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London: Sinclair-Stevenson Limited BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. CONTENTS: PART ONE 1 Jonnyboy 2 First Flight 3 Growing Pains 4 Garthamlock 5 Crime, Punishment and Pals 6 Still Running 7 Breaking Out and In 8 A Little Mischief 9 The Beggar Within 10 St Andrew's Reform School 11 Home Leave 12 Longriggend 13 Borstal Boy 14 My Wee Job 15 The Big House 16 More Porridge 17 Back to St Joseph's 18 A Bad Gamble 19 Scotty and the Gun 20 Dear John 21 A Big Mistake 22 The Appeal; PART TWO 23 The Draft to Hell 24 Back with a Vengeance 25 Homeward Bound 26 The Barlinnie Escape Trial 27 The Cages of Inverness 28 Savage Strength 29 Spare this Man 30 Dying Within 31 Psychological Control 32 A Hope in Hell; Postscript. SYNOPSIS: John Steele has spent most of his adult life in prison, often in solitary confinement. As a prisoner he entertained his fellow-cons with… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1979. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Name and Date Neatly Inked to Front Free Endpaper); Corners Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 0379. PHOTOGRAPH ON FRONT OF JACKET BY: Dudley Gray. JACKET DESIGN BY: Mel Williamson. SYNOPSIS: To put it simply, this is the autobiography of a professional killer who has decided to go public. It may be the first book of its kind ever written. "Dean Selmier" is not a pseudonym. He is a stage and screen actor but, basically, he kills for a living. Selmier got in very serious trouble while serving in the armed forces. He was offered the chance to get out of a long hitch in prison if he was willing to take on a lethal assignment. As a cover, he became an actor; he knew, though, that his real assignment was to be very much offstage. He did it and continued to do it.… Read More

London: Hollis & Carter Limited, 1956. BOOK: Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Life Story. FOREWORD BY: David Price, M.P. CONTENTS: Foreword; I The Birth of Crime; II Remand Home; III Approved School; IV Runaway from Home; V On the Road Again; VI First Taste of Prison; VII Borstal; VIII Fugitive; IX On Licence; X Travelling Fair; XI In Prison Again--and Again; Epilogue. SYNOPSIS: Most books written by men and women who have been to prison are the result of a single experience and their authors clearly have some axe to grind or viewpoint to state. This is in different vein. Richard Maxwell was the product of a broken home, who early took to thieving in back streets. Thereafter his career followed the full course of approved school, Borstal,… Read More

Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 1984. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Front Free Endpaper Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. She was the ultimate fan until John Belushi died and she was charged with murder. DESIGN: NewtonFrank. CONTENTS: March 25, 1982 1 Shoe Box Baby 2 Heartbreak Hotel 3 You're Having My Baby 4 If You Could Read My Mind 5 That's What You Get For Loving Me 6 Stage Fright 7 The Last Waltz 8 Like a Rolling Stone 9 Chasing the Dragon 10 Sister Morphine; September 1984; Illustrations. SYNOPSIS: "I want to set the record straight...I didn't kill John Belushi...I want to tell my side of things as honestly as I can, in the hope that someone might learn from my… Read More

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1992. BOOK: Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Hoffa Murder Solved! AS TOLD TO: William Hoffman and Lake Headley. DESIGNED BY: Fritz Metsch. JACKET DESIGN: The Great American Art. Co. CONTENTS: Cast of Characters; Introduction: The Book's Genesis 1 Fat Tony Wants Him Dead 2 Uncle Gus 3 AWOL in New York 4 My First Murders 5 Chin Gigante Helps Out 6 The Death House 7 Sing Sing 8 The Louie Moia Murder 9 Dannemora 10 The Five Mafia Families 11 The Auburn Riot 12 The Pierre Hotel Robbery 13 The Joey Gallo Murder 14 Extortion in New Jersey 15 The Contract on Hoffa 16 The Jimmy Hoffa Murder 17 The Richie Bilello Murder 18 Murder on Furlough 19 Mad Dog Joe Sullivan 20 Contract on a U.S. Attorney 21 The Greek Turns Rat; Epilogue: A Letter from Mad Dog; Index. SYNOPSIS: "Tony the… Read More

