LAVINE SIGMUND A.

Allan Pinkerton America's First Private Eye

London, Hammond. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. price clipped DW rubbed to edges and joints, small chip from tail area of spine, tape stain to vertical edges of fold in flaps and end papers where was once taped down, fep has remains of a pasted slip ( concealable under a medium sized book plate), tape residue to top and bottom edges of boards, 241pp + plates + 1pp advert, history of one of America's earliest detectives, Secret Service agent and founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, closed edges dust soiled. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003998

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: Detective Private Eye Private Investigator True Crime Criminology Law Enforcement

A'BECKETT GILBERT ABBOTT, REVISED BY ARTHUR WILLIAM A'BECKETT

The Comic Blackstone, Revised and Extended

London, Bradbury, Agnew &co. 1887, New and Revised. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Harry Furniss. blue cloth decorated in gilt and black, same to spine, slight rol to spine, light handling wear, name in blue pencil to half title, xxviii+ 324pp, col. frontis, 9 other satirical col. plates by Harry Furniss. A study of British Law from a humorous perspecttive. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010034

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: Law Legal Profession England Britain Nineteenth Century Victorian Social Life Social History Humor Humour Comic Harry Furniss

ANONYMOUS

The Severed Hand, or The Howard Mystery.

Christchurch, Capper Press. 1974, Facsimile. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) dust jacket spine sunned, inscription to the page with the drawing of the found severed hand has been covered over with correction fluid, otherwise tidy copy, first edition thus hardcover, 71pp. With portraits of Mr and Mrs Howard, The Messrs Godfrey, and the mysterious hand. Photo offset from one of only two original pamphlets known to be extant. The true story of the bizarre events following the finding of a severed hand at Taylor's Mistake, Christchurch in 1885, which led to the exhumation of bodies in the Wairarapa, Wellington and from Sunnyside Hospital's graveyard. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005143

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: New Zealand True Crime Murder Mystery Howard Mystery Severed Hand Rare Facsimile Capper Press

ANONYMOUS

The Severed Hand, or The Howard Mystery.

Christchurch, Capper Press. 1974, Facsimile. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) dust jacket spine sunned, under plastic sleeve, name to fep of W J A Brittenden ( W. J. A. (Bill) Brittenden, 1910-1986, was a teacher, writer, historian, cricketer, city councillor. Writer Keri Hulme (was one) of his protege's), otherwise tidy copy, first edition thus hardcover, 71pp. With portraits of Mr and Mrs Howard, The Messrs Godfrey, and the mysterious hand. Photo offset from one of only two original pamphlets known to be extant. The true story of the bizarre events following the finding of a severed hand at Taylor's Mistake, Christchurch in 1885, which led to the exhumation of bodies in the Wairarapa, Wellington and from Sunnyside Hospital's graveyard. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005476

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: New Zealand True Crime Murder Mystery Howard Mystery Severed Hