Search Results: Law from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A True Crime account of how in 1954 two teenaged girls in New Zealand -- Honorah Parker and Juliet Hulme (known today as crime writer Anne Perry) -- murdered Parker's mother, were arrested and confessed. Their motive, which came out at their sensational trial: Parker's mother stood in the way of the girls' plan to escape to America and become writers. Originally published in 2011 in New Zealand, this copy is the First U.S. edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 341 pages including index, illustrated with nearly 50 b & w photos. Bound in black paper-covered boards with red lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows photos of Hulme and Parker against a black background and above title lettering in red. Back panel shows three blurbs praising the book against a dim forest landscape in red. Boards and text show only a slight spine lean, o/w book is complete,… Read More

New York: Collier Books, 1962. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Collier 8572; the classic work on cross examination, used for years not only by lawyers but anyone whose work involves asking questions -- job interviewers, journalists, social workers, teachers; Wellman earned his reputation as one of the great trial lawyers as assistant corporation counsel and district attorney in New York City in the late 19th century; first published in 1903, the book had appeared in four editions and fifty printings by the time of this edition -- the First Printing of the First Paperback Edition -- in 1962. Edges lightly soiled, o/w text is clean, tight, square in pictorial wrappers showing slight age-discoloration and soiling along spine and edges, minor surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: HarperCollins, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Schiller's fourth True Crime book, presents a truly unusual case: a young New Jersey doctor sues Ford Motor Company for wrongful death, claiming his pregnant wife was killed by a faulty air bag in a minor accident in the family's Explorer. But Ford, after an exhaustive investigation, claims the woman was manually strangled and points the finger at the doctor. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Doubleday/Random House, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 21st stand-alone novel by the widely-acclaimed master of the legal thriller. "The Confession" features Travis Boyette, who raped and murdered a high school cheerleader and watched another man convicted for the crime. Now, nine years later, the innocent man is only days away from execution for Boyette's crime but Boyette, with a terminal illness, decides for the first time in his life to do the right thing and confess. But is it too late? How can he convince the police, the lawyers, the judges and the politicians they're about to kill an innocent man? Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. Dustjacket is nearly perfect, perhaps a touch of edge wear, no tears, no creases or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Atheneum, 1963. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback; Atheneum 27; a classic, comprehensive analysis of the American legal system and its trial courts' ability to provide justice for all citizens, as appropriate today as when first published in the 1950s; First Printing of the First Atheneum Edition; text somewhat soiled and stained on edges, o/w clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show some surface soiling and staining, no tears or chips. Very acceptable reading copy.

New York: Vintage Books, 1968. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Vintage Giant V-416; an editor and a lawyer present an in-depth study and discussion of the conflict between two constitutional rights -- a free press and a fair trial, an issue as current today as it has been throughout the nation's history. Text is clean, tight, square, somewhat age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing only minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce.

New York: Collier Books, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Collier Non-Fiction AS 597; lawyer-author Chodorov provides a case study that follows a fictional citizen, "Bill Stoddard," the driver of a car that has hit and killed a pedestrian, from the time of the incident to the end of his trial on a homicide charge, providing a clear, step-by-step look at the entire American criminal legal process; with pen & ink illustrations; Paperback Originial, First Printing of the True First Edition; text is clean, tight, with a very slight spine lean in white pictorial wrappers showing some slight discoloration along spine and edges, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The sixth non-fiction work by North Carolina criminal lawyer McGinnis decribes the 1988 murder of Lieth Von Stein, the attempted murder of his wife, Bonnie, the subsequent investigation, trial and conviction of his stepson, Chris; a remainder mark on bottom edge of the text, o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Anchor/Doubleday, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Anchor Books A387; this anthology, edited by Bedau with contributions from experts with a wide range of opinions is still considered an authoritative and balanced presentation of the legal, moral, social and historical issues surrounding the use of the death penalty; Paperback Original, First Printing of the True First Edition. Text is clean, tight, square in black and white dustjacket with white areas showing some discoloration, especially along spine. Scarce and collectable.

New York: Curtis Books, 1968. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Curtis 01001; Heller, a New York State Supreme Court Justice, brings 41 years of experience as a trial lawyer and judge to his detailed, anecdote-laced description of the trial process in a U.S. court from pre-trial preparation to the closing argument; it puts fictional accounts to shame; foreword by Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers' spine is age-browned and stained, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Hard To Find.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. Tidyman, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter of 'The French Connection' and author of the "Shaft" novels, wrote this True Crime account of one of the most unusual murder cases in the history of the U.S. criminal justice system. In 1965, Donald Lang, a young African American, was arrested for the murder of a Chicago prostitute. He was later accused of a second murder and thought to be responsible for other deaths as well. Lang was poor; he was also illiterate, deaf and dumb and could not understand sign language. He presented the criminal justice system with a defendant who was unable to communicate and could not, therefore, defend himself. A lawyer named Lowell Myers, who was also deaf, was appointed to defend Lang. Tidyman has written the story of two men's years of confrontation with a legal system unprepared to handle the case of a man whose disabilities put him outside the… Read More

New York: Vintage Books, 1957. First Edition Thus. . Trade Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback; Vintage Caravelle V-503; a collection of essays on Constitutional law by widely-recognized legal scholars and authorities; originally published in academic journals and university law reviews and selected for this volume by Harvard University's McCloskey, the issues discussed in these essays remain as pertinent and appropriate today as when they were written. Text is clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show some minor soiling, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Very Scarce.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. As timely and relevant as it was when first published in 1968, Dorsen's analysis of the issues surrounding the Bill of Rights and the Constitution still has meaning today as Americans continue to debate and try to resolve many of the same problems; preface by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; white price-clipped dustjacket shows considerable yellowing with several small stains on front and back panels, minor edgewear. A reading copy.

