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Abrahamsen, David. .
Murder & Madness: The Secret Life of Jack The Ripper. .
NY:
Donald Fine
1992.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Motivation & mind of the killer "based on heretofore unrevealed information from Scotland Yard". Review copy with PR sheet & author photo. As new.
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #2452]
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Bell, Gail. .
Poison: A History and a Family Memoir. .
First American edition.
NY:
St. Martins
2002.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Author discovers her family secret of poisoning deaths. Originally published in Australia. Review copy with PR sheet laid in. As new.
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #12309]
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Berenson, Edward. .
The Trial of Madame Caillaux. .
Berkeley:
University of California
1992.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
The 1914 murder of a newspaper editor by the wife of a French cabinet minister. 296 pages, index.
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #12886]
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Chen, Edwin. .
Deadly Scholarship. .
NY:
Birch Lane
1995.
Hard Cover.
First edition, First printing.
Chinese exchange student Lu Gang and his 1991 mass murder and suicide. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #7596]
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Conrad, Barnaby. .
A Revolting Transaction. .
Signed.
NY:
Arbor House
1983.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Fine in VG+ dj (1/2" tear on back panel). An 1891 Denver murder researched & entertainingly told by victim's great grandson. Signed by author on front free endpaper. .
Fine in VG+ DJ
[Book #7674]
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Cooper, George. .
Lost Love. .
NY:
Pantheon
1994.
Hard Cover.
First edition, First printing.
True story of 1869 murder and trial in NY. Review copy with PR sheets laid in. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #1234]
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Corder, Eric (Editor). .
Murder, My Love: The Great Crimes of Passion. .
Chicago:
Playboy Press
1973.
Hard Cover.
Descriptions of unusual love triangle crimes from America, England & France since 1900. Dust jacket has edgewear, short tears & tiny corner chips.
Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #7419]
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Egan, Timothy. .
Breaking Blue. .
NY:
Knopf
1992.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Solving the mystery of the 1935 Eastern Washington George Coniff murder case . 267 pp. .
As New in As New DJ
[Book #8335]
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Fabian, Robert. .
London After Dark. .
NY:
British Book Centre
1954.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Inspector & ex-superintendent Fabian of Scotland Yard tells his experiences of London's night life. Two sections of photos. .
Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #5447]
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Gosling, John. .
The Ghost Squad. .
Review copy.
Garden City, NY:
Crime Club
1959.
Hard Cover.
Dust jacket has light edgewear. The story of the four men (author included) who infiltrated the underworld in London just after WWII. The book, published as a "Crime Club Special" by Doubleday, has a 1959 date on the title page and a Doubleday review letter laid in. Code in the gutter of the final page, A-40. 1959 edition.
Near Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #5864]
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Grex, Leo. .
Mystery Stranger Than Fiction. .
First American edition.
NY:
St. Martins
1979.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Collection of eleven true crime cases from around the world. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #509]
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Kaplan, David E. & Alec Dubro. .
Yakuza: The Explosive Account of Japan's Criminal Underworld. .
Reading:
Addison-Wesley
1986.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Light spots on black boards. Photos, bibliography, index. .
Very Good in Fine DJ
[Book #8639]
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Kurland, Michael. .
A Gallery of Rogues: Portraits in True Crime. .
NY:
Prentice Hall
1994.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Encyclopedic reference profiles 500 lawmen, con men & criminals, as well as kidnapping, capitol punishment, lynching, etc. 424 pp, photos. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #7420]
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Kurland, Michael. .
The Spymaster's Handbook. .
NY:
Facts on File
1988.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Espionage from ancient Babylon to 1980s, the hardware and how-to. 177 pp. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #8447]
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Levy, Harlan. .
And the Blood Cried Out. .
Review copy.
NY:
Basic Books
1996.
Hard Cover.
First edition, First printing.
A prosecutor's account of the power of DNA. Index. Review copy with PR sheet laid in. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #9607]
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Liebers, Arthur & Carl Vollmer. .
The Investigator's Handbook. Complete Insturction Manual and Guide. .
NY:
Arco
1973.
Hard Cover.
Third printing.
Commercial and civil investigation techniques, court procedure, etc. 211 pages. Dust jacket has a half-inch chip at top and edgewear at spine.
Fine in Very Good DJ
[Book #15029]
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MacLean, Harry N. .
Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder, and the Law. .
Signed.
NY:
Harper Collins
1993.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
The Eileen Franklin 1989 California murder case. Signed by author in blue ink on title page. Small bump top of rear board. Dust jacket has a tiny tear and light creases top & bottom of spine. .
VG+ in VG+ DJ
[Book #4757]
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Mehling, Harold. .
The Scandalous Scamps. .
NY:
Henry Holt
1959.
Hard Cover.
First Edition.
American rogues: Political bosses, embezzlers, bogus ministers, swindlers, etc. 211 pages. 1/2" tear on dust jacket back panel, light edgewear.
Very Good in Very Good DJ
[Book #11665]
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Morland, Nigel. .
That Nice Miss Smith. .
First American edition.
NY:
St. Martins
1989.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Dust jacket has 1/2" tear at bottom front. Story of 1857 Edinburgh trial and acquittal of Madeleine Smith in poisoning death of her lover. 212 pp, illustrations. .
Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #3355]
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Nash, Jay Robert Nash. .
Look for the Woman. .
NY:
M. Evans & Co.
1981.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
"A narrative Encyclopedia of female poisoners, kidnappers, thieves, extortionists, terrorists, swindlers and spies from Elizabethan times to the present." 408 pages, index, illustrations. Dust jacket has 1/4" tear and slight edgewear.
Near Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #14744]
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Nickel, Steven. .
Torso: The Story of Eliot Ness and the Search for a Psychopathic Killer. .
Winston-Salen, NC:
John F. Blair
1989.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Eliot Ness of "Untouchables" fame in Chicago, took over as public safety director in Cleveland in 1934 and was unable to solve a string of decapitation murders. Short bibliography and index. Photos. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #9755]
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Prassel, Frank Richard. .
The Great American Outlaw: A Legacy of Fact and Fiction. .
Norman:
University of Oklahoma
1993.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Truth vs. fiction of outlaws from Blackbeard to Pancho Villa, Billy the Kid, John Dillinger, Claude Dallas, D.B. Cooper, etc. Index, bibliography. Review copy with review slip laid in. Black & white illustrations. .
Fine in Fine DJ
[Book #10109]
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Randi, James. .
Conjuring. .
NY:
St. Martins
1992.
Hard Cover.
First edition, First printing.
"History of the sorcery, prestidigitation, wizardry, deception, & chicanery " of scoundrels. 314 pages, many illustrations. 8-1/2 x 11 inches.
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[Book #14990]
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Schwarz, Ted. .
The Hillside Strangler: A Murderer's Mind. .
NY:
Doubleday
1981.
Hard Cover.
First edition.
Dust jacket has rubs at corners & light edgewear. Story of Ken Bianchi, multiple personality murderer in Bellingham, Washington. .
Fine in Near Fine DJ
[Book #2199]
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Sifakis, Carl. .
The Encyclopedia of American Crime. Updated Edition. .
NY:
Smithmark
1992.
Hard Cover.
Reprint.
Large heavy book, 8-1/2 x 11 inches. 802 pages, drawings & photos. Bump and crease at top of spine of book. Dust jacket has creases at top of spine.
Very Good in Very Good DJ
[Book #14991]
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