Search Results: True Crime from Lawrence Jones

Adelaide: Rigby, 1967. x, 266pp, bw ills. Or maroon cloth in jacket which is lightly edge-worn, with a closed tear from from the spine head with minor loss at the spine head and foot. The history of Pentridge gaol in the fifty years preceeding the 20th century.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Pocket Books, 1996. 357pp, b/w ills. With a special appendix: probing the mind of spree killer Andrew Cunanan. The book includes hundreds of entries spanning the entire spectrum of serial murder from every angle.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback.

New York: The Free Press, 1993. xviii, 313pp, index, notes. Or card covers. Remainder line on bottom edge-near new. A disturbing look at the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Philadelphia: S. T. Souder & Company, 1876. 348pp + 1pp +2pp ads. 2bw ills + bw frontis. Or green cloth with gilt and black decoration.Some edge wear, wrinkling of cloth on rear and spine, corners bumped, prev owners inscription on ffep. Tight, bright, clean copy. Previously published as Whiskey Drips (1873). True story told by an IRS detective of the operations, investigation and prosecution of a whiskey ring. Also speaks of corrupt agents.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Garden City Publishing, 1930. 355pp, b/w frontis + 6pp b/w plates Upper edge tinted, fore- and lower-edges uncut. Or red cl boards.. A Star Book. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Hobart: Cat & Fiddle Press, 1977. xv, 173pp, index, bibliography, notes/references, appendices, endpaper maps. red cloth in jacket. Near new. Edition limited to 750 signed and numbered copies of which this #376. . Signed by Author. First Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

London: Abelard-Schuman, 1973. 200 pages, diagram, appendix, notes on text. Or cloth boards in price-clipped and lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. The author puts the case for treating the prevention, investigation, trial and punishment of air crime as a world problem, and one that must be involved at an international level.. Signed & Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Public Affairs, 1999. xxix, 286pp, 8pp b/w plates, notes, index. Papered boards in jacket. Loosely inserted is a publisher's cover letter addressed to Sol Price. SIGNED by the author on the front flyleaf. The author examines the fate of unwanted animals cast off by the U.S. zoos and theme parks.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Half cloth/ Papered Boards.. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Scribner / Lisa Drew, 2003. xii, 308pp, two appendices, index. Cloth-backed boards in dust-jacket. The author felt that this story of John Robinson needed to be shared with those looking for romance and sex on-line. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

New York: Pathfinder., 1988. 190pp, appendix, few bw ills. Paperback. Minor stain at bottom left of front cover. Who killed Malcolm X? What are the ideas they tried to silence? his book exposes the cover-up surrounding his murder-and the attempts to mutilate his revolutionary message.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Blandford / Cassell, 1999. 239pp, 8pp of b/w plates, bibliography, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. This survey of the macabre history of assassination gives details of some of the best know, bloodiest and most tragic killings of all time.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Random House, 1992. 318pp, 8pp b/w photos. Cloth-backed papered boards lightly worn at the lower edge, in dust-jacket. The story of animal trainer Murray Hill who, in 1984, disappeared with two full-grown female Asian elephants.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Albuquerque: Route 66 Publishing, 1995. 120pp, notes, bw ills. Ir card covers. Light crease to front cover. English language translation of The Guide to the Museum- guide to the Auschitz museum with some additional material. A stark reminder of man's inhumanity to man.. First English Language Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Canberra: Nationwide News, 1993. 96pp, bw ills. Or pictorial card. Minor edge wear to covers. 28 true stories of murder in Australia.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: HarperCollins, 2018. xi, 351pp, bibliography, col ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Near new. 1862- 8 bushrangers- 77kg gold. The incredible true story of Australia's biggest steal.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Australia: Publisher Not Stated, 1967. 62pp, index, num bw ills. Or blue cloth. Cloth faded at spine, edges of rear board and most of front, lacks front free endpaper. Details of 2 prev owners inside front cover- one a senior constable in the AFP, the other the Norfolk Island Police Force. Extremely scarce.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

San Antonio: The Naylor Company, 1950. xv, 238pp, bibliography, appendix, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or red cloth lacking jacket. Prev owners details and date written on verso of frontis. A study of outlaws of the American west.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Stanush, Frank Anthony.. 8vo.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987. xiii, 333pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills, map. Or red cloth in jacket. Brief gift note on front free endpaper, otherwise excellent. Comprehensive look at many of the once-famous peace officers and outlaws of Old California.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: The Five Mile Press, 2002. 192pp, index, bibliography, notes, list of convicts of the First Fleet, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. Sticker remnant on half-title page, otherwise excellent.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2004. xii, 319pp, 8pp b/w plates,3 maps. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The life of' Attila Ambrus, the Robin Hood of Eastern Europe, and his rival, Lajos Varju, the Inspector Clouseau of the Iron Curtain'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.