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Best.-Nr. 1590317580.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1945Best.-Nr. 47189Krakow: Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik" Czytelnik Publishing Cooperative 1945. First edition. Softcover. g to von-. Octavo 8 1/4 x 6". 93pp. 13 leaves of double sided photographic plates interleaved and unpaginated. Illustrated tan red and black wrappers with black lettering on the front cover. Photographic b/w frontispiece. Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik." Possibly an earlier publication on lower quality paper compare to a slightly smaller publication by the "Library of the Union of Polish Patriots in the USSR" Biblioteczka Zwiazku Patriotów Polskich w ZSRR with the same text in different layout. That publication issued on higher quality paper and with twenty-eight photogravures three more than in this publication with twelve photographs appearing in both publications though in lesser quality here. Court Proceedings of the Polish-Soviet Special Criminal Court established in Lublin in August 1944 in order to investigate the crimes committed by the Germans in the Majdanek extermination camp. Despite the importance of this document it must be mentioned that the Commission made erroneous assumptions regarding the duration of the camp and the number of people killed at Majdanek. The Publishing cooperative "Czytelnik" was established behind Soviet front lines in 1944. It became the first post-World War II. publisher in Poland. The total numbers of the victims is still controversial: In this report 1.5 million victims of different nationalities were counted however according to the latest researches there were 79000 victims 59000 of whom were Jews See: Kranz T.: "Bookkeeping of Death and Prisoner Mortality at Majdanek." pp. 81-110. In: Silberklang D. Ed.: Yad Vashem Studies. Vol. 35:1. Jerusalem 2007. Illustrated with 25 pages of b/w photographic reproductions including a frontispiece on 13 double-sided interleaved plates altogether thirty-two photographs depicting members of the Commission Nazi guards now prisoners who used to run the camp and survivors alike testifying before the Commission. Also includes views of the actual concentration camp piles of suitcases Zyklon B poison gas pellets gas chambers ovens and survivors amid corpses. Wrappers with some chipping rubbing creasing and/or closed tears to extremities. Small stain on the back cover and side edge of book block. Verso of frontispiece with a vertical crease. Some pages throughout with some light age toning or small water spots. Overall text and images clear and vibrant. Wrappers in good interior in very good- condition overall. One of two editions of this work published in Moscow and Krakow in 1945. It is not certain which was released first. Each has different wrappers size pagination and publishers. Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza "Czytelnik" (Czytelnik Publishing Cooperative) unknown
Best.-Nr. 9786589351900-11-71377Editora Processo 4P07L. New. Editora Processo 4P07L unknown
1980Best.-Nr. 217732Beijing.: No publication details. 1980. One photograph with two images on it showing very clearly "The Ten Main Defendants in the Dock" during the Gang of Four trials. The upper photo shows Yao Wenyuan Jiang Tengjiao Qiu Huizao Wu Faxian and Jiangqing the lower photo shows Huang Yongsheng Chen Boda Wang Hongwen Li Zuoteng and Zhang Chunqiao. The number 18 at lower right of photo indicates that this is part of a series of photographs illegible red stamp on reverse. Slightly creased in places else in good condition. Page measures 23 x 30.7 cm upper photo measures 9.5 x 26.8cm lower measures 10.8 x 26.8cm. . No publication details. unknown
Best.-Nr. 38036Janesville Wis.: Barker Burnett & Hall Printers & Publishers 1855. First edition 8vo 205 x 135 mm 48pp. some light spotting orig. green upper printed wrapper lower wrapper missing disbound. "Mayberry knowing Alger was returning with a sum of money met him on the road in Harmony Wisconsin and killed him with a hatchet while riding with him. Wisconsin had abolished the death penalty and a mob seized Mayberry after his conviction and hanged him in the streets."McDale. McDale The Annals of Murder. Janesville, Wis.: Barker, Burnett & Hall, Printers & Publishers, 1855 unknown
Best.-Nr. 35573Edinburgh: Printed by Alex Lawrie and Co. 1807. First edition 8vo 220 x 135mm 4 323 1pp. final 2 leaves a little chipped at margins disbound. Not in the British Library. Edinburgh: Printed by Alex Lawrie and Co., 1807 unknown
