Search Results: True Crime from Homeward Bound Books

Toronto: Dundurn. Near Fine. 2012. First Edition. Softcover. 1459701240 . 472 p. 22.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Minor wear to the corner tips and very lightly shelf rubbed. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. An account of dozens of serial killers and their crimes in Canada from the late 19th century through to the time of publication. Includes bibliography and index. .

London: Cassell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 303 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in black cloth-covered boards. A couple of minor soil spots to the boards. Text block edges are a bit dusty. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with very light age toning. Dustwrapper has some rub wear to the corners and spine ends. The top edge of the rear panel and the flap folds are somewhat darkened. Price clipped. Subtitled: "A Dictionary of Death by Poison, Death by Shooting, Death by Suffocation and Drowning, and Death by the Strangler's Hand 1900-1950". An alphabetically arranged descriptive and biographical guide to murders, murderers, trials, and judges and counsel associated with murder trials in the first fifty years of the 20th century. Includes a Table of Murders which classifies the type of murder and refers to individual cases within the book. .

Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 1442644214 . 189 p. 23.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. The bottom fore-corners are bumped, moreso to the lower one. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket is shelf-rubbed with some scratches, and the edges are slightly curled. The story of a murder and trial in Prince Edward County, Ontario, with insight into the changing pattern of criminal justice in 19th century Canada. Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Includes a section of black and white plates, mostly portraits. .

Port Perry, Ontario: Observer Publishing. Very Good-. 2003. Softcover. 0968493254 . 224 p. 22.5 cm. Signed by Author Sound and square binding in cardstock covers. Shelf rubbed and lightly scratched covers. Light wear to the edges. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. The story of the 1840s Markham Gang, an organized gang of outlaws mostly from eastern Toronto, whose crimes included petty theft, burglary, forgery, horse stealing, and murder. Signed by the author on the title page. .

Calgary: Frontier Publishing. Very Good-. 1977. Stapled wraps. 64 p. 20 cm. Sound binding in centre-stapled cardstock covers. There is a curl to the covers and pages, near the spine. Could possibly be flattened under weight. A little light soil, foxing and rub wear to the covers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Six stories of true crimes which took place in the Canadian prairies. Frontier Books No. 2. Shipping costs may be reduced due to weight and size of book. .