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2013réf. 32176Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2013 Book. As New. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Ed. Classical Spies is the first insiders account of the operations of the American intelligence service in World War II Greece. Initiated by archaeologists in Greece and the eastern Mediterranean the network drew on scholars personal contacts and knowledge of languages and terrain. While modern readers might think Indiana Jones is just a fantasy character Classical Spies discloses events where even Indy would feel at home: burying Athenian dig records in an Egyptian tomb activating prep-school connections to establish spies code-named Vulture and Chickadee and organizing parachute drops.Susan Heuck Allen reveals remarkable details about a remarkable group of individuals. Often mistaken for mild-mannered professors and scholars such archaeologists as University of Pennsylvanias Rodney Young Cincinnatis Jack Caskey and Carl Blegen Yales Jerry Sperling and Dorothy Cox and Bryn Mawrs Virginia Grace proved their mettle as effective spies in an intriguing game of cat and mouse with their Nazi counterparts. Relying on interviews with individuals sharing their stories for the first time previously unpublished secret documents private diaries and letters and personal photographs Classical Spies offers an exciting and personal perspective on the history of World War II. 420p.bibliography.index. University of Michigan Press paperback
1955réf. ZB393271National Council on Crime and Delinquency 1955-1974. volumes 1-20 partly bound library markings else texts clean & bindings tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. National Council on Crime and Delinquency unknown
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1975Shelf wear to DJ, particularly to extremities. Marks from paper clips and occasional notes in text ; The story of NYPD's Greenberg and Hantz, called 'Batman and Robin' for their technique of swinging on ropes from rooftops to make busts. SIGNED by both, as well and Author Whittemore. Made into an acclaimed film by director Gordon Parks, whose production notes grace a couple of pages. Obtained directly from Parks. Absolutely a one of a kind item. B&W photos on rear of DJ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 359 pages
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19178vo., First Edition, with a full-page plan; strongly bound in contemporary red buckram, backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIR JOHN (LATER VISCOUNT) SIMON TO MAJOR A W H JAMES WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT WRAPPER. A FINE AND RELEVANT A.L.s FROM SIMON TO JAMES IS MOUNTED ON REAR ENDPAPER. The letter is written from HQ, Royal Flying Corps, where Simon served briefly on Lord Trenchard's staff during WWI. Major James has noted the context in a neat hand on inner wrapper: 'Immediately after the trial John Simon came out to HQ, RFC, France, and was attached under instruction to my squadron, No. 6, at Abeele. I had known Simon when I was at Cambridge, and he and Ernest Burge had a hunting box at Huntingdon. John Simon, whom I got to know very well later, in the same mess at HQ. RFC, and later in the H. of C [House of Commons] was intrigued to meet someone who knew his client, Malcolm, well. John Allsebrook Simon, KC, 1st Viscount Simon (1873-1954) is one of only three British politicians to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary [under Churchill] and Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the sensational trial of Lieutenant [Douglas] Malcolm of the Royal Artillery for the murder of Anton Baumberg [Count de Borch], Simon led the Defence. After the summing-up by the Judge [Justice McCardie] the Jury retired and after twenty-five minutes' absence returned a verdict of 'Not Guilty'. RARE, AND IN THIS CASE CONTEXTUALLY UNIQUE.
19238vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original cloth from front board and backstrip mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects seven of the author's inimitable detective stories.
1897réf. 2210009Sacramento: State of California 1897. Soft cover. Near Fine. Original large previously folded $500 reward poster issued by Gov. James H. Budd on January 26 1897 for apprehension of "some person or persons unknown" for the murder of Jesse Robert Sweet on October 4 1895 "while driving a team from Lake City to Bidwell." "Attest: L. H. Brown Secretary of State." Size almost exactly 14" x 9 1/2". Slight split at each side of main horizontal fold and with crease at the fold; mild crease to further fold in thirds. Rare and desirable. State of California unknown
19658vo., First Edition, half-title very faintly browned; green cloth, gilt back, top very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear and very lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY OF A VERY SCARCE TITLE. The author's third novel.
19498vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges, and with loss at upper edge of front panel and tail of backstrip. In the image a facsimile dustwrapper is laid loosely behind the original. Chandler's penultimate Marlowe novel. The UK first edition precedes the US edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19298vo., First Edition thus; handsomely bound in full chestnut crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the first edition of the Father Brown omnibus, collecting all forty stories from the four original volumes 'The Innocence of Father Brown', 'The Wisdom of Father Brown', 'The Incredulity of Father Brown' and 'The Secret of Father Brown'. Sullivan 861.
