Mafia. Sicilian Roots, Coming to America, Chairman of the Board, Twilight of the Dons, The Death of the Code

Time Life Books, London, 2003. Reprint. Hardcover (Laminated Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic / Illustrations. Acknowledgements, bibliography, index and picture credits. The text is illustrated with copious back and white photographs, black-and-white illustrations and the very occasional colour photograph and illustration. Photographic laminated boards with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper, same image as for underlying boards, with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A history of the Sicilian secret societies, predominantly The Black Hand, and, how they are intrinsically twined within the society of Sicily, and how when immigrants left Sicily for America, they brought their secret societies with them and how they exploded into what is known as The Mafia / organised crime. At the rear of the book there is a section dealing with major players in the Mafia in the early and middle part of the 20th century. Minor rubbing of the corners and backstrip corners. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [6], 7 - 191, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic / Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Organised Crime; Italy / United States; ISBN: 1844471039. ISBN/EAN: 9781844471034. Inventory No: 0129338. . 9781844471034