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Sydney: Kangaroo Press., 1996. 368pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. A history of the New South Wales prison system from colonial times to the present. Using a wealth of sources including diaries, letters, and contemporary newspaper features, the book accurately reflects the daily life of prisoners and warders, as well as policy. Also examines… Read more about this item

Sydney: Random House., 1997. 231pp, index, bibliography, bw photographs. Page edges heavily toned, remainder line on bottom edge, and minor edge wear to covers. Jean Lee became the last woman hanged in Australia in 1951. This is the story of her life, crimes and punishment. The result of 9 years research.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Plus. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992. 179 pages. Paperback. A Peter McVey novel.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Century, 2004. 389pp. Upper corners of the cover are creased. The author's second collection of short pieces.. First UK Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback.

London: Quercus, 2006. Introduction by Harlan Coben. 514 pages. Page edges slightly soiled. Paperback with some wear at edges and corners, fading to spine. The book contains crime stories from the pulp magazines of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. They are the stories of the mean streets of Nw York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Authors include Paul Cain Dashiell Hammett,… Read more about this item

Fort Worth: Summit Group, 1990. xviii, 217pp, bibliography, bw ills. Or white cloth in jacket. Some minor soiling and slight edge wear to jacket, 2 tiny tears to jacket at head of spine. Exhaustive investigation and research brings the author to conclude that Oswald did indeed act alone in the assassination of JFK.. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.… Read more about this item

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.

Melbourne: Five Mile Press, 2002. 288pp, bibliography. Or card covers. Some edge wear. A collection of accounts of true crimes in Australia including the Backpacker Killer, Ivan Milat; the Queen Street Massacre; the Donald Mackay murder; the Anita Cobby case; the Walsh Street Murders and more.. Apparent First. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. 366pp, index bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Some toning and edge wear to jacket with one short tear and small chip. The author was chief crime reporter for a Chicago newspaper and witnessed the "Bloody Twenties" up close. He gives us portraits of all its notorious gangsters, relates many stranger-than-fiction anecdotes… Read more about this item

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991. 283pp. Spine creased. A Susan Henshaw Mystery. The surprise birthday gift was a new car loaded with features- including a dead body.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Christoher Helm, 1987. x, 198pp, index, appendices, bibliography, bw & col ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. New but with small stain on front endpapers. Based on a series of related Channel 4 documentary films. Details the illegal trade in live animals, skins, ivory, furs, musk, butterfly wings, rhino horn etc which is an ever increasing problem for environmentalists,… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 192pp. Or black cloth in jacket. Very light spotting to edges, bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Jacket bright and fresh, but a little chipped at edges with a 3/4" tear at spine fold. The second Don Micklem thriller in which the wealthy American tackles a ruthless extortioner whose world-wide activities have baffled Scotland Yard… Read more about this item

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1996. 283pp. Spine creased. A Susan Henshaw Mystery. Among rich northeastern suburbanites politics can be poison.... Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1997. 232pp. Spine creased, small yellow stain on 3 pages. A Josie Pigeon Mystery. Josie Pigeon is bothered to find she has a double. When the mysterious look-alike turns up murdered on Josie's job site, Josie is highly indignant. Was Josie the intended victim?. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Books, 1995. 149pp, bw "woodcut" ills. Very minor edge wear. Originally published in 1896, this is the first reprint edition. Deals with punishments meted out in colonial times. Included are the drunkards cloak, branding, stocks, bilboes, wooden horse, branks & gags, military punishments, the ducking stool and the pillory amongst others. Interesting reading.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine.… Read more about this item

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1994. 235pp. Spine creased. A Susan Henshaw Mystery.When the neighborhood caterer gets killed during a holiday celebration, everyone's in the soup.... Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston., 1969. x, 83pp, bibliography, bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Slight edge wear, rubbing and creasing to covers, library card pocket at front, pen notation on 2 pages only. Volume in Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series. Study of the Vice Lords, a black urban gang in Chicago.. First Paperback. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

London: John Blake Publishing., 2001. xv,255pp. Or black cloth. New but lacking dj. The secrets of Albert Donaghues life as an enforcer with the Krays-notoriuos London gang.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Exeter Books., 1989. 192pp, index, num bw & col ills. Or cloth boards in jacket. Very slight shelf wear to jacket. A history of the FBI from its inception to the late 1980s. Hundreds of illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 306pp. Or boards in jacket. As new. Around the world, behind closed doors, operates an ultra-secret business of sex and death. The author hunts the truth about snuff films using his experiences as a detective and paratrooper. A true account of the makers, sellers and buyers of snuff films.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.… Read more about this item