Search Results: TRUE CRIME from abookshop

NY: Garden City, 1931. Bound in black cloth, stamped in red in bright yellow dust jacket. The author was the former head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Dept. 312 pp. Photo illustrated. Some wear to spine edges of dust jacket -- but shows well now in mylar protector.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good +.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997. Black & white photos; 256pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Doubleday, 1973. Bound in red cloth, stamped in gold in bright yellow dust jacket. This is the first edition of the book that Arlen wrote about the trial of the murder of Huey Newton and another member of the Black Panthers in Chicago in December of 1969. Inscribed and signed by the author to a fellow New Yorker employee. 196 pp. . Inscribed and Signed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good ++.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1954. Facsimile edition reproduces photographically the complete original Pitman report; introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern; tape repair to obverse of DW; 422pp. . First Thus. Hard Cover. VG++/VG.

London: Jarrolds, 1931. The first British edition of this book that was originally printed in New Hampshire in 1807. An early American "life of crime" story. Book is bound in red cloth, 8vo, with paper label that shows some chipping to edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Notes to half-title page (reference). Still, a decent copy of a very scarce title. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

Cooperstown: ELD Books, 1995. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold in matching black dust jacket. A 246 pp. book on the O J Trial. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper by the author. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: MetroBooks, 1996. Excellent history of the Law and Lawless in the Old West; profusely illustrated in color and black & white; 192pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1977. Illustrated with black & white plates; 272pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++.

Philadelphia: Rufus C. Hartranft, 1893. Bound in tan cloth stamped in black (which is badly faded on spine, but still readable on the front panel. The binding shows quite a bit of wear, but the pages and the end sheets, save for the frontispiece, are in very good condition. Photo Illustrated. Scarce book on being a prisoner back at the end of the 19th century. 288 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Only/No Jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1994. Tight, clean copy of this book from Detective stories from the Big Apple. 362 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

WA: Davrie Communications, 2002. Bound in stiff white wraps, spiral bound. A 177 pp. book with all you know before heading out to the serve your sentence in a Federal prison. Chock full of interesting information. . Revised. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Published. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Basic Books, 2002. Black & white plates; 312pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Doubleday, 1983. Black cloth over tan boards, stamped in gold in bright illustrated dust jacket. A true murder mystery from NYC in 1857. 290 pp. Photo Illustrated. By the author of "Time and Again". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Stein & Day Pub, 1975. Bound in red cloth over tan boards, stamped in gold. The dust jacket shows a picture of Hoffa and the U.S. Capitol in the background. The dust jacket is price clipped, but overall, a tight, bright copy of the true first edition of this book. The author's facsimile signature is on page two. 242 pp. Photo illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine - Price-clipped.

Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1977. Trade paperback printing; "Fact & Fiction of the James Brothers"; illustrated in black & white; 263pp.. Fifth Printing. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

New York: Harper, 2007. Authors second book; 368pp. A tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: M. Evans and Company, 1999. 256pp. A tight, clean copy in bright dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962. Slight splay to panels; address label affixed to ffep.; black & white photos; 270pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

Gretna, La.: Pelican, 1996. Black & white photos; 454pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.

New York: ReganBooks, 1999. Infamous Philadelphia murder case; color plates; 287pp.. Fourth Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.