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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, Inc., 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signedby author on title page in black fountain ink. On October 1, 1910, an explosion tore through the offices of the Los Angeles Times, killing twenty and injuring dozens of others. Part of a planned assault on a hundred American cities, the attack was dubbed "the crime of the century," and a stunned nation instantly preoccupied itself with guessing the identity of the perpetrators. What followed was a seminal episode in America's history, one that would spark a national debate asbout the limits of individual liberty and draw into the investigation orbit master sleuth William J. Burns, crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow, and industry-shaping filmmaker D.W. Griffith. Simultaneously offering the absorbing reading experience of a can't-put-it-down thriller and the perception-altering resonance of a story whose reverberations… Read More

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Pharos Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF14

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Finalist for the 1995 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. R

Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 2008. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 5/31/08 by author on title page with 'Continue to Soar!' inscription above signature. Every family has secrets, but Chip St. Clair survived the darkest of family betrayals. As a boy, he never knew what would set his father off--maybe the ice cubes in his glass of Tab, maybe dinner was overcooked or undercooked, or the gravy was too runny. Regardless, the beatings always came. As did the twisted games of cat-and-mouse--being thrown from a rowboat into frigid Lake Michigan, the middle-of-the-night moves to different states, or being left to dangle over a twenty-seven-story balcony while his father watched from inside. But one fateful night when the police answered the call, the truth came to light from the shadows, sparking national headlines. Chip's entire life--his name, even his date of… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Villard Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. N33

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1990. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF13

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2006. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author of THE PERFECT STORM. As new, unread copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF16

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Crown Publishing Group, Inc., 2001. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Chinese Mafia has always been a mystery to both law enforcement and the media--part of an unapproachable and unfathomable conglomeration of secret societies operating worldwide. To this day, though, police and prosecutors insist that Johnny Kon's own secret organization--the Big Circle--is public enemy number one. Distinguished journalist John Sack spent twelve years fearlessly shadowing and befriending the most powerful crime lord in the Chinese Mafia, and introduces us to this secret world and its top criminal mastermind, reporting from the homes, hotel rooms, crime scenes, and jail cells of Johnny and his gang, all reported with their full cooperation. From Kon's escape from poverty in China and his golden years as a smuggler during the Vietnam war, THE DRAGONHEAD traces Johnny's rapid rise to power and chronicles the… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A28

Kensington, MD: Woodbine House, Bethesda. First Edition, 2000., 1985. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A riveting true story of money, madness, and murder--from the bestselling author of The Falcon and the Snowman. When a modest California beauty is swept off her feet by a quiet, handsome Englishman of incredible wealth, she never realizes that her storybook romance will quickly become an unstoppable horror. Too late she realizes, and eventually her bullet-ridden, headless corpse is found in the English countryside. With eight pages of photographs. As new, unread, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price0clipped} MBS1

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Macmillan, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This compelling investigation focuses on the literal time when the murders occurred and analyzes groundbreaking forensic evidence to produce different scenarios. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFS2

New Horizon Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is the memoir of a woman whose mother, a former schoolteacher disabled by mental illness, disappeared one day -- and was eventually found murdered. The author takes us through the process of finding justice for her mother, but also describes what it is like to see a parent gradually succumb to mental illness, describing her own struggle to understand what her mother is going through and why, and what it was like to lose that fight when her mother walked away from her life forever. As new, unread, first edition, first printing review copy with publisher's material laid in, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS1

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1993. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The gripping real story of the diplomat spy and the Chinese opera star whose affair inspired 'M. Butterfly.' Fine review copy with publisher's letter and author photograph laid in, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NFBS1

Secaucus, NJ, U.S.A.: The Wellfleet Press, 1992. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This book brings together acts of mayhem and violence that span 150 years of North American history. Murder is still murder whether committed in 1843 or 1988: Somewhere in these pages the reader may find a common thread that links these murders together and supplies some important clue as to why. However, it is entirely possible that one might read this book entirely for fun. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and color photography. As new, in fine (shows some light rubbing), mylar-protected dust jacket. 12 1/4" X 9 1/4

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1990. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine (sm upper front corner bump, else as new), in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A53

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 2000. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF4

New York, NY, U.S.A.: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. A60

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Inc., 1993. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. T

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2008. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. ARC. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. On November 1, 2006, Alexsander Litvinenko sipped tea in London's Millenium Hotel. Hours later the Russian emigre, who wss sharply critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin, fell ill and was rushed to the hospital. Fatally poisoned by a rare radioactive isotope slipped into his drink, Litvinenko issued a dramatic statement accusing Putin himself of engineering his murder. Alan S. Cowell, London Bureau Chief of the New York Times, was immediately on the scene and began an investigation that has yielded the definitive story of this assassination--and the profound impliations of this first act of nuclear terroris. With all of the intrigue of a John Le Carre thriller, THE TERMINAL SPY offers unprecedented insight into one ofthe most chilling true stories of our time. As a foreign correspondent, Alan S. Cowell received the Georg Polk… Read More