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Chicago: Regan Printing House, 1901. Cloth. 8vo. 440 pages. Sepia portrait of McKinley facing title page. SUBJECT (S) : McKinley, William (1843-1901) ; Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) ; Garfield, James A. (1831-1881) ; Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) . Gilt lettering and design on cover. Minor wear to edges, spine and edges of textblock. Otherwise in Very Good condition. (MISC-1-4).
1969Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 252 pages. Contents include: My first seance, murder, medium helps the police, Strange vision, Dramatic warning, Dream premonition, Hostile entity, Lady in white, Brutalities unlimited, Rudolf returns.
1957A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 424 pages. Crease on spine. Antonio Frasconi cover; typography by Edward Gorey. First Anchor Books Edition.
2004An uncorrected bound proof copy. 279 pages.
1111The case of the Vintner Lane killings. [1943] Dust jacket worn and creased around the edges and extremities.
1979Harold Acton examines the factors and events leading up to the attempted murder in 1478 of Lorenzo and Giuliano de Medici by the Pazzi family supported by Pope Sixtus IV. With 39 illustrations. Includes Index. 128 pages. Green cloth covers with gilt title on spine and gilt vignette on front cover.
1929A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Gray leatherette cover with red spider web design on front and spine. 350 pages. 5 1/8"w x 7 5/8"h.
1935A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. 5 3/4"w x 8 3/4"h. 86 pages. Foxing to endpapers.
1962Book shows only very light use in burgandy cloth with map endpapers, one corner very lightly bumped, otherwise NF Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Illustrated in two color prints. Great stories of Canada; B&W Illustrations; 150 pages; "In 1885, when a dissatisfied band of Cree Indians attacked the settlers at Frog Lake, the call for volunteers went out and the western districts of Alberta and Saskatchewan were organized for defence against a possible full scale rebellion."Alberta rancher Tom Strange took over these volunteers and formed them into a militia unit comprised of cowboys and Mounted Police to chase the Indian band over many rugged miles." Sounds like children's propaganda for the invading spiritless hordes stealing and killng all the native inhabitants in a land they attacked. Fun for all ages.
2000Book is in excellent condition, one page is dog-eared as the only blemish. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Incredible story of the wholesale butchery by the Japanese military invading the civilian occupied city of Nanking and the Nazi sympathizers who acted in a medical capacity to save large numbers of people.
1957A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Yellowing paper. 166 pages. Stated First Printing.
1961A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Very slight edge wear. Previous owner's name inside. 192 pages. "A hot draught of mad, primal fantasy and poetry."
1987Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 128 pages with a great many b&w and color photos.
1990Book is in excellent condition in brown quarter cloth covers and gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears.
2002Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 295 pages with sections on Victoria and school days, Teignmouth, Eli Harrison, Tom pool murder, Eastern Thakur, Parliament buildings, etc.
1990Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's name on front end paper. 220 pages.
1930pp. 332 (10) [Publisher's catalogue]. 190mm. Original full black cloth binding with white ticker tape design on front cover and spine. Fifth printing. This would make a nice gift for anyone in the investment world. LIT 3 x2
1954190 p. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 160mm. Softbound. Priced paperback. Cover painting by Bill George. Covers creased and rubbed. Dell First Edition. LIT BX 7
1947211 p. Paper browned but not brittle. Super showing inside front cover. 160mm. Softbound. Bantam paperback. Covers soiled. Fourth printing. Very Good. LIT BX 7
1975160p. Illustrated with numerous photographs. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Original dust jacket, worn and torn with some loss. Hardbound. Nice copy. CRIME BOX 1
1928pp. x, 323 + Frontis and full page photographs. Ownership label of H.R. Dietterich. Uncut. 8vo. Original full purple buckram cloth binding. Spine faded. Hardbound. Nice copy. Fascinating criminal cases solved by the international criminal investigator, H. Ashton-Wolfe. Harry Ashton-Wolfe (1881-1959) is not generally considered a pulp author, however, stories from his books, were serialized in various pulp fiction and Sunday magazines. Ashton-Wolfe featured crimes as bizarre as those depicted by Sax Rohmer, Walter Gibson or Seabury Quinn. Nevertheless, these stories were presented as non-fiction. Ashton-Wolfe was one of the greatest liars of all times. CRIME BOX 1
1966288p. Profusely illustrated with seven and fifty photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Original dust jacket with small tear on top of spine. Hardbound. A pictorial history of crime from 1850 to 1966. Nice copy. CRIME BOX 1
1979pp. xiii, 1979. Tall 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Violent death statistics in Philadelphia from 1839 to 1901. PA 7
1824pp. xxiv, 388, (4) [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis Engraved by R. Cooper. Text foxed. Uncut and unopened. Edges fragile. 185mm. Virtually disbound. This is a good a candidate for rebinding. This original 1824 First Edition is quite scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CRIME BX 1
1967pp. xix, 135 + Photographs. Bookplate of India Newton on front paste down. Slightly damp stained. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, extremities rubbed with loss. Original priced dust jacket; worn, taped and chipped with loss. W3
