New York: Simon & Schuster 2000. 334pp 8pp b/w photos index. Black marker remainder line on the lower page edges. Paperback. The story of psychopathic serial killer doctor Michael Swango. Touchstone Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. Trade Paperback. Simon & Schuster Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017240 ISBN : 0684865637 9780684865638
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Tompkins Peter
The Murder of Admiral Darlan: A Study in Conspiracy
New York: Simon & Schuster 1965. 287pp 16pp b/w photos bibliography index end-paper maps: 'Torch' landings in North Africa 1942. Blue cloth boards gilt titles in dust-jacket. In this dramatic anatomy of an international conspiracy the author traces the plots and counterplots that led to the death of Vichy's Admiral Jean Louis Francois Darlan Commander in Chief of the French Fleet on Christmas Eve 1942 and reveals the secret history of a crucial moment in World War II. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017280
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McNally Raymond t and Florescu Radu R
In Search of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Los Angeles: Renaissance Books 2000. 281pp two appendices bibliography filmography and videography internet sites. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The true-life origins and cultural impact of the classic horror story as well as an insight into human nature and the true character of evil. The book covers adaptations for theatre movies television and radio. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Renaissance Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017338 ISBN : 1580631576 9781580631570
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Douglas John and Singular Stephen
Anyone You Want Me To Be: a True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet
New York: Scribner / Lisa Drew 2003. xii 308pp two appendices index. Cloth-backed boards in dust-jacket. The author felt that this story of John Robinson needed to be shared with those looking for romance and sex on-line. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Scribner / Lisa Drew Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016856 ISBN : 0743226356 9780743226356
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Mayer Martin
Nightmare on Wall Street: Salomon Brothers and the Corruption of the Marketplace
New York: Simon & Schuster 1993. 272pp 8pp of b/w photos notes index. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket which has the trace of a sticker by the upper front corner. The story of the great Wall Street scandal the fall of the Salomon Brothers America's largest and most powerful investment house. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Simon & Schuster Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016955 ISBN : 0671781871 9780671781873
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Ross Gary
At Large: The Fugitive Odyssey of Murray Hill and His Elephants
New York: Random House 1992. 318pp 8pp b/w photos. Cloth-backed papered boards lightly worn at the lower edge in dust-jacket. The story of animal trainer Murray Hill who in 1984 disappeared with two full-grown female Asian elephants. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017035 ISBN : 0679409378 9780679409373
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Silverster John and Rule Andrew
A Tale of Two Cities
Floradale Productions and Sly Ink 2009. xii 324pp 32pp b/w plates biographies. Paperbacjk. The stories that inspired the screentime series for the Nine television network. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Floradale Productions and Sly Ink Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017105 ISBN : 0977544095 9780977544097
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Henry E R
Classification and Uses of Finger Prints
London: HMSO 1934. 118pp text-ills appendix: report of committee to examine into the system of identification by finger impressions two folding plates of fingerprint impressions. Prev owner's rubber stamp on the ffep. Green cloth boards. The second part of the book includes a section comparing anthropometry with identification by finger prints. Seventh Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. HMSO Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016612
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Secrest Wiliam B
Perilous Trails Dangerous Men. Early California Stagecoach Robbers and Their Desperate Careers 1856-1900
Clovis CA: World Dancer Press 2001. xiv 255pp index bibliography num bw ills map. Or pictorial card. As new copy. True tales many told for the first time illustrating in word and rare pictures perilous trails and dangerous men from a time long gone. . First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. World Dancer Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016323 ISBN : 1884995241 9781884995248
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Larson Erik
The Devil in the White City: Murder Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
London: Doubleday 2003. xi 447pp full page World's Fair map Chicago1891 b/w photos notes bibliography index. Paperback with wear at the lower rear corner otherwise in Fine condition. 'The Chicago World Fair of 1893 and its amazing 'White City' was one of the most spectacular the world has ever seen. This is the incredible story of its realization and of the two men whose fates it linked an architect and a serial killer'. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Doubleday Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015463
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Wallis Michael
Pretty Boy. The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd
New York: St. Martin's Press 1992. xi 375pp index bibliography bw ills. Or white papered boards with off-white cloth spine in jacket. Tiny tear at bottom of jacket spine otherwise very light edge wear. Few tiny spots on fore-edge. Biography of Pretty Boy Floyd- from his childhood on a humble cotton farm in Oklahoma where he was born in 1904 through his days of bootlegging and petty crime his spree of bank robberies and murder from New York to Colorado and on to his death at the hands of the FBI in 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. St. Martin's Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013962 ISBN : 031207249x 9780312072490
