Crime: True Crime from Gargoyle Books

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Garden City Publishing Company, 1924. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The quintessential true crime writer of the early 20th century presents his first analysis of the Lizzie Borden case (on which he came to be widely regarded as the expert), along with 4 other cases:. Orig. published by MacMillan in 1924, this… Read more about this item

Acorn Independent Press Ltd., 2017. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Extremely hard-to-find, this is a now out-of-print journalistic re-investigation of the heinous unsolved murders by Jack the Ripper in London's East End, 1888-1891, which locates this madman's crimes in the sociopolitical landscape of the area, focusing on how he expressed a larger current of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Dorrance and Company Publishers, 1926. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Long-suppressed by the author's wealthy family, this is his own account of what led him to shoot the lover of his wife--glamorous model & showgirl Evelyn Nesbit--noted architect Stanford White (a playboy 3 times her age, whom it was suspected may have… Read more about this item

Senate, 1997. First Trade Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Exploration of 20 crimes with an occult dimension to them. First published in 1989 as "Mystical Murders,'' this is the First Trade Paperback Edition with the new title from Senate/Random House in London from 1997. In 262 pages + order form for other titles in this publisher's… Read more about this item

Chelsea House, 1969. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A virtual "who's who" of crime in the late 1800s, this is a fascinating look at a wide-array of 400 crimes & criminals prominent in the United States in 1866, a "rogue's gallery of sneaks, embezzlers, murderers, both male & female." In 433 pages with lots of… Read more about this item

Boston/New York/Cambridge, MA: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1931. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG-/No Jacket. The acclaimed criminal investigator & crime writer, who alternately presented as both a man & a woman, explores the true stories behind some of history's most celebrated crimes & criminals (with a heavy European focus), including: the Count of… Read more about this item

Harper, 2008. First Mass Market Paperback Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Written by 4 award-winning reporters for the Wichita Eagle, the newspaper that most closely followed the BTK crimes over many decades, who offer a unique perspective on the horrific murders & the man who was eventually revealed to be behind them. Orig. published… Read more about this item

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1980. First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing. Cloth. VG+/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The groundbreaking debut book that would launch Ann Rule's career as the queen of the true crime genre. It details her relationship with Ted Bundy while both worked at a Seattle crisis hotline, where,… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster , 1992. Book Club (BCE) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An investigative reporter exposes the never-before-revealed facts behind the 1931 case of Winnie Ruth Judd, who was tried & convicted of the murders of her 2 roommates in Phoenix, AZ, when she was caught toting… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Putnam, 1983. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The definitive story of Green Beret & doctor Jeffrey McDonald's murder of his family in 1970 at Fort Bragg, NC, over which McDonald sued McGuiness after the book came out & made his guilt undeniable. A FIRST EDITION, fifth printing… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author draws on two solid years of in-depth interviews with participants & witnesses to the Tate-LaBianca murders, including Manson, visits to the Spahn ranch & other sites in Inyo County & Death Valley, investigations into secret occult… Read more about this item

Barricade Books Inc, 2000. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. itries to tell the story of the Manson family murders in combination with a biography of Sharon Tate, offering never-before-published details about "the Hollywood elite" & the family, supplemented with new information from interviews with Tate family members & friends of the other victims of the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Criterion Books, 1957. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Written by an insider in the political department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "the one man with access to all witnesses & secret documents related to the infamous Dreyfus case,'' this is a perspective on the case that you've never… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good. The lost chronicle from Devil's Island--the story of a daring escape" by the author, a wealthy young Englishman who turned to thievery in France & subsequently served 20 years in that infamous penal colony in French Guinea. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1951, in 302 pages with map endpapers… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The cornerstone of the "new journalism"--the nonfiction novel--of the late 1960s, this book remains the pinnacle of true-crime writing. Capote became obsessed with this case & the perpetrators of this horrific stranger killing of the entire Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959.… Read more about this item

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Word Publishing, 1989. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Takes you right inside the world of what is now recognized as the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s, but was deadly serious here, with a Foreword by one of the movement's leaders, reporter-turned-sensationalistic-talk-show-host Geraldo Rivera. The author,… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 1997. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. One of a series of "how-to" books for writers--written by the same--of both of true-crime & fictional mystery & detective stories. This one explores everything you ever wanted to know about different types of murders, from planning to execution, in 216 pages with… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 1995. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Fine. One of a series of "how-to" books for writers--written by the same--of both of true-crime & fictional mystery & detective stories. This one explores the mind behind the crime, exploring psychological differences between different criminal types, how profiling works, & the use/misuse of psychology… Read more about this item

New York, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. VG/Good. The secret histories of Frank & Jesse James, the Younger Brothers, & the Wild Bunch of Wyoming"--notorious outlaws of the Old West, examined using previously sealed records from the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, from 1949, this… Read more about this item

New York, New York: William Morrow & Compnay Inc., 1976. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The amazingly "bizarre love story" of Burt & Linda Pugach, bound together by violence but unable to stay apart after decades spent in their own forms of prison. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1976, this hardcover 8vo… Read more about this item