Best.-Nr. 159031London: William Hodge & Company 1950 new edition. Hardcover 298pp. Very good no dust jacket. Photographs chronology appendices. Trial of Alma Victoria Rattenbury Alma Victoria Rattenbury George Percy Stoner George Percy Stoner. Murder of Francis Mawson Rattenbury & Francis Mawson Rattenbury. Publisher series: Notable British Trials. Locale:. Law Murder Trials--England Murder Trials--England Trials. William Hodge & Company Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 22164'C. B. Fields i.e. Cold Bath Fields Prison London October 14th 1824'. See Fauntleroy's entry in the Oxford DNB. Although accounts of his depravity are exaggerated Fauntleroy led a dissolute life and appropriated securities worth around £360000. During his trial at the Old Bailey he called seventeen merchants and bankers to testify to his integrity but his defence was unsuccessful and he was hanged outside Newgate before a crowd of 100000. The present item is 1p 4to. Bifolium addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'Sir Cuthbert Sharp &c &c' with endorsement. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with slight damage to inner edge of second leaf caused by removal from mount. With several folds. Written in a clear hand with a good bold signature. Reads: 'My Dear Sir Cuthbert I have heard from you with every attention what you have proposed from the Assignees to me – I will give it every consideration & shall hope in a few days to communicate with you upon the subject I remain Most faithfully Yrs H Fauntleroy'. Sharp was presumably an assignee of an estate which had suffered as a result of Fauntleroy's forgeries. 'C. B. Fields [i.e. Cold Bath Fields Prison, London] October 14th 1824'. unknown
Best.-Nr. 19780Note from Lincoln's Inn dated 16 September 1820. Engraving published by A. Wivell 40 Castle Street East Marylebone and T. Kelly 17 Paternoster Row. Undated. ONE: ANS. 1p. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. The second leaf bears the address part of which has been cut away: '<.> Wright Esq <.> Panton Square <.> Coventry Street'. Reads: 'Sir I am much in want of the copies of V. <> & the other speeches & I hope you can let me have my own or other copies I am Your most Obt. Servant Wm. Vizard'. TWO: Engraving of 'Willm. Vizard Esqr. Her Majesty's Solicitor. Engraved by T. Wright from a Drawing by A. Wivell.' At bottom right-hand corner 'P 2/6'. Dimensions of image 9.5 x 8 cm. On 17 x 12 cm paper. Aged and worn with dog-eared corner and slight staining at head. The National Portrait Gallery in London does not hold a copy of this item in its collection. Note from Lincoln's Inn, dated 16 September 1820. Engraving published by A. Wivell, 40 Castle Street, East, Marylebone, and T. K unknown
Best.-Nr. 12674No place or date. London c.1818. 1p. on 29 x 7 cm piece of unwatermarked laid paper probably cut down with no indication of printer or date. Printed with the long s. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. 64 lines arranged in eight eight-line stanzas. The first stanza reads: 'BRITAIN! brave and generous nation Listen to my plaintive strain Tho' exalted be my station! Day and night I sigh in pain; Here I came a helpless stranger With no friend to take my part Braved the stormy ocean's danger From home for ever to depart.' She appeals to her 'Good Uncle' i.e. King George III whose wife is described as 'your Queen a pious lady' asking him how he can stand by and 'Let a shameless woman trample On decency's offended laws'. A later reference to 'the Countess' makes it clear that this is Frances Villiers Countess of Jersey. The last stanza reads: 'There from empty pomp retreating Childless mother widow'd wife! My lost titles none repeating Let me lead a peaceful life. When you think on my sad story Britons drop a pitying tear! And fair England's fame and glory Shall to me be ever dear!' Excessively scarce: no copy in the British Library or on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat and no other reference discovered. From the papers of Sir William Hamilton 1788-1877 British Consul at Boulogne-sur-Mer from 1826 to 1873. No place or date. [London, c.1818?] unknown
1983Best.-Nr. 769724PN. New. 1983. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1980Best.-Nr. 4456St.Louis MO : Sunrise 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 8vo 270 pages brown cloth; dj edgeworn Presentation Copy to the Coney's in Watseka Illinois in 1990 "With love -". Laid in is a photocopy of a 1991 newspaper clipping about Dakin with his inked presentation to Mary Alice Coney. The Foreword is by Tennessee Williams and reproduces his holographic facsimile of it. Dakin Williams "tells of the fascinating lives of the memebers of the Williams family including Tennessee his sister Rose and their mother and father as he describes memories and events never before spoken of even by Tennessee." Edited by crime journalist Lucy Freeman. [ Sunrise ] hardcover