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Diana Trilling
Mrs. Harris: The Death of the Scarsdale Diet Doctor
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich New York 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text is free of previous owner's markings. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. General shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips and tears along the edges. Dust Jacket price-clipped. All edges clean neat and free of foxing . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; United States; 1980s; #48403; ISBN: 0151769028. ISBN/EAN: 9780151769025. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: AC024395I. . 9780151769025 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : AC024395I ISBN : 0151769028 9780151769025
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Lesser Wendy
Pictures at an Execution. An Inquiry Into the Subject of Murder
Cambridge Mass: Harvard University Press 1995. 270pp notes few bw ills. Or gray papered boards black cloth spine in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket few page corners turned rubbed along front edge of spine chip at top of spine. Central to the author's investigation is a groundbreaking legal case in which a federal court judge was asked to decide whether a gas chamber execution would be broadcast on public TV. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Harvard University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013663 ISBN : 0674667352 9780674667358
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Lapin Lee
How to Get Anything on Anybody: The Encyclopedia of Personal Surveillance Book II
San Mateo CA: ISECO Inc 1991. v 223pp num bw ills. Moderate edge wear to card covers front cover creased several page corners/edges creased smal stain on first 3 pages. Occasional hilighting throughout approx 10 pages not excessive. Extensive guide to surveillance and investigative devices and their use. Also includes audio/video surveillance bugs tailing countermeasures scramblers and more. Not Stated. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to. ISECO Inc Paperback
Bookseller reference : 012005 ISBN : 188023100x 9781880231005
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Flook Maria
Invisible Eden: A True Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod
New York New York: Broadway Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0767913744 . hardcover 406 pages in fine condition with fine dustjacket. 1st edition later printing. A story that riveted the nation how an accomplished world-traveled fashion writer who had retreated to a simpler life as a single mother on Cape Cod became the victim of a brutal murder. A deeply felt story of a career woman's attempt to start over and reinvent her life. this story is still going on today with the possible retrail of her accused killer.; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall . Broadway Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002507 ISBN : 0767913744 9780767913744
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Sumaida Hussein with Jerome Carole
Circle of Fear: My Life As an Israeli and Iraqi Spy
Washington: Brassey's 1994. xv 304pp index endpaper maps chart. Or black papered booards in jacket. Short tear at bottom of front jacket panel. The son of one of Saddam Hussein's principal lieutenants began working as an Israeli spy but was soon discovered. Saddam spared his life and put him to work as an Iraqi spy. Takes the reader inside the bizarre inner workings of Iraqi society and the Iraqi intelligence services under Hussein and a first hand look at his brutal rule. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Brassey's Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012085 ISBN : 0028810996 9780028810997
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Davies Geoffrey editor
Forensic Science. ACS Symposium Series 13
Washington DC: American Chemical Society 1975. xii 204pp index bibliographic references charts/diagrams. Or black cloth in jacket. 'Department of Clinical pathology' stamp on front paste down and fore-edge. Three very short tears to jacket edge. A collection of technical presentations on various aspects of forensic science. Includes bullet search systems; firearm residue detection; neutron activation analysis and atomic absorbtion spectromentry on gunshot residue; recovery and ID of flammable liquids from suspected arson debris; forensic applications of differential scanning calorimetry; ink analysis; forensic bloodstains and physiological fluid analysis; effect of environemnt on starch gel electrophoretic patterns of human erythrocyte acid phosphatase; forensic toxicology and applications of photoluminescence techniques. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. American Chemical Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011574 ISBN : 084120280x 9780841202801
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Klockars Carl B
The Professional Fence Thirty Years of Wheelin' and Dealin' in Stolen Goods
New York: The Free Press 1974. xiv 242pp index bibliography. Slight edge wear to card covers. The author details his 30 years as a fence - buying and selling all types of stolen property. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. The Free Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 011029
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Flook Maria
Invisible Eden: A True Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod
New York New York: Broadway Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0767913744 . Hardcover 405 pages in fine condition with fine dustjacket. How an accomplished world traveled fashion writer who had retreated to a simpler life as a single mother on Cape Cod became the victim of a brutal murder.; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall . Broadway Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001637 ISBN : 0767913744 9780767913744
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Elliott John D.; Gibson Leslie K. editors
Contemporary Terrorism: Selected Readings
Gaithersburg MD: Bureau of Operations and Research International Association of Chiefs of Police 1978. xii 306pp bibliography. Or gray cloth. Previous ownership stamps of San Diego Police Department and name written on ffep. Collection of writings on terrorism arranged in the following sections: Perspectives on Contemporary Terrorism; Threat potential of Contemporary Terrorism; Response of Threatened Societies; Emerging Patterns of Terrorism. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Bureau of Operations and Research, International Association of Chiefs of Police Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010793 ISBN : 0882691252 9780882691251
