Search Results: Crime from Callaghan Books South

Regan Books, 2004. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (1st paperback edition) Very large, thick, heavy softcover, glossy and colorfully designed wrappers with close-up of eyes in light red on front wrapper, color photos of wanted terrorists and author on the back wrapper, 539 lightly browned pages, remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. Tiny nick and light wear at spine top edge, light wear to top back tip. Includes a glossy photo section. Near Fine.

WCC Books, 1965. Cloth. Fine/Near Good. Sturdy book, black cloth, very bright gilt lettering and very fine red lettering on spine, black color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 254 pages including a glossy photo section. Ink note on half-title page expressing hope for future. DJ glossy beneath mylar black, white lettering on front, b/w photo at top back of Huie with biographical notes. DJ has slight surface wear to tips, spine edges, a 3/4" and 1/4" tear along top front edge, tiny tears with slight wear at bottom back edge next to tip. Near Good DJ/Very Fine book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. (1st) Prison gray cloth spine, black boards, 323 pages. Fiction based on the murderous rampage of the Son of Sam killer in New York city. DJ has jagged 3" tear from top front edge near spine onto front, slight wear to several edges, photos of authors on back. Fair DJ/Good book.

Popular Library, 1990. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Good. (Book Club--unstated) Slightly smaller book, black spine, red boards, very bright red lettering on spine, 373 pages, photo section. DJ has black background, three small b/w photos on front of murderer and child victim. DJ slightly worn and torn. Near Good DJ/Fine book.

Scribner, 1996. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st) Large, sturdy heavy book, gray covers, white lettering on spine, 444 pages. DJ glossy dark blue, a color-illustration of DOJ at center front, silver on center back with praise from Seymour Hersh, Ralph Nader and others. DJ and book, both As New.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: BBS Public Affairs, 2004. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. (1st, 1st) Introduction by Craig R. Whitney. Trade paperback, glossy black wrappers, two infamous color photos on front wrapper, 175 pages plus appendices. Tiny crease with very slight wear at top front tip, light wear to spine top edge, light crease at top back tip. Remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Heavy book, black covers with very bright red initials and border at top front, very bright red lettering on spine, 339 pages. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, brown background with red and black lettering, a photo sketch of man at bottom front, praise on back for "The Struggle for the Middle East" on back from John LeCarre, Sir Anthony Parsons in The Spectators and others. DJ and book, both As New.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: The Free Press, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. (1st) Large, heavy book, black cloth spine, pale yellow boards, very bright orange lettering on spine, 675 pages. DJ glossy with gold-tinted photo of President Nixon on front, black spine, black borders to white back with an excerpt from a tape. DJ and book, both As New.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Insight Books, 1991. Cloth. As New/As New. Sturdy book, shiny red cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 296 pages. Essays on Mediaeval Literature, Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" and "Othello," Jane Eyre, Hawthorne, Dickens, D.H. Lawrence, The Great Gatsby, Alice Walker, Faulkner and more. DJ beneath mylar, glossy and colorfully designed in orange with red flames. DJ and book, both As New.

Carroll & Graf Publishing, 1992. Soft cover. Fair. Very large, very thick, heavy softcover, glossy wrappers with black background, a photo of JFK with J. Edgar Hoover at top front right and top back right, praise on back from Liz Smith and others, 671 pages. Remnant of address label at top of first front end paper, slight surface wear to most edges, creased at bottom front tip, very tiny tear at top back edge, light scratch at back right. Fair.

St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Large, sturdy book, bright silver lettering on spine, 347 pages. DJ glossy black with red line design, a color photo of Texas ID at top front and back. DJ has light crease at spine top edge and top back edge nearer spine. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. (1st) Large, heavy, black cloth with facsmile signature of author in red at bottom front right, 479 pages. DJ has white background, color-illustration of globe with red and swastika where South America is, lettering in bold black, remainder mark at pages' bottom edge. DJ has very light thin crease along top back edge, light tanning to spine and nearby back, micronick at top front tip. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.: Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st, 1st) Larger book, brown cloth spine, yellow boards, very bright green lettering on spine, 264 pages, double-column format, tiny light brown spotting to long pages' exterior edge. DJ price-clipped, glossy color-illustration of Christie surrounded by implements of death on estate's lawn. DJ lightly browned overall, creases to plastic on back--publisher's defect. Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book.

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Prelude Press, 1993. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large, very thick, heavy book, dark red cloth spine, red boards, very bright orange lettering on spine, 815 pages plus final quotation. DJ glossy with antique color-illustration from painting on front, spine and back with caption bubbles. DJ and book, both As New.

Random House, 1979. 3d . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, white boards, gilt lettering near very good on spine, 229 lightly browned heavy pages. DJ has red background with yellow, white and black lettering. DJ has a light crease at bottom front edge, microtear at spine top left edge, Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Oxford University Press, 1969. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade paperback, black background to to and bottom front wrapper, orange spine, white back wrapper very slightly browned and very slightly soiled, books of related interest on back, 366 lightly browned pages. Light wear to long front edge, very slightly worn on spine top edge, crease near top back tip. Good.

Prentice Hall PTR, 1970. Soft cover. Good. Large sturdy softcover, glossy photo-illustrated wrappers with red-tint to minorities depicted, 155 pages. Light wear at front tips, slight wear and nick at spine bottom left edge, light wear at spine top left edge. Good+.

Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Univ of Oklahoma Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. Ex-library, shiny red boards, very bright silver lettering on spine, usual ex-library markings and card, 292 lightly browned pages. DJ has red background (beneath mylar) to spine and front borders, no library plastic, illustration of Native American on front, titles listed on back from Oklahoma press. DJ has slight wear to front tips, very slight rubbing to front edges, slight surface wear to spine bottom--library patch removed. Very Good, considering it is ex-library.

MJF Books, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Fine. Sturdy book, DJ glued neatly to inside covers, 318 pages including a photo section. DJ glossy black with photo of Capone and cops on front, praise on lightly browned middle back from the New Yorker, Baltimore Sun, and Washington Post Book World. Very Fine DJ/Very Good book.

Spectrum Book/Prentice-Hall, 1970. 1st Thus . Trade Paperback. Near Fine. (1st paperback) Trade paperback, glossy white wrappers with ornate eagle holding weapons and olive branch in talons on front with colored shield, 176 pages, ink numbers on reverse of final end paper. Spine very slightly browned with crease. Near Fine.