(1.) On Appeals of Death; Together with a Concise Statement of their Nature, the Laws respecting them, and in what cases and by what relatives of the deceased entitled to be instituted. Compiled, from the best Authorities, by a Professional Gentleman. Birmingham: Printed by R. Jabet and Co., [c. 1810]. 12pp., one line of text shaved but without loss of sense. This appears to be unrecorded, not listed on Copac or OCLC. (2.) [TOPHAM (Edward)] The Remarkable Life of John Elwes, Esq. Member in three successive parliaments for Berkshire. with singular Anecdotes, &c. London: Printed for J. Roe... and Anne Lemoine, [c. 1810]. Engraved frontispiece, 34pp. (3.) Thornton's Trial. The Trial of Abraham Thornton, at the Warwick Summer Assize, on Friday, the 8th day of August, 1817, for the murder of Mary Ashford, in the Lordship of Sutton Coldfield, before the Hon. George Sowley Holroyd, Knight. A new edition... Birmingham: Printed and Sold by Joseph Russell, [c.1820]. 39pp., folding plan frontispiece (misbound at the start of the volume), the title page refers to 'engravings', however, there doesn't appear to be any in other copies located. (4.) An Account of the Appeal of Death, by Wm. Ashford, Against Am. Thornton... Birmingham: J. Russell, [c.1820]. 17pp. (5.) The Mysterious Murder, or, What's the Clock? A Melo Drama, in Three Acts. Founded on a Tale too True. Written by G. L. Birmingham: Printed and Sold by the Author, [c.1810]. Second edition, revised and corrected, [2], 56pp. (6.) The King versus B. Mander and Eight Others. The Trial at large of the Committee of the Flour and Bread Company, of which Benjamin Mander was Chairman, at Stafford Summer Assizes, 1814, etc. Wolverhampton: Printed by J. Smart, 1814. 48pp., fore-edges shaved and touch text. Not recorded by Copac. (7.) The Speech of Charles Phillips, Esq. Counsel for the Plaintiff in the Crim. Con. Cause, tried in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, June 9, 1815, John Guthrie, Esq. versus Peter William Baker Dunstanville Sterne. Birmingham: Printed and sold by J. Ferrall, 1815. 23pp. Not recorded by Copac.
1917réf. 23168Privately Printed for Stevens and Sons by C.F. Roworth 1917. 8vo. First Edition with a full-page plan; strongly bound in contemporary red buckram backstrip lettered in gilt uncut ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM SIR JOHN LATER VISCOUNT SIMON TO MAJOR A W H JAMES WITH THE FORMER'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT WRAPPER. A FINE AND RELEVANT A.L.s FROM SIMON TO JAMES IS MOUNTED ON REAR ENDPAPER. The letter is written from HQ Royal Flying Corps where Simon served briefly on Lord Trenchard's staff during WWI. Major James has noted the context in a neat hand on inner wrapper: 'Immediately after the trial John Simon came out to HQ RFC France and was attached under instruction to my squadron No. 6 at Abeele. I had known Simon when I was at Cambridge and he and Ernest Burge had a hunting box at Huntingdon. John Simon whom I got to know very well later in the same mess at HQ. RFC and later in the H. of C House of Commons was intrigued to meet someone who knew his client Malcolm well. John Allsebrook Simon KC 1st Viscount Simon 1873-1954 is one of only three British politicians to have served as Home Secretary Foreign Secretary under Churchill and Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the sensational trial of Lieutenant Douglas Malcolm of the Royal Artillery for the murder of Anton Baumberg Count de Borch Simon led the Defence. After the summing-up by the Judge Justice McCardie the Jury retired and after twenty-five minutes' absence returned a verdict of 'Not Guilty'. RARE AND IN THIS CASE CONTEXTUALLY UNIQUE. Privately Printed for Stevens and Sons by C.F. Roworth, hardcover
Ten volumes, complete. FIRST EDITION of the memoirs of M. Claude, who served as director of the Surete during the Second Empire. Extensive accounts of murders and other major crimes and the ensuing investigations. Complete with numerous manuscript facsimiles (many folding) and an engraved portrait of M. Claude (frontispiece of final volume). 8vo. Attractively bound in recent cloth, leather spine labels. Very good throughout. A RARE AND IMPORTANT SET. Vicaire II, 443.