Best.-Nr. 3978The Burning of The Reichstag Reed Douglas Special Correspondent of The Times at the Leipzig Trial. Published by Victor Gollancz London 1934. First Edition Publishers Note Laid-In. 8vo up to 9½" tall. 352pp. with four black and white plates. Black cloth boards gilt spine titles. Text block is clean without markings tears or folds; a very light toning to edges. Boards are clean and binding is strong. Un clipped dust jacket has darkened along spine and edges. Minor chipping to head and foot. Protected in mylar. An exceedingly rare copy in original wrapper. The Reichstag fire February 27 1933 was a critical event in the expansion of Nazi power. Hitler seized upon the building's fire as evidence of communist scheming and the following day a state of emergency was declared and orders were given for all KPD The Communist Party of Germany members of the Reichstag to be arrested. The Reichstag Fire Decree imposed restrictions on the press banned political meetings and marches and intercepted communications. The legal concept of habeas corpus was suspended allowing the regime to detain suspected terrorists or revolutionaries without charge. This emergency decree was followed in March by the Enabling Act giving the Nazis dictatorial control for a five-year period. While the Reichstag fire was undoubtedly arson who was responsible remains one of history's great mysteries. Arrested at the rear of the building was Marinus van der Lubbe a 23-year-old Dutch communist who claimed sole and full responsibility denying the existence of co-conspirators. Also arrested were Ernst Torgler the chairman of the KPD three Bulgarians Georgi Dimitrov Blagoi Popov and Vassili Tanev. At their trial December 23 1933 Judge Wilhelm Bürger found Marinus van der Lubbe was guilty of "arson and with attempting to overthrow the government". The Judge further concluded that the German Communist Party had indeed planned the fire in order to start a revolution but the evidence against the other defendants was insufficient to justify a conviction. Marinus van der Lubbe was executed January 10 1934. Nearly 75 years after the event the German government granted him a posthumous pardon. hardcover
1693Best.-Nr. D12884Printed by Edward Jones. and Published by him and Randal Taylor 1693. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Modern half calf and marbled paper gilt-stamped lettering on spine; 300x187mm; pp. 4 64. Binding is fine. Text block browned as expected; tiny chips at corners of first two leaves. In December 1692 the young but already dissolute Cornish peer Charles 4th Lord Mohun was involved in a fracas arising from a botched attempt to kidnap the popular actress Anne Bracegirdle. Mohun was acting as accomplice to a young army officer Captain Hill who had taken a fancy to Bracegirdle and decided not to take no for an answer. Their plan to bundle her into a coach was thwarted by the intervention of several of Bracegirdles neighbours but principally by her fellow actor William Mountford. In the ensuing scuffle Mountford was stabbed; he died shortly after. His trial was one of the society events of the year as Mohun had already been part of numerous duels and brawls and tho he was not yet a member of the House his father had been a good Whig and the young Lords future vote was not something that either party were keen to squander. His acquittal proved as sensational as the trial itself had been. One newsletter commented bitterly that a commoner would not have been so fortunate; others debated the intricacies of an attempted appeal that it was thought Mountfords widow intended to lodge but which was expected to be stifled by the Lords. Perhaps most intriguing of all was the conclusion drawn by Queen Mary herself that the verdict was symptomatic of a rot at the very heart of society. Mohun did not learn his lesson. He continued to brawl and only a few years later he was again arrested for another murder of an apparently unrelated Captain Hill. On this occasion he was spared a trial though and took advantage of a royal pardon. Over the next few years he repaid his Whig colleagues trust in him by proving a dependable lieutenant in the House. He may well have been fulfilling precisely the same role when he took the field against the Tory Duke of Hamilton with fatal consequences for both. Printed by Edward Jones... and Published by him and Randal Taylor hardcover
