Search Results: True Crime from MLC Books

London: John Long, 1932. 100 True cases, divided into Problems and Solutions, 222 pages. Undated, first published in 1932. Bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Front end paper removed, foxing to the edges of the text block and the end papers.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. Essays on notorious cases and trials. First printing. Lightly rubbed, spine heel bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2011. A collection of real-life crimes, scandals and tragedies that influenced Christie's works. Fine, as new condition.. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.

Fresno, CA: Pioneer Publishing, 1979. Very gently bumped. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, in mylar. Inscribed by Kidwell on the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

New York: Free Press, 1996. Gently bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with crimping and a bit of wear at the extremeties. Lengthly inscription by Woychuk on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Inscribed By the Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. A memoir of Willemse's rise from a New York City patrolman in 1900 to Captain of the Homicide squad, with the evolution of the department from rampant corruption to a modern police department. Working is some of the roughest neighborhoods, Willemse is candid about the brutal methods used by the police in the years before and during Prohibition. Third printing, February 1931. Bumped and rubbed, spine darkened and nearly illegible. Front hinge cracked, rear loose, with the previous owner's name in pencil on the front end paper and title page.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 1989. Fourteen short stories based on true crimes. First U.S. printing. Pages lightly tanned. Jacket rubbed and crimped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Borealis Books, 2012. On May 22, 1970, St. Paul, Minnesota patrolman James Sackett was killed by a sniper while responding to a bogus call. Swanson recounts the incident, during a time of racial unrest, and the long cold-case investigation that culminated in a controversial trial decades later. First printing. Lightly bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket. Inscribed on the title page "To Deb, with good wishes, William Swanson. 1-8-13." . Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. Seven famous Boston murders. Ex-library, rebound in library boards, with both internal and external indications. Lightly bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Reading copy only.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Benz Publishing, 1937. "Stories from the records of the New York Police Department." Genlty bumped, boards soiled and spotted with light foxing to the upper edge of the text block. Previous owner's gift inscription on the front pastedown. Pages clean and unmarked. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Chicago, IL: John C. Winston Co., 1926. Seventeen mysteries with four illustrations. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine just slightly sunned with foxing to the last few pages. Square and solid. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Morgan James Publishing, 2016. Between 1900 and 1909, five girls were raped and strangled in Dayton, Ohio. A true crime account in which the author attempts to apply present day methods to solve the murders. Very gently bumped. Inscribed to Lizzie and signed by Forschner on the half title page.. Inscribed By the Author. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Sheridan House, 1950. The career of a pioneer in scientific detection. Bumped and rubbed with light wear at the edges, hinges a bit loose. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears. Quarter inch loss to the spine ends with internal and external clear tape reinforcement. Price clipped, in Brodart.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1932. Reprint. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, spine a bit mottled. Four faint drip marks to the front. Front hinge slightly loose.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Cygnus Arts, 1997. Nearly 200 crimes and criminals, and the over 400 publications based on those cases. Bumped, jacket lightly crimped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1955. Gently bumped and rubbed. Jacket edgeworn with chips and tears, spine sunned. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

New York: Summit Books, 1981. The true story of the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in Paris in 1911. First printing. Lightly bumped with a nick to the lower front board and tiny holes poked in the front corners. Upper edge of the text block scratched, remainder mark to the lower edge, binding square and solid. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, corresponding small holes. Front flap creased, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

New York: Times Books/Random House, 1999. Introduction by William Styron. Spine ends gently rolled. Jacket in mylar. Signed on the title page by both authors, dated 12-18-99. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1939. An expose blaming corrupt local police for the crimes they permitted and championing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to fix the problems. Cooper was a close friend and supporter of J. Edgar Hoover. Second printing. Lightly bumped and rubbed with just a touch of wear at the spine ends, sticker scuff on the spine. Square and solid, end papers and edges of the text block foxed. Inscribed on the front end paper "To my "neighbor" W. Eldridge Smith with a load of good wishes from Courtney Ryley Cooper." Laid in is a note from Cooper, typed and hand signed on his letterhead, to Smith and dated May 31, 1939.. Inscribed By the Author. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Borealis Books, 2006. Riveting account of the T. Eugene Thompson case, who was convicted of the 1963 murder of his wife in St. Paul, Minnesota. Equally fascinating is a view into the lives of their children, who conducted a private family "trial" after his release from prison. First printing. Spine heel gently bumped, jacket in Brodart. Inscribed on the title page "To Pat, With kindest regards, Bill Swanson. Edina 4/23/06.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.