New York: Prentice Hall Press A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. BOOK: Previous Dealer Markings (Remainder Mark); Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa as Witnessed by His Strongest Arm. BOOK NUMBER: 10871745. JACKET DESIGN BY: Michael J. Freeland. SYNOPSIS: Hoffa's Man answers all of these questions and much more in this sizzling indictment of power abused. What kind of man was James Riddle Hoffa? How did the Teamsters become one of the most powerful unions in the world? What was the Teamster connection to the underworld? Why did the Jack Kennedy/Jimmy Hoffa relationship turn into a vendetta? What was the deal Bobby Kennedy offered Joe Franco? What was the Fidel Castro connection? Why was Jimmy Hoffa pardoned from prison six months short of his release date? How does Joe Franco's never-before-revealed… Read More

New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Personalized Name and City Stamp Used on Front Fixed Endpaper and Title Page); Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SELLER'S NOTE TO INTERNATIONAL (NON CANADA OR USA) BUYERS: Additional shipping charges will be required and requested during the purchase process of this title. DESIGNED BY: Paula Wiener. JACKET BY: Visuality. SYNOPSIS: This is a strange story, a story of our times--even more fascinating because it is true. It is a record of the tense, erratic, disturbing ten years Louise Thoresen spent with her husband, William--until she shot him to death in June, 1970. William was twenty when they met--bright, handsome, promising, son of a Chicago multi-millionaire. They fell in love and got married. But there was to be no… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers BOOK: Discolouration Where Stickers Were Once Affixed (Front and Rear Boards); Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. SUB-TITLE: The Autobiography of a Professional Criminal. ALSO KNOWN AS: A small portion of this book in different form appeared in two magazines: "Criminal At Large" in The Saturday Evening Post, copyright, 1950, by The Curtis Publishing Company, and "A Burglar's Advice" in McCall's Magazine, Copyright, 1950, by McCall Company. EXCERPT: (NOTE: This book is a criminal's own life story. It is his own account of the adventures of his life and his own exposition of his point of view, the criminal point of view. The book is all fact. I have, however, changed the criminal's name and the names of other characters and places in order to protect living people... The idea of making this book grew slowly. As from time to time he… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2001. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. From the Special Agent Who Founded the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team Danny O. Coulson and New York Times Bestselling Author Elaine Shannon. Includes all-new material for this edition: the latest intelligence from the man who came forward with the truth about Waco. SUB-TITLE: Inside the FBI's Secret Counter-Terror Force. CONTENTS: April 19; BOOK ONE: A New Kind of Killer; BOOK TWO: To Save Lives; BOOK THREE: The Covenant, Sword and Arm of the Lord; BOOK FOUR: Riot; BOOK FIVE: Assumption Is the Mother of F***-Up; BOOK SIX: Texas; Afterword; Index. SYNOPSIS: After a career that spanned three decades, Danny O. Coulson now uncovers the secretive world of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team, or HRT--the civilian equivalent of the U.S. military's elite Delta… Read More

Toronto: Seal Books McClelland-Bantam, Inc., 1992. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. THE INCREDIBLE, TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN CAUGHT IN A WEB OF LUST, MURDER--AND SHOCKING INJUSTICE. SUB-TITLE: The Beautiful Ex-Cop and Convicted Murderer Who Escaped to Freedom and Won America's Heart. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY: Laurie "Bambi" Bembenek. COVER PHOTOGRAPH: George Anich. CONTENTS: Foreword; Acknowledgments 1. The Heart of the Night 2. A Sigh of Relief 3. Growing Up Normal 4. On the Inside 5. The Beginning of the End 6. Last Chances 7. The Dance of Love 8. Sacraments and Sins 9. Building the Web 10. Madness Descends 11. The Nightmare Explodes 12. To Tell the Truth 13. Drowning Again 14. Searching for Help 15. Preliminary Lies 16. Drama and Death 17. Dog Days 18. Guns and Roses 19. To Have and to Hold 20. Troubling Transcripts 21. Choices of Chance 22. A Jury of… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Macmillan Publishing Company BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Free Endpaper Missing; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Heavy Moisture Damage. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Moderate Moisture Damage (Staining on Reverse Side Only; Minimal Bleed-Through); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Stories from Prison. JACKET DESIGN BY: Dick Adelson. CONTENTS: Introduction; "They Always Call Us Ladies"; Epilogue; References and Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: Jean Harris, whose first book, Stranger in Two Worlds, was an extraordinary bestseller, now brings us inside the walls of the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, where she is an inmate. We become silent observers of the "foul realities" that are a way of life there for 800 prisoners. She writes about the crowded conditions, the… Read More