193472 pages. Features: Cover illustration of cats in knitting basket; Nicely illustrated one-page ad for the new Ford V-8 for 1934; Fleischmann's Yeast one-page ad features large photo of Dr. Edouard Agasse-Lafont with patient; Editorial topics include Whose Shoe Pinches?, Production and Revenue, Take Courage, The Cost of Crime, and Time for a Showdown; Nice one-page Ovaltine ad says Make Sure You Sleep Tonight; The Man Who Lived in Twilight (short story); Ill Wind (short story); A Castle in the Caribbees (Caribbean) - photo illustrated article explores the option of moving to a Caribbean island; The Strange Romance (short story); Mean People (short story); A Waif And a Workman Who Now Sways the World - incredible photo-illustrated article on Adolph Hitler - "The Incredible Romance of Adolph Hitler, Whom Germany Hails as a "Man-God!"; The Grand National - photo-illustrated article on this famous British horse race; Pond's one-page ad features photo of Eleanor Roosevelt; White Cargo (part 3 of this story); Nice one-page Pontiac ad features the 1934 Straight 8; Fantastic two-page Dodge photo-ad features car flying off a jump, plus photos of famous muckraker Ida M. Tarbell and Miss Mimi Elaine Richardson; Nice one-page illustrated Chevrolet ad; Page 30 features wonderful photos of the airflow Desoto 5-passenger coupe, Ford convertible cabriolet, Buick 5-passenger sedan with built-in trunk, Pontiac coupe, Chevrolet Master Six Coach, Hupmobile Aerodynamic Type Sedan, Hundson convertible coupe with rumble seat, and airflow Chrysler six-passenger four-door sedan; Movie news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Zasu Pitts, Charley Chase, Evelyn Venable, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., George Raft, Pepe Ortiz, and Spanky of the popular "Little Rascals" TV show, and more; Nice Lux soap ad features photo of Sally Eilers; More car photos include the Nash Ambassador Eight Brougham, the Graham Convertible Coupe, the Studebaker Commander St. Regis Brougham, and the new Reo Sedan; Wonderful two-page Chrysler ad features one-page photo-portrait of Walter P. Chrysler and his written statement that "I believe Plymouth is the Best Engineered Car in the Low-Priced Field."; Oxydol ad includes photo insert of Mrs. David Neary of Torrington, CT; Radioland - article on radio news; Lydia E. Pinkham's Tablets ad includes photo of Mrs. Frank P. Stone of Lacombe, Alberta; Young Man and His Problem; Investment News; Legal article; Cooking article; Fashion illustrations; One-page ad for Singer sewing machines; Colour Lifebuoy and Rinso ads inside back cover; Attractive but soiled and worn colour-photo Chipso ad on back cover features Mrs. T.M. Lay and daughters; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Covers detached but present. Pencil markings to back cover. A worthy copy of this historic issue. Book
196656 pages. Features: We are running out of places to bury our garbage; Mental hospitals obsolete in Saskatchewan?; A farewell twitch by BC's Tories; My sixteen months as a Nazi - John Garrity got a 16 month look inside the Canadian Nazi Party - he bugged their meetings, photographed their files, and screened their membership - article with fascinating samples of handbills/tracts - curiously, this work was conducted just before related legislation was passed in Ottawa; The Synthetic Woman - or, how I put on fake hair, eyelashes, nails and a fake figure and found femininity, by Marjorie Harris; And Now... The Synthetic Male, or how I powdered my nose, donned my angora hairpiece and learned to smell more like a man, by Robert Thomas Allen; Is the world ready for Leonard Cohen? - article and great photo; what I learned in a Borneo Classroom, by Manson Toynbee - with many great colour photos; Canada's Kinsey - Dr. Ted Mann, an Anglican priest, began a study of premarital sex on the campus of the University of Western Ontario - when he finished, he was not longer a professor there, by request; Nice colour photo centerfold for Ford's 1967 auto lineup; Rockcliffe Park - the richest, toniest, newsiest village in Canada?, by Susan Dexter; Canadiana by Gerald Stevens; Full-page Crown Zellerbach black and white photo ad shows 50-ton log trailers at Nanaimo Lakes on Vancouver Island; Gerald (Gerry) Caplan says we shouldn't hesitate to threaten Rhodesia with force; and more. Average external wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy. Book