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Weinstein Allen; Vassiliev Alexander
The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America-The Stalin Era
New York: Random House 1999. xxviii 402pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or gray papered boards with black cloth spine in pictorial jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket prev owners blindstamp to front free endpaper. Based on previously secret KGB records this volume records the 'golden age' of Soviet espionage through the 1930s WWII and the early years of the Cold War. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Random House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010877 ISBN : 0679457240 9780679457244
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Machtinger John F
How to Own a Gun and Stay Out of Jail : What You Need to Know about the Law if You Own a Gun or Are Thinking of Buying One - California 1995
Los Angeles: Gun Law Press 1994. vi 174pp bw ills. Some edge wear to card covers bump and associated creasing at bottom right front corner. Lucid explanation of California's gun laws for 1995. Excellent referecne for those interested in the history and development of firearms law in the US. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Wetherbee Amy. 8vo. Gun Law Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010632 ISBN : 0964286440 9780964286443
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Read Mark Brandon "Chopper"
Chopper 5: Pulp Faction Revenge of the Rabbit Kisser and Other Jailhouse Stories
Sydney: Floradale Productions Pty Ltd and Sly Ink Pty Ltd 1997. vii 216pp bw ills. Slightest of edge wear to card covers. A further collection of stories based on the author's experiences in Australia's underworld. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Floradale Productions Pty Ltd and Sly Ink Pty Ltd Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010656 ISBN : 0646250655 9780646250656
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Shackley Theodore G.; Oatman Robert L.; Finney Richard A
You're the Target: Coping With Terror and Crime
Not Stated: New World Publishing 1989. xiii 155pp index bibliography appendices. Very slight edge wear to covers. Analysis of terrorism and urban crime/violence and the ways in which we can avoid and protect ourselves from them. Includes chapters on kidnapping bombs guns security checklists professional security and much more. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. New World Publishing Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010318 ISBN : 0962427314 9780962427312
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Cecile Dave Mileto Fisher
Louie's Widow: One Woman's Vengeance Against the Underworld
Playboy Press Chicago 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo standard book size. 309 pp. Text is free of previous owner's markings. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. General shelf wear to dust jacket with chips and tears along the edges. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges neat intact and free of foxing but a bit dusty. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; United States; 20th century; #41676; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0872234436. ISBN/EAN: 9780872234437. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: AC013666I. . 9780872234437 Playboy Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : AC013666I ISBN : 0872234436 9780872234437
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Pete Earley
Prophet of Death: The Mormon Blood-Atonement Killings
William Morrow and Company New York 1991. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photos. Size: Octavo standard book size. 448 pp. Text is free of previous owner's markings. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. General shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips and tears along the edges and spine is sunfaded. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Illustrator: photos. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; United States; 1980s; #18315; Religion & Theology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: AC013689I. . William Morrow and Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : AC013689I
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Robert H. Adleman
Alias Big Cherry: The Confessions of a Master Criminal
Dial Press New York 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo standard book size. 334 pp. Text is free of previous owner's markings. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. General shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips and tears along the edges. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges intact but has dirt marks. General shelfwear to covers edges and corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; United States; 20th century; #356; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: AC013767I. . Dial Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : AC013767I
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Rick Boychuk
Honour Thy Mother: The Search for Jeannine Durand
Viking Toronto 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photos. Size: Octavo standard book size. 372 pp. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact but spine is cocked. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket has small closed tears but otherwise complete and overall sound. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges neat intact and free of foxing but a bit dusty. General shelfwear to covers edges and corners with fraying tearing or wear along edges. Illustrator: photos. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; United States; 1960s; #44470; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0670851205. ISBN/EAN: 9780670851201. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: AC013727I. . 9780670851201 Viking hardcover
Bookseller reference : AC013727I ISBN : 0670851205 9780670851201
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Pezet AW.& Bradford Chambers A. W.
