Search Results: True Crime from Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books

London: Picador, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. The second book from the author of an acclaimed book on the Rwandan genocide, this details the efforts of a Manhattan DA to find the chief suspect in a murder case--his childhood friend. This is a very nice copy, fine in a fine jacket. First printing.

Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Apparent first printing (no statement of edition, small print runs typical for University Presses). Fine in a VG jacket with some light creasing, no tears. A fascinating story about the murder of Ion Culiano, a successor to Mircea Eliade and likely target of a political assasination.

New York: Broadway Books, 2007. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. The author's harrowing tale of life in an arranged plural marriage to a fundamentalist Mormon. Fine in a NF jacket (shows minimal wear). Later printing.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. An interesting but little told story of the first American held for ransom on foreign soil--captured in Macedonia in 1901. First printing, very good+ (remainder mark only significant defect) in VG+ jacket w/a touch of soil to rear panel near bar code.

New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1997. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A fine copy of this compelling work of journalism from Garcia Marquez. First edition stated, although this has an unpriced jacket and is likely a book club edition. Very clean copy.

New York: Random House, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. A very nice copy of this lookat turn of the century "vice" in Chicago. First printing, fine in a NF jacket with minimal shelfwear.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1997. First Edition . Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"- 9¾" tall. Quite nice copy of a look at the prevalence of industrial espionage. Written by Wall Street Journal reporter. First printing, fine in a very nearly fine jacket.