194750 pages. Great cover photo of Dusty Anderson; Features: My Toughest Fight - Boxer Joe Louis tells what it means to have a black skin and be champion of the world - major article with many great photos; No Wonder They Dropped Dead - modern marksmen say the old bad men of the saloon wars could only hit opponents at point-blank range; He Keeps Broadway On Its Feet - Dr. Horace Worrell takes care of the feet of dancers; We Almost Lost the Air War - photo-illustrated revelations of the handicaps our airmen had to overcome to make daylight bombing a success; New Yorkers are Nuts; Insurgent Senator - Republican Wayne Morse confounds his Oregon constituents by voting like a New Deal Democrat; How to Live with a Pregnant Woman; Colorado's "Atom-Proof" Canyon - great photo-illustrated article on Dr. M. Doreal and the Brotherhood of the White Temple, 35 miles southwest of Denver; If You Have To Get a Job - tips to help you get a job; Basketball's Babe Ruth - Super photo-illustrated article on Joe Fulks of Philadelphia; The Readjustment of Winnie - Vic Herman's cartoon cutie is now a civilian; Gertie (Gertrude Niesen) - Broadway's most fascinating fixture; London's Crime Wave - Eugene Messina is finally caught/London Police still refuse to carry gund; Sightless Swordsmen - photo-illustrated article on blind fencers; There's No Business Like Band Business - to become a singer with a name band you need a voice and a low-cut evening gown; Mr. Lewis' Miners; Movie of the Month - "Green Dolphin Street"; The Great Gibberisher - Tobacco Auctioneer Edgar A. Boone of Lexington, Kentucky; Frauleins as Cops - Germany trains female law-enforcement corps; Meet the Winner of Salute's Beauty Contest - 19-year-old Pat Geraghty of Houston, Texas; Coal miner cartoons by Tom Flannery; Speaking of Parties - photos from events organized by Atwater Kent and Earl Carroll; Gorgeous photo of Margaret Stohn, with zanies Vic Herman and Leisentritt in background; Handsome color back cover ad for Hammonton Park men's clothing; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A nice vintage copy. Book
1922Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Great Green Eel - three-day battle with a Conger eel in Trinidad; De Rougemont Right After All! - Shortly after his passing, the incredible stories by Louis de Rougement of adventures with the wild blacks (aborigines) of Australia are proven true! - article with great photos; The Lure of the Jewel - The Forcing of the Duke of Brunswick's safe; Crossed Trails - A remarkable tale of linked lives; The Midnight Visitor - A grim tale of the famous North-West Mounted Police of Canada; Trapped in a Well - two men in Nebraska set out to deepen a well; The Moffat County Mystery - an odd tale from Colorado; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part II - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interest of film-making - article with interesting photos; A Christmas Hunt in East Africa - sometimes 'exiles' can have a good Christmas; A Double Escape a thrilling royal tiger hunt in India; A Man's Luck - Part V - the true story of a man who set out to build an Alaskan home for the girl of his dream but kept being jailed; The Accursed Lake - The strange story of David Burton and Charles Snisted in New Zealand; The Living Death - an explorer's grim story from the South American jungle; Anthropop - Apology; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 268-351, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
193184 pages. Features: Nice mini-golf cover illustration; Heinz vinegar and olive oil colour ad inside front cover; Nice vintage full-page photo ad for Clark's Tomato Ketchup features grocer behind counter speaking with lady customer dressed in contemporary fashion; Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of the late J.Pierpont Morgan - discusses modern women - ad with photo of Miss Morgan as part of Pond's ad; Some Truths about Wheat - W.W. Swanson argues that there has been no "foolish overproduction of wheat"; Backstage at Ottawa; The Dark Road (fiction); Pigeons on Patrol - the story of the Royal Canadian Air Force pigeon service whose winged messengers have pulled many a pilot out of a tight hole; The Hyams Twins Case - Did the Hyams brothers kill Willie Wells in Toronto in 1893?; Barry's Clarissa (fiction); The Silver Scale (fiction); Patrick "Pat" Burns - One of the West's Dominant Business Figures; Bonds of Danger - the story of "Surge" the steelhead; Canadians in Hollywood - great article with five nice photos of stars Fifi Dorsay, Walter Huston, Fay Wray, Mary Pickford, Marie Dressler, and Norma Shearer (photo of Pauline Garon appears later); The Devil in the Jade - a strange tale of mysterious Burma; The Western Mennonites - a graphic description of life among a group of New Canadians now in the throes of the conflict between orthodoxy and modernism - with photos; Sir Oswald Mosley and his New Party cause stir