Greatest Crimes of the Century
Stravon Publ 1954. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Al Ross. Size: Octavo standard book size. 127 pp. Binding is tight spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Al Ross. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; #33196; Library of Congress No: 54-6587 . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: AC013753I. . Stravon Publ hardcover
Bookseller reference : AC013753I
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Lagnado Lucette Matalon; Dekel Sheila Cohn
Children of the Flames. Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz
New York: William Morrow & Co 1991. 320pp index bibliography notes bw ills. Or black papered boards in jacket. paper lightly toned prev owners initials on fore-edge. jacket somewhat rubbed at edges and with some edge wear. For the most part the subjects of Josef Mengele's medical experiments were twins. here for the first time many of the surviving twins speak out about their experiences in the death camp at Auschwitz. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. William Morrow & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009927 ISBN : 0688096956 9780688096953
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Schmalleger Frank
Criminology Today. An Integrative Introduction
Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall 1999. HEAVY. xxiv 624pp index glossary bw & col ills & diagrams. Original laminated boards hard cover Minor bumps to top corners. Standard criminology text- 1999 second edition. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to. Prentice Hall Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010031 ISBN : 0138482683 9780138482688
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Hanson Neil
The Custom of the Sea
New York: John Wiley & Sons 1999. 315pp bibliography bw ills. Original black cloth in pictorial jacket. Slightest signs of edge wear to jacket. A tale of shipwreck murder and cannibalism. In 1884 the yacht Mignonette set sail from England bound for Sydney. Halfway through the 12000 mile journey they were his by a huge storm off the coast of West Africa and the yacht was sunk by a 40 foot wave. Captain and crew were cast adrift a thousand miles from land in a leaky 13 foot boat. After 19 days they were all near death and they resorted to the 'custom of the sea' - cannibalism. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. John Wiley & Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010048 ISBN : 0471383899 9780471383895
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Lee Henry C.; Lee Henry; Labriola Jerry
Famous Crimes Revisited: From Sacco-Vanzetti to Oj Simpson
Avon Connecticut: Publishing Direction Llc. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 1928782140 . Hardcover 303 pages in like new condition with like new dustjacket. Signed by author Dr. Jerry Labriola who wrote the book with Dr. Henry Lee. A look back at the legendary crimes of the 20th century by the world-renowned forensic scientist with never before released facts and photographs.; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall; Signed by Author . Publishing Direction Llc hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000713 ISBN : 1928782140 9781928782148
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Egan Timothy
Breaking Blue
New York: Alfred A Knopf 1992. xiii 267pp. Or black papered boards with pictorial jacket. Some writing on ffep minimal edge wear to jacket. How one man's hunt through a half century of police cover-ups unlocked the secret behind the USA's oldest continuing murder investigation. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Alfred A Knopf Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009868 ISBN : 0394588193 9780394588193
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Rayner Richard
Drake's Fortune: The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist
New York: Doubleday 2002. 224pp index bibliography. Or gray papered boards with pictorial jacket. Minimal edge wear to jacket. Over the course of twenty years from 1914-1938 Oscar Hartzell conned millions of dollars from tens of thousands of trusting people. And when he was caught they gave him more! The story of the world's greatest conman. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Doubleday Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009871 ISBN : 0385499493 9780385499491
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Flook Maria
Invisible Eden: A True Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod
New York New York: Broadway Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 0767913744 . Hardcover with dustjacket fine condition. 1st edition 4th printing. A story of love and murder on Cape Cod. True story that took place in Truro on Cape Cod.; 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall . Broadway Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000519 ISBN : 0767913744 9780767913744
