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Ives Washburn, 1935. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Later printing.. Solid later printing (1935) of the first edition in original dust jacket. Orange cloth boards with blue lettering on cover and spine. Quite clean, no fraying, binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Very nice clean decorated endpapers with beautiful old custom bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Pages and edges are clean. 355 pages. Dust jacket has large piece missing at spine, not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), edge wear and closed tears - now enclosed in clean archival quality removable mylar cover. Scarce book, the astounding biography of a gangster and a history of modern day carnage..

Stillwater, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Clean first edition, first printing in unclipped dust jacket. Clean bright color illustrated glossy cover; no bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Clean illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, very light surface wear; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A starkly honest book about life in a super max security prison in Minnesota, by a warden who worked there from 1996-2001..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Fine first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean blue boards with blue faux leather spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black & white plates. 875 pages with Index + About the Author, credits. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. True narrative of a sensational murder as well as a social tapestry, richly peopled with an astonishing array of characters..

New York: Penguin Press, 2013. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing.. New York: Penguin Press, 2013. First Edition, Second Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very clean hardcover book in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean tan boards with brown spine, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated in black and white. 399 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; very slight rubbing at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A unique literary investigation that reconstructs the farcical inquiry into a grusome true crime which happened in New Jersey in 1922 (Halls-Mills Murder) which is mostly forgotten today; as well as a passionate, scrupulous search for the roots of one of America's best-loved novels, "The Great Gatsby.".

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Stated First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean, color-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with full page photographs throughout. 351 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, slight edge wear, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Here, in all its craftiness, violence, knavery, compulsiveness and fascination, is the international world of crime and criminals--the great and the mean in every field of human dereliction--studied and presented out of their expert knowledge and experience by more authorities on the vast underworld of the lawless than have ever been brought together in one book..

London: Allison & Busby, 1987. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition.. Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Black cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Green endpapers, with previous owner name and date neatly penned on front paste-down. All pages are clean but tanned (common for this book). Illustrated with photographs, drawings. One instance of an underlined sentence. 231 pages. Dust jacket is clean, not price clipped, has one 1" closed tear at lower front flap fold, a couple of creases; nice photo of editor on rear panel; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The fifth in the popular series of true-crime anthologies edited by Jonathan Goodman, THE COUNTRY HOUSE MURDERS provides confirmation of Sherlock Holmes's belief that "the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.".

New York: William Morrow, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. New York: William Morrow, 1969. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Red tweed boards with white lettering on spine. Very lightly soiled. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 220 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, with 1/4" closed tear at front flap fold, very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "An extraordinary collection of anecdotes in which a psychic has been instrumental in solving or preventing a crime" - Gina Cerminara"..

New York: Crescent, 1991. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Crescent, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing, in clean original dust jacket. Very clean glossy boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean decorated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 320 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Large format (approx. size: 9-1/2" x 11")..

New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1972. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing (letterline on copyright page begins with "a") in clean dust jacket. Clean gray boards with black lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs.152 pages. Clean dust jacket has a few tiny edge nicks and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The horrible history of body-snatching, which reached its peak at the beginning of the 19th century. Fron Land's End to John o'Groats, people lived and died in terror of the bodysnatchers, for the old saying you are worth more dead than alive was never as true as in those days, when the ressurectionists busied themselves in the graveyards of the land at… Read More

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/near fine. First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Clean yellow-beige boards with bright gold lettering on spine. Light bumping to spine corners, no fraying or wear, corner tips are sharp and unworn. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers illustrated with floor paln of crime scene. No names, writing or marks. 209 pgs. with index. Illustrated with black & white plates. Clean dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. True crime story of a murder in 1875 in a posh mansion outside London, the death by poisoning of Charles Bravo..

