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Sparrow, Judge Gerald . THE GREAT ABDUCTORS
London 1964 1st John Long. True stories of famous kidnappings.Octavo, 192pp., index, hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a21039)
$25.00 Spitxla, E.C. M.D. . EVIDENCE OF INSANITY IN THE BRAINS OF CRIMINALS
NY 1882. In The Sanitarian, a Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Preservation of Health, Mental and Physical Culture, Vol. X, No. CXII, July, 1882, at pp. 406-424. Whole issue comprises pp. 385-448, ads, illus. Good, minor soiling, some wear, wraps chipped. (a24083b)
$33.00Siragusa, Charles. THE TRAIL OF THE POPPY BEHIND THE MASK OF THE MAFIA (signed)
NJ 1966 1st Prentice Hall. 8vo., 235pp., glossary, end paper maps, hardcover. **Signed by Siragusa, former Agent of Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Also signed by "Captain Rosenau". Good, inch wide stain on verso of title and on half title, no DJ. (a45441)
$27.00Kent, Arthur. DEADLY MEDICINE DOCTORS AND TRUE CRIME
NY 1975 Taplinger. Sixteen doctors who used their expertise to dispatch victims to the hereafter. Octavo, 237pp., hardcover. VG text toned in , owner signed. VG DJ, light wear. price is clipped. (a46815)
$22.00 Moore, Langdon W. . LANGDON W. MOORE HIS OWN STORY OF HIS EVENTFUL LIFE
Boston 1893 (1892). Autobiography of criminal and bank robber. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 659pp., 48 photo plates, blue cloth with gilt lettering. VG plus, light cover wear. (a52030)
$90.00 Clinton, Henry Lauren . CELEBRATED TRIALS
NY 1897 1st Harper. 8vo., 626pp., index, reviews at end, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Owner signed and very slight paperclip effects on initial pages. Near Fine, no DJ. (a54344)
$50.00 Paget, John . LEGAL RECREATIONS JUDICIAL PUZZLES GATHERED FROM STATE TRIALS
San Francisco 1876 1st Sumner Whitney & Co. These narratives and reviews of five most interesting State trials were published in Blackwood's Magazine in 1859-1960. Trials of Elizabeth Canning, the Perrys, Annesley Case, Eliza Fenning and Spencer Cowper's Case. 12mo., 155pp., original green cloth. Good, covers a bit bowed, some water effects on lower margins. (a56247)
$50.00 (massachusetts) . THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JOHN C. BEST FOR MURDER
Boston 1903 1st Wright & Potter. Superior Court of Massachusetts, Hon. Edgar J Sherman and Hon. Jabez Fox, Justices. Octavo, 863pp., full leather with two mounted spine labels. Pocket at rear, small institution stamp inside front cover. Good, some cracking along outer hinges but hinges still secure ; professionally repaired top spine end. Binding secure and text clean. (a70000)
$100.00 Carlen, Pat (editor) . CRIMINAL WOMEN, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS
Cambridge 1985 1st Polity. Hardcover. Octavo, 197pp., hardcover. VG plus, slight browning of text, in VG plus, lightly rubbed but not worn, DJ. ISBN 0-7456-0087-5. (a70247)
$200.00Normanton, Helena (editor). TRIAL OF ALFRED ARTHUR ROUSE
Toronto 1931 1st Canada Law book Company. Notable British Trials series. Hardcover. Octavo, 316pp., foldout map, red cloth. Good, end papers unevenly spotted, no DJ. Binding secure; text lightly toned. no owner marks. (a70769)
$25.00 (crime) . INSURANCE THRILLERS, SINISTER MYSTERIES CENTERING ABOUT INSURANCE FRAUDS
NY 1932 1st ed. Original published in the Weekly Underwriter during 1932. Hardcover. Octavo, 397pp., black cloth with orange decoration. Compliments Pohs Insurance stamp on printed in gilt on front. VG plus, no DJ. (a71947)
$25.00 (crime) . ORGANIZED CRIME AND USE OF VIOLENCE
Washington 1980 GPO. Hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate. Octavo, 628pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Depository library name stamp and numbers on cover and title, no bookplate, no spine numbers, no pocket. VG. (a75179)
$85.00 (narcotics) . INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING
Washington 1981 GPO. Hearings before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate. Octavo, 530pp., photo illustrations, original printed wraps. Depository library name stamp and numbers on cover and title, no bookplate, no spine numbers, no pocket. VG. (a75180)
$95.00 (racism) . ALLEGED OUTRAGES IN VIRGINIA
Washington 1884 1st GPO. Senate Report for the First Session of the 48th Congress. Investigation of the alleged massacre on colored men at Denville, Virginia. Hardcover. Octavo, 1298pp., a few caricature illustrations and drawings, tan buckram. Institution bookplate and blind stamp on title page, tiny depository library name stamp on end paper - no other library markings. VG plus. (a75378)
$375.00 (Hoover, J. Edgar) . UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR THE UNITED STATES 1965
Washington 1966. Octavo, 192pp., original printed wraps. Depository Library stamps on cover and title page, and owner signature. Good, light rubbing and wear. Scarce (a75974)
$35.00 (Hoover, J. Edgar) . UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR THE UNITED STATES 1962
Washington 1963. Octavo, 146pp., original printed wraps. Owner signature. Depository Library stamps on cover and title page. Good. (a76017)
