Search Results: True Crime from Elk Creek Heritage Books

Touchstone, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover in fine condition. Text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings to note. Wraps crisp & shiny; no creases; appears unread. * From the book back cover, ""...this astonishing story of an obsessive hacker promises to change the way you look at the Internet forever....""

New York: Berkley Books, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition: April 2005. Complete number line with number one. Hard cover in good condition with blue boards & spine cloth & silver gilt lettering. HOWEVER, though book and jacket appear new & unread, when it was bound, the center section of 8 leaves/16 pages of glossy black & white photos were split into two blocks and when bound were off-set by approximately 1/8"". Does not affect the text or the reading of the book. Dust jacket in fine condition; not price clipped.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2nd Printing Hard cover with black boards, black spine cloth and white spine lettering in fine condition. Text block clean & tight with no markings noted. Gray endpapers. Dust jacket fine with only hint of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . takes you into the shadowy world of Robert Philip Hanssen, a twenty-five year veteran of the FBI who was a devout Catholic and a devoted family man, who attended the same church and sent his children to the same school as his boss, Bureau Director Louis J. Freeh. But as he emerged from a troubled childhood in Chicago to rise to the highest ranks of America's counterintelligence experts, Hanssen was also leading another life - as a diabolically clever spy for the Russian government.""

Beverly, MA: Fair Winds Press, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated: First published in the USA in 2011. Contains complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards, silver gilt spine lettering, and silver colored end papers. Boards show rubbing to points of corners and head and heal of spine. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains both black & white and color photographs throughout. 272 numbered pages. Dust jacket in very good condition with light shelf & edge wear; 1"" closed tear at front top of jacket along fold; edge wear at head of spine. * From the jacket, "". . . a captivating account of the darkest chapters of our history."" Mass shootings. "". . . explores the wounded hearts and minds of the ordinary people these monsters couldn't kill.. . . Mesmerizing accounts crackle with gritty details that put the reader in the… Read More

New York: Bonanza Books, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bjorklund, Lorence. Hardcover in very good condition with tan cloth boards with black spine lettering. Former owner's name blacked out at top corner of front free end paper; no other markings noted in internal text block. Text block edges appear age toned and has some light spotting. Dust jacket very good with age toning/dust dulling to edges & light shelf wear. 384 numbered pages. Concludes with an Evaluated Bibliography and an extensive Index.

Granite Bay, California: Penmarin Books Inc, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition, First Printing per complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with light gray boards, darker gray spine cloth and silver gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean & tight with no writing, no markings noted. Light mellow age toning to the papers. Dust jacket very good, right side with barely a ghost of shelf & edge wear; verso shows some foxing; not price clipped. * From the front jacket flap, 'Even though it reads like a thriller, 'Inside Job' is all true. And given the issues of protecting individuals' Constitutional rights to privacy and due legal process versus management's responsibility to eradicate illegal activity and racial and sexual harassment in the workplace, it will change the way people look at corporate America forever.'

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing First Edition, First Printing per complete number line including the number one. Hard cover in very good condition with deep green boards, black spine cloth and silver gilt lettering on spine and on front board in silver ruled box enclosing title. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. End papers depict a two page aerial photo of NYC. Begins with two maps of NYC indicating the various locations discussed in book. Chapter headers include black & white photos of New York City scenes. Section of eight leaves / 16 pages of glossy black & white photos, many of which are of individuals involved in the story. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. Concludes with an Epilogue, Glossary, Bibliography, Note on Other Sources and Acknowledgments. * From the front flap, '. . . Seldom has the netherworld of the Mafia been… Read More

Alva Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with pictorial glossy boards which mirror the dust jacket. Text block clean and tight; light age toning at edges. No writings, no markings noted. Spine very slightly skewed. Dust jacket very good but for a very small tear near front bottom. 576 numbered pages. * From the book, ""Many men have made their mark in history as a result of their notoriety. From crooks and con men to mass murderers and sadistic killers, this book chronicles the notorious acts of crime, passion, and insanity that have left the world aghast."" Includes Josef Stalin, Attila the Hun, the Rev Jim Jones, Hitler, Al Capone, Jack the Ripper, Casanova, Howard Hughes and more ....

New Yoirk: Pantheon Books, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Hard cover in very good condition with dark gold boards and black spine cloth with gold gilt lettering. Contains two sections each eight leaves / 16 pages of black & whtie photographs. Interior text block clean & tight; no writing, no markings noted. Side of text block edges are deckle edged. Dust jacket very good with light shelf wear; a closed tear on the bottom of back panel was scotch taped. Not price clipped. * From the book, "" On April 27, 1913, the bludgeoned body of thirteen-year old Mary Phagan was discovered in the basement of Atlanta's National Pencil Factory. The girl's murder would be the catalyst for an epic saga that to this day holds a singular place in America's collective imagination - a saga that would climax in 1915 with the lynching of Leo Frank . . . who was convicted of the murder. The case has been the subject of novels, plays, movies and even musicals,… Read More