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Arrington Stephen L
Journey Into Darkness. Nowhere to Land
Lafayette LA: Huntington House Publishers 1992. 224pp. Minimal signs of wear to covers. The author's story begins on the glittering sands of Hawaii and ends in the mysterious deep of the Great White Shark. In between he found himself trapped in the drug smuggling trade- unwittingly becoming the fall guy in the John Z. Delorean drug case. Naval career shattered his youthful innocence stripped from him and friends and family put to the test of loyalty. Arrington locked on to one hope during his savage stay in federal prison- he endeavours to share that critical hope here. Apparent First. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Huntington House Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 008509 ISBN : 1563840030 9781563840036
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Thorwald Jirgen
Dead Men Tell Tales
London: Thames and Hudson. 1966. 222pp index bibliography 31 bw ills. Or buff cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped and lightly edge worn. The history of medicine in the service of criminal investigation. . First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Thames and Hudson. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 005920
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Brooks James J. Detective
The Adventures of a United States Detective
Philadelphia: S. T. Souder & Company 1876. 348pp 1pp 2pp ads. 2bw ills bw frontis. Or green cloth with gilt and black decoration.Some edge wear wrinkling of cloth on rear and spine corners bumped prev owners inscription on ffep. Tight bright clean copy. Previously published as Whiskey Drips 1873. True story told by an IRS detective of the operations investigation and prosecution of a whiskey ring. Also speaks of corrupt agents. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. S. T. Souder & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000308
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Kray Reg
A Way of Life. Over Thirty Years of Blood Sweat and Tears
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. 2000. 288pp index bw ills. Or boards in jacket. As new. A recollection of the prison years by Reg Kray one of the notorious London crime bosses. After his arrest in 1968 he was charged with murder extortion bonds fraud and grievous bodily harm. This book is a recollection of love loyalty friendship intrigue betrayal treachery violence and tears over a jouney of 30 years in prison. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Sidgwick & Jackson. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004585 ISBN : 0283073195 9780283073199
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Haring C. H
The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century
Hamden Ct.: Archon Books 1966. viii 298pp index bibliography 10 bw ills and maps inc one folding map. Or gold cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped small stain on front flap from removed price sticker very slight rubbing/soiling to jacket tiny tear less than 1mm at top front spine fold. Excellent example of this study of 17th century West Indies buccaneers originally published in 1910. The introduction deals with the Spanish Colonial System and The Freebooters of the 16th century. Chapters follow on the Beginnings of the Buccaneers; The Conquest of Jamaica; Tortuga 1655-1664; Porto Bello and Panama; The Government Suppresses the Buccaneers; The Buccaneers Turn Pirate followed by appendices. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Archon Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 008668
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Cooke T. G
Finger Prints Secret Service Crime Detection
Chicago: Finger Print Publishing Association 1934. 80pp bw ills. Or blue cloth. Spine sunned endpapers toned. Collection of accounts of true cases and the use of evidence to solve them. Interesting book on detection procedure and practice. Ninth Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 12mo. Finger Print Publishing Association Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009522
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Zimmermann B. Christian
Hostage in a Hostage World. Hope Aboard Hijacked TWA 847
St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House 1985. 134pp appendix bw ills. Or card covers. Slightest of edge wear. A first hand account of the hijacking of TWA flight 847 by Amal and Hezbollah Shi'ite terrorists. Tells of a flight of fear beatings and for one young man death as the author and 38 other Americans were held hostage for 17 days. First Paperback. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. Concordia Publishing House Paperback
Bookseller reference : 002765 ISBN : 0570039983 9780570039983
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