1810Best.-Nr. 3720Early Maine Murder Trial Gone Awry An account of a murder trial in Malta now Windsor in the District of Maine. Paul Chadwick was a surveyor on what was then the northern frontier of Maine and in an area where disputed land titles were common. Chadwick was shot while conducting a survey by a group of landowners disguised as Indians. Despite fairly overwhelming evidence of the guilt of the accused the jury found all not guilty. Previous owner's Rice Dudley book label on front pastedown. Another early owner's name Moody Kent in ink in several places. References: Shaw & Shoemaker: 21516 3 locations. Sabin: 47985. Williamson: 5651. Noyes: 505. Skillin: 10-32. McDade: 641. Condition: 186 2 pp. Original blue/gray paper-covered boards with chipping. Paper spine cracked and eroded. Original paper spine label with vertical separation. Occasional foxing and staining mostly very light. A solid example of a scarce early Maine imprint. Ezekiel Goodale
1815Best.-Nr. AQ19449London: Printed by W. Glindon 1815. 16pp. Unbound with remains of original stitching. Edges first and final leaves dust-soiled uncut small tear to outer blank margin of two leaves and gutter of last little spotting. A speech delivered to the jury at a trial for adultery in Dublin by the lawyer Mr Phillips - an 'exquisite display of eloquence'. It comments on the fact that led Mr Guthrie the plaintiff he was representing and Mr Sterne to face one another in court as the latter had a relationship with Mrs Guthrie and convinced her to escape with him. The repenting Mrs Guthrie 'a poor wretch' returned home after Mr Sterne began to beat her. It was a very successful speech - 'a burst of applause from the whole Bar and auditory followed the delivery of the passage'. An interesting ephemeral survival shedding light on Irish marital law. COPAC records a single copy Oxford; OCLC adds no further. . 8vo. Printed by W. Glindon unknown
1824Best.-Nr. BB056Murder Trial Account of the Murder of the late Mr William Weare . the coroner's inquest the trials of the prisoners and the execution. By George Henry Jones. London 1824. With 3 landscapes 2 folding plates finely lithographed by C J Hullmandel. 8vo iv344pp; half-leather marbled boards spine label "Thurtell's Trial" lightly scuffed very solid and clean throughout. First edition. William Weare was a solicitor of Lyon's Inn and a gambler. His killer was John Thurtell 1794–1824 a sports promoter amateur boxer a former Royal Marine officer and a son of the Mayor of Norwich. Thurtell owed Weare a gambling debt of £300 an immense sum at the time equivalent to £24500 in 20151. Thurtell believed Weare had cheated him of the money. Whatever the truth when Weare demanded payment Thurtell murdered him rather than pay up. He invited Weare to join him and his friends – Joseph Hunt a tavern landlord and William Probert a former convict and alcohol merchant – for a weekend of gambling at Probert's cottage at the site of Oaks Close off Gills Hill Lane subsequently popularly known as Murder Lane23 Radlett. On 24 October 1823 they journeyed from London in Thurtell's horse-drawn gig but Weare was killed in a dark lane just short of their destination. The gruesome and callous events created such public sensation that it attracted numerous ballads and theatre shows at the time along with comment by the essayist Babington Macaulay and the crime used variously in the work of Sir Walter Scott William Hazllitt and Robert Louis Stevenson. After the trial one of the accused was hanged and another Joseph Hunt was transported to Botany Bay Australia. Charles Joseph Hullmandel 1789–1850 studied art and printmaking and is considered amongst the most important figures in the development of British lithography. He developed a method for reproducing gradations in tones and for creating the effect of soft color washes which enabled the reproduction of Romantic landscape paintings of the type made popular by J. M. W. Turner. Hullmandel's essay The Art of Drawing on Stone 1824 was an important handbook of lithography issued the same year as this account of the trial.
2008Best.-Nr. 2090502124500174Yukyan 2008. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Yukyan paperback
2005Best.-Nr. 2090502124500254Japan Correspondence Education Federation 2005. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Japan Correspondence Education Federation paperback
2010Best.-Nr. 2090502124500241Jiyu Kokuminsha 2010. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Jiyu Kokuminsha paperback
1982Best.-Nr. 2090202122800132Mukuge-sha 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: B5 Number of books: 2 Mukuge-sha paperback
1980Best.-Nr. 2090202120809695Not Available 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Not Available paperback
1975Best.-Nr. 2090202118201114law school 1975. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. law school paperback
2009Best.-Nr. 2090202120408676Kaibundo shuppan 2009. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kaibundo shuppan paperback
1995Best.-Nr. 2090202120403720Akashishoten 1995. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Akashishoten paperback