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1978. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1978. First edition. Very Good. Large trade paperback - size approx. 8-1/2" x 11". Clean cover, no creasing or chipping. Binding is tight, pages and edges are clean. No names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with color and black & white photographs. 191 pages with index. An entertaining and very informative book that does justice to the world's most fascinating profession..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Stated First edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Clean beige cloth boards with gold and red decoration on cover, red title box with gold lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 266 pgs. + index. Clean unfaded dustjacket with photo of author on front inside flap; small neat cross-out to price at top corner of front flap; very shallow tiny chips at top and bottom spine edge, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. True Crime mystery, the intriguing story of the four-weeks disappearance of Elizabeth Canning in the fifteenth century London; she now lies buried near Hartford, Connecticut..

New York: Random House, 1956. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Third printing of the first edition, in clean bright dust jacket, SIGNED by J. Edgar Hoover, with an additional signed letter from J. Edgar Hoover on FBI letterhead attached to front fixed endpaper. Clean black paper-covered boards with gray cloth spine, black title box, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Browning to edges of endpapers. Inscribed and signed by Hoover on front free endpaper to then Chairman of the Board of Bausch & Lomb Optical Company as follows: "Carl S. Hallauer, With warm personal regards and grateful appreciation - J. Edgar Hoover - Jan. 22, 1957." Additional letter is thanking Carl for a telegram extending congratulations on Hoover's 35th anniversary as Director of the FBI, and is signed "Edgar" in blue ink. Rose red top-stained upper page edges. 368 pages + "About the Author." Clean bright… Read More

New York: Facts On File, 1986. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Facts On File, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by both authors, in unclipped dust jacket. Very clean red boards with gray cloth spine, crisp black lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Signed on front free endpaper by both authors: "Marvin Wolf" and "Katherine Mader". No other writing or marks. 301 pages with index. Dust jacket is unchipped, has a few short closed edge tears, is not price clipped (17.95 on front inside flap), very light soiling. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. True stories of L.A.'s most outrageous, bizarre and historically significant crimes and mysteries - among them, Patty Hearst and the SLA shootout, the killings by the Manson family, the death of John Belushi, but also some… Read More

Chicago: McClurg, 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, published September 19, 1903. Black ribbed cloth boards with gold lettering and decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. Very light soiling; tiny points of wear to spine corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with 29 portraits. Preface by the author. 434 pages with index. Scarce book. Covers the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Ivan the Terrible, William of Orange, Peter the Third of Russia, and many more..

Little, Brown and Company, 2016. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Little, Brown and Company, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Fine. First Edition, First Printing (published October, 2016) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean mustard yellow boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No fraying or fading. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with color photographs. 287 pages + publisher's advertising at rear of book. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An explosive true story from the world's most popular thriller writer, FILTHY RICH is the true riveting tale of money, power, sex, and the easy price of justice for America's wealthy citizens -- written BEFORE the shi_ hit the fan with Epstein's arrest and suspicious death in a New York City jail..

London: George G. Harrap, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. London: George G. Harrap, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition statement on copyright page, in clean original jacket. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Tiny spots of wear to two corner tips and top spine corner. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 224 pp. with index. Illustrated with black and white plates. Foreword by Ex-Chief Superintendent F. R. Cherrill, M.B.E. Dustjacket is price clipped, has chip at top spine edge (maximum depth 3/4" - title unaffected). Very small chip at base of front panel, a few tiny nicks and closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. First full non-technical account of fingerprinting and its various uses. History and development of the science, with discussion of particular cases in which fingerprinting has… Read More

New York: Dutton, 2014. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean hardcover first edition, first printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Light green boards with black spine, unworn gold lettering on spine. Slightest hint of fading to board edges. Binding is tight and square, all pages and edges are clean; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with color photographs. 311 pages with Bibliography. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; a few very light scratches; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. .

New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: G. P. Putnam's , 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Very clean black cloth boards with green lettering on spine. No fading, or fraying. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 207 pages. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), unchipped, with a few short closed edge tears and very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The dangers and excitement of smuggling on a large scale revealed by a successful master of the craft..

Washington DC: Regnery Publishing, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, Third Printing.. Hardcover book and dust jacket, SIGNED by author. Clean gray boards with red cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. No previous owner markings. Inscribed and signed by author on half-title page: "To York, It's more than guns--it's freedom. Keep your powder dry. W. LaPierre - 10/11/94." 263 pages. Clean bright jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..