in Britain; Nice full-page photo ad for Kraft cheese and Velveeta; Nice full-page ad for the Chrysler Eight De Luxe; Nice full-page illustrated ad for REO speed wagons and trucks; The Brome Lake Duck Farm of Knowlton, Quebec - article with photos; Nice full-page colour ad for Swift's bacon; Great colour full-page art deco ad for Calay soap; Full-page illustrated ad for Studebaker Trucks features a 2-ton model for $1125; Nice photo ad for Spud cigarettes features a pilot lighting up; Fashionable full-page ad for Penmans new silk hosiery; Excellent full-page colour ad for International Harvester commemorates the centennial of the McCormick reaper; Nice colour full-page ad for Keen's mustard; Woodward's "Gripe Water" ad; Excellent two-colour full-page ad for Dodge Trucks shows row of trucks backed up to loading gates; Nice full-page two-colour ad for the book Murder at Belly Butte; Humour; Nice full-page ad for the Graham Prosperity Six car; Lux soap ad features photos of Clara Bow, Nancy Carroll, June Collyer, Mary Brian, Lillian Roth, and William Powell; Hot weather supper dishes - recipes; Nuce full-page ad for the new Chevrolet Convertible Cabriolet; Outdoor furniture; Colour ad for Parker pens on back cover. Unmarked. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. A worthy vintage copy of this excellent issue. Book
1929Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Man Who Fought a Regiment - Bandit, murderer and escaped felon, "human monster" Paul Jawarski was pursued by over 250 heavily-armed policemen; The Optimist - The moving story of a gentleman who thought he could make a profitable living out of elephant-hunting; The Longest Canoe Voyage on Record - Part I - Robert Copeman and John H.E. Nolan set out from Edmonton for the Gulf of Mexico over 6,000 miles away! - article with photos; A Fool Afoot in France - Part III - The continued misadventures of John Gibbons as he tramps from the French coast to Lourdes; "Hitch-Hiking" Across the United States - Alfred Batson hitch-hiked from New York to San Francisco and had some very odd and exciting adventures - includes map and photo; Byways of Old Pekin [Peking / Beijing] - A wonderfully photo-illustrated presentation of the quaint street-life of the unspoiled native quarters of the Chinese capital, where things still go on much as they did in the Middle Ages; What Happened at "Warne's Folly" - A prospector's terrible predicament in an abandoned Queensland mineshaft; The Horns of a Dilemma - A Queensland bushman's amusing account of an argument with a bad-tempered old cow; Saved By Man-Eating Sharks - A deep-sea diver's terrifying experience in the Sulu Sea; "The White Brother of the Sheik" - Part II of W.B. Seabrook's adventurous trip to meet Mitkhal Pasha, Sheik of Sheiks of the Beni Sakhr, with photos; Photo and bried write-up of a large sink hole near Sharon Springs, Kansas; The Mystery of Crocodile Pool - A weird adventure that befell a young police corporal who is now one of the leading officers of the South African C.I.D. 84 pages plus 12 pages of great ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
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1901réf. 001952Berlin - Dahlem: J. Guttentag 1901. SEE PHOTOS. Very Good condition. Bright clean square tight and unmarked. Handsomely bound with cream cloth spine and corners over marbled-paper covered boards. Decorated endpapers. Page edges are also attractively marbled. No underlining. No margin notes. Text in German. Hans Gustav Adolf Gross 1847 - 1915 is considered the 'father of criminalistics.' Dr. Gross was Examining Magistrate and Professor of Penal Law at the Universities of Czernowitz and Graz. Gross's work was based on the practical application of scientific techniques. His book HANDBUCH FÜR UNTERSUCHUNGSRICTER ALS SYSTEM DER KRIMINALISTIK was published in 1893 and translated into English as CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION in 1907 See p. 222 in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORENSIC SCIENCE by Brian Lane Headline Book Publishing PLC 1992. Keywords: Criminal Psychology. Criminalistics. Fingerprinting. Art Forgery. Kriminalpsychologie. Psychische Kriminalistik. Verbrechensbekämpfung. Strafrecht. Strafpolitik. First Edition 1. Auflage. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii 288pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. J. Guttentag Hardcover
19498vo., First Edition thus; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Chandler's penultimate Marlowe novel. The UK first edition precedes the US edition. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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