$35.00 (Hoover, J. Edgar) . UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR THE UNITED STATES 1964
Washington 1965. Octavo, 186pp., original printed wraps. Owner signature. Depository Library stamps on cover and title page. VG. (a76018)
$35.00 (Hoover, J. Edgar) . UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR THE UNITED STATES 1963
Washington 1964. Octavo, 170pp., original printed wraps. Owner signature. Depository Library stamps on cover and title page. Good plus. (a76019)
$35.00 (Hoover, J. Edgar) . UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR THE UNITED STATES 1960
Washington 1961. Octavo, 141pp., original printed wraps. Owner signature. Depository Library stamps on cover and title page. Good. (a76020)
$35.00 (Hoover, J. Edgar) . UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS FOR THE UNITED STATES 1967
Washington 1968. 4to. 193pp., original printed wraps. Owner signature. Depository Library stamps on cover and title page. Good plus. (a76021)
$33.00 Levi, Woodbury (Swartwout, Samuel) . MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO THE RECENTLY-DISCOVERED DEFAULT OF SAMUEL SWARTWOUT, LATE COLLECTOR OF THE CUSTOMS FOR THE PORT OF NEW YORK
Washington 1838. Swartwout, 1783-1856, was soldier, merchant, speculator and politician, according to Wikipedia. He was alleged to have embezzled $1,222,705.09 during his tenure as Collector of the Port of New York. House of Rep. Doc.. No. 13, 25th Congress, 3d Session. Octavo, 110pp., later wraps. Good, some foxing and staining on text. (a78525)
$100.00 Zanjani, Sally and Guy Louis Rocha . THE IGNOBLE CONSPIRACY - RADICALISM ON TRIAL IN NEVADA
Reno 1986 1st University of Nevada. ISBN 0-87417-103-2. Study of murder trial in Nevada at beginning of 20th century, an epic battle between union radicals and the corporate establishment in a Nevada boomtown. Hardcover. Octavo, 209pp., cloth. Fine in VG plus DJ. (a78965)
$20.00 Windlesham, Lord . RESPONSES TO CRIME
Oxford 1987 Clarendon. ISBN 0-19-825583-7. Hardcover. Octavo, 358pp., cloth. Fine in Good plus DJ. (a78966)
$35.00 Larkins, John R. . A STUDY OF NEGRO PAROLEES
North Carolina State Board of Public Welfare, January 1954. Includes: Ages and crimes of parolees, marital status, training, employment , military service, club membership, psychological testing results, etc. 4to., 66pp., numerous charts, original printed wraps with cloth spine. Two pinholes on cover. Good, light wear and staining, text lightly toned. Rare. (a80965)
$250.00Wasson, R. Gordon. HALL CARBINE AFFAIR AN ESSAY IN HISTORIOGRAPHY (SIGNED AND BOXED)
Danbury 1941 Privately Printed. True first edition. **Limited to 100 copies after which type was broken up - this is copy No. 58. Concerns an episode in the Civil War in which J. Pierpont Morgan is alleged to have sold the Government some condemned guns at an exorbitant profit. Large octavo, 184pp., folding charts, index, printed brown paper wraps in matching brown paper covered box. ***Signed by Wasson presentation to Ralph Dawson.Photo illus the carbine as frontispiece. Book is VG plus to Near Fine, almost no wear but does have a very few pages at the end with neat ink lines underlining and marks affecting a word or two or in margin only, presumably by Dawson ( underlining does not look like it was done by a book owner - too neatly done.) Box is VG with light wear, a few minor stains, but no tears. Very scarce. Wonderful gift for the gun enthusiast. (a82277)
$350.00 Dearden, Harold . THE MIND OF THE MURDERER
New York no date (preface 1930) Sears. True murders. Hardcover. Octavo, 288p., cloth. VG, no DJ. (a85300)
$20.00 Bailey, Seth . THE HAND IN THE COBBLER'S SAFE AND SEVEN OTHER TRUE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES
New York 1944 first edition Bartholomew House. Hardcover 12mo., 190p., cloth. VG, no DJ. Scarce. (a87145)
$180.00 (pulp fiction) . THE MASTER DETECTIVE JULY TO DECEMBER 1939 (6 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
New York 1939 Macfadden Publications. One hardcover green sm4to buckram volume with 6 issues of this magazine about true crimes with all the original brightly colorful "pulp fiction"-type covers by A. R. McCowan, Alexander Redman and others bound in. Fully illustrated with photo illustrations . Each issue offers about 5 indepth reports on true, and often gruesome, crimes and how they were solved. Issues are in Fine condition and appear to be unread. Volume cover is VG with light wear and light soiling. No ownership marks. Scarce. (a87558)
$120.00(pulp fiction). TRUE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES OCTOBER 1939 - MARCH 1940 (6 ISSUES BOUND IN ONE VOLUME)
New York 1939-1940 Macfadden Publications. One hardcover green buckram volume with 6 issues of this magazine about true crimes with all the original brightly colorful "pulp fiction"-type covers by A. R. McCowan, Richard J. Cardiff and others bound in. Fully illustrated with photo illustrations . Each issue offers about 5 indepth reports on true, and often gruesome, crimes and how they were solved. Issues are in Fine condition and appear to be unread. Volume cover is VG with light wear and light soiling. No ownership marks. Most covers lightly stamped "Rough Copy." Scarce. (a87560)
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