New York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1894. Hardcover. Good Plus to Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. Andrew Young (1802 - 1877) was something of a 19th-century, western NY prodigy, largely self-taught and a teacher himself by age 13. Young's teaching career ended at 21 when he became a merchant, then shortly later, an editor and publisher of local newspapers in Warsaw and Batavia, NY, before editing an abolitionist paper in Warsaw. In 1835, he self-published his first book, "Science of Government," which was widely read in New York and neighboring states. It led to several other history books as well as terms as a state legislator. This volume, "The Government Class Book," was Young's attempt to improve the classroom education of young U.S. citizens. As Young noted in the preface, " In the U.S. the people elect their own lawmakers and rulers, establish their own constitutions.The danger of entrusting such power to the ignorant has not failed of illustration in our… Read More

Potomac, MD: The Fox Hills Press, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A collection of essays by a lawyer who epitomized what it means to be a good lawyer and a good government lawyer in a succession of posts in Federal agencies, as a hearing examiner and an administrative law judge while still finding time to write numerous articles and four books on Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows a pair of tiny tears in the bottom edge of the jacket's back flap and some slight soiling to the back panel, o/w no tears, creasing or chipping. Not price-clipped. Collectable.

New York: Random House, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The eleventh and next-to-last of Doctorow's novels is this fictional account of New York City's notorious eccentrics, the Collyer brothers. Homer, a lawyer, and Langley, a professional concert pianist, sons of a wealthy NYC physician, began, after the death of their mother, to withdraw from society and eventually barricaded themselves in their Fifth Avenue brownstone. They became recluses and hoarders and were found dead in 1947 in their house which was jammed with more than 120 tons of newspapers and junk. While basically accurate, Doctorow has changed some of the facts in the Collyers' history to better fit his description of a changing NYC in the first half of the 20th century. First edition, first printing. About 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 208 pages in dark-blue, paper-covered boards and a black backstrip with gold lettering on spine. The pictorial dustjacket shows a photo of two male figures in overcoats and hats next to an… Read More

New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1973. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Ace Non-Fiction 37055; Davidson, a nationally-known investigative reporter, spent six months inside the California attorney general's office as it prosecuted a variety of cases including a sensational murder, narcotics arrests, an art fraud investigation,and a bribery indictment. Text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with a slight spine lean; blue pictorial wrappers show minor wear at base of spine, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable True Crime.

New York: Ballantine Books, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 29th novel in Kellerman's psychological thriller series featuring Los Angeles psychologist, Alex Delaware. This time, Delaware, trying to save a little girl trapped in a custody fight between a successful physician, Connie Sykes, and her sister, finds himself facing death threats and suddenly murder. First Edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). About 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches, 335 pages, plus an "about the author" page. Black paper-covered boards over black paper-backstrip. Gold lettering on spine and author's inititials stamped on front cover. Pictorial dustjacket shows man climbing steps toward row of massive sunlit pillars on front panel, pillars minus man on back panel. Back flap has photo of bearded Kellerman. Tiny remainder dot on bottom edge of text, o/w text and boards are complete, clean and unmarked. No tears, creases, bumping. Not ex-library. Dustjacket shows only a touch of rubbing… Read More

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2020. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 12th legal thriller from Turow, a current master of the genre, features 85-year-old Sandy Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with failing health and about to retire, and his old friend, Dr. Kiril Pafko, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine now charged with insider trading and murder. First edition, first printing (as stated, with complete numberline). About 6 x 9 1/4 inches, 453 pages including acknowledgements, in red paper-covered boards with black backstrip and white letting on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows author in red lettering above title in white with graphic of front of courthouse with pillars and several flights of stone steps and in lower corner a white-haired man looking up to entrance. Back panel contains 10 blurbs praising Turow's work. Dj appears near perfect, with no tears, creases or chipping, no noticeable flaws or damage. The text and boards are clean, complete and unmarked, also without flaws or damage.… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1969. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Anchor A654; Marshall uses a large body of psychological studies and data to show that the American system of adversarial trial law is often a game of make-believe, that the perception and recollection of witnesses are so flawed as to bear almost no relation to reality, a conclusion that DNA and modern forensics confirms almost daily and that reinforces Marshall's call for major changes in trial procedures. Text is clean, tight, slight spine lean in pictorial wrappers showing some minor age-discoloration and staining along spine and edges. Hard To Find.