Search Results: TRUE CRIME from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1973. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 003001011X . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a strip of ground-in dirt to the bottom edges of book covers - all the way around. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a large circle of glue residue to the top corner of the front endpaper. The dust jacket has edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners, along with some beginning chipping and wear. "There have been multiple prison escapes where an inmate escapes by means of a helicopter. One of the earliest instances was the escape of Joel David Kaplan, nicknamed "Man Fan", on August 19, 1971, from the Santa Martha Acatitla in Mexico. Kaplan was a New York businessman who not only escaped the prison but eventually got out of Mexico and went on to write a… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription, on the front endpaper. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends, edges and corners. "Clinton Truman Duffy (1898 – 1982) was the warden of San Quentin State Prison between 1940 and 1952. He was a prominent opponent of capital punishment." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author .

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's ink stamped name on the front endpaper of the book. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and spots of rubbing. The dust jacket has generalized toning . "According to Academic Politics and the History of Criminal Justice Education, “between 1925 and 1932, V. A. Leonard was a part-time student at the University of California and a full-time police officer in the Berkeley Police Department. In 1933, a mixture of economic and academic problems forced Leonard to return to his home in Texas where he spent a year working on his book, The Police Communication System (1937). He then settled into his new job as Superintendent of Identification in the Fort Worth Police… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Asteron Production. Very Good. 1985. 7th Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The spine of the book has several light creases and the covers have some small spots of rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are two laid in items - a flier on the Gardens of Alcatraz and a Self-Guided Trail of Alcatraz. "Alcatraz Island is located in San Francisco Bay, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison (1828) , and a federal prison from 1934 until 1963. Beginning in November 1969, the island was occupied for more than 19 months by a group of Native Americans from San Francisco, who were part of a wave of Native activism across the nation, with public protests through the 1970s. In 1972, Alcatraz became part of a national… Read More

Portland, OR: Bls Publishing Co.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the publisher (Ray deAutremont ) on the front endpaper, with a short inscription. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some noticeable rubbing and wear to the spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright, with the exception of several spots of toning to the bottom edges of the first ten pages.. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks, spots of wear, rubbing and several chips to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is a bit of light sunning / fading to the spine of the dust jacket. "The DeAutremont Brothers, Roy (March 30, 1900 – June 17, 1983) , Ray (March 30, 1900 – December 20, 1984) and Hugh DeAutremont (February 21,… Read More

London, England: Hutchinson & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have some lightly ground-in dirt to the white portions of the rear cover. Chapters include: A View of Prison, Prison Communities, Individuals in Jail Prison Problems, The Pattern of the Future and more. .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has rubbing and wear to the spine ends, corners and edges. There are a couple of smallish edge tears and the rear dust jacket panel has ground-in dirt and some light toning. "A California rabbi who rejects completely the existing outlook on crime which “puts men in prisons instead of hospitals. ” has resigned as Jewish chaplain at San Quentin, Folsom and Alcatraz prisons. Because society “has not yet learned that crime is but another form of mental or emotional disturbance, ” being a prison chaplain was “so futile, ” said Rabbi Julius A. Leibert, that he could no longer continue. “All I… Read More

New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1933. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears, along with several very small chips missing and spots of rubbing. The spine of the dust jacket has darkening / toning. .

New York, NY: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine of the book has some fading, and there is one bump to the top edge of the front panel of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean, but has noticeable edge nicks, small tears and some spots of wrinkling and wear. The spine of the dust jacket has noticeable fading. "Following his (Belli's) admission to the California bar, his first job was posing as a hobo for the Works Progress Administration and riding the rails to observe the Depression's impact on the country's vagrant population. His first major legal victory came shortly after graduation, in a personal injury lawsuit representing an injured cable car gripman. Over insurance lawyers'… Read More

New York, NY: William Morrow & Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1961. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Cover Art; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is rubbing and sunning to the spine ends and very edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips, with associated rubbing and wrinkles. "In 1974–1975, Kunstler defended a prisoner charged with killing a guard during the Attica Prison riot. Under cross-examination, Kunstler forced Correction Officer Donald Melven to retract his sworn identification of John Hill, Kunstler's client, and Charles Pernasilice (defended by Richard Miller) , admitting he still retained "slight" doubts that he confessed to investigators at the time of the incident. Kunstler focused on pointing out that all the other prosecution witnesses were testifying under… Read More

New York: Baker & Taylor Company. Very Good. 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The front cover of the book has some ground-in dirt and spotting / foxing. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "Among the Pacific Coast writers, Mr. Leigh H. Irvine, author of the Iron Highway...and others, is attracting attention throughout the country, by the strong and masterful manner in which he is placing the various labor and other problems before the people. It is often a fact that labor reformers and writers who address themselves to the wage-earner fail to make themselves understood..." "Although some U. S. States began abolishing the death penalty, most states held onto capital punishment. Some states made more crimes capital offenses,… Read More

New York, NY: Bernard Geis Associates. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's address label (with a religious note) on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have several small nicks and tears to the spine ends and corners. "Frustrated after 16 years of investigation, Inspector Howard Finney of the New York City Police’s crime lab turned to James A. Brussel, a private psychiatrist who had performed counterintelligence profiling work during World War II and the Korean War. Brussel developed an elaborate profile in December 1956 and predicted that the Mad Bomber was a foreign-born male of eastern European descent; between… Read More

Washington D. C.: An American Chemical Society Publication. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. 6th Printing. Hardcover. 0841207844 . Graphs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The application of the principles of chemistry both for committing crimes and for tracking down criminals interests audiences of all ages and walks of life. This interest is the reason for the long - standing popularity of fictional works that describe crimes made possible by the criminal's knowledge of chemistry and crimes solved by the sleuth's knowledge of chemistry." Chapters include : Medical school influences on the fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle, Strong Poison: Chemistry in the works of Dorothy L. Sayers, A study in Scarlet: Blood Identification in 1875, Forensic Science: Winds of Change, Chemistry and the Challenge of… Read More

New York, NY: David McKay Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy includes a laid-in postcard signed by the author, with a short typed note. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. "Lamott's first novel, The Stockade, was about a group of Marines guarding prisoners confined within a stockade, and their interaction with the indigenous people on an Island in the Pacific as the war ends. Lamott wrote other novels and non-fiction books. He also had other projects, Killing the Whale, which was not published and The Great Big New Rich, which was published in 1970. He wrote many… Read More

New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good. 1927. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This is a First Edition with the correct notations. The spine of the book has some light sunning / fading. There is some bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Very Good-. 1939. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This is an ex library copy (from Univ. Of California). The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some l ight bumping and rubbing. There is a spot of discoloration near the lettering on the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a bookplate from the A. F. Morrison Memorial Library on the front pastedown page. "" (from Nature Magazine - May 1941) .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Good. 1929. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The cloth covers have spots of ground-in dirt . The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there are spots of foxing throughout. There is a previous owner's inked name and chinese "chop" on the front endpaper. "A marvellous combination of Action Man, cheerleader for ‘modern’ scientific detection, adventurous ashton-wolfemaster of disguise and shameless name-dropper, Harry Ashton-Wolfe doesn’t just recount the cases, he inhabits them. He’s an important part of investigating teams in Paris tracking down fiendishly cunning criminals, such as the Eurasian Hanoi Shan; he gets locked up and threatened with death by vicious… Read More

Anderson, IN: The Warner Press. Very Good. 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition, with some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an ink stamped previous owner's name and address on the half title page. There is also a previous owner's gift notation on the inside front cover. .

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very Good-. 1900. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generallyclean condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light, but noticeable bumping, rubbing and light fraying. The covers of the book have toning and faiding. The grey lettering of the author's name on the front cover has faded. The text pages are generally clean, but there are noticeable spots of ground-in finger dirt and foxing. The rear inner hinge has cracked and been repaired. .

New York: Arbor House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0877952981 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "On 16 July 1976, during the long weekend of Bastille Day, Spaggiari's gang broke into the vault itself. They opened 400 safe deposit boxes and stole an estimated 30–100 million francs worth of money, securities and valuables. It was the largest heist in the history of bank robberies to that date. According to some accounts, Spaggiari brought his men a meal including wine and pâté, and reportedly they sat down in the vault for a picnic lunch, after welding the vault door shut from the inside. The gang spent hours picking through the various safe deposit boxes. Before they left on 20 July they left a message on the walls of the vault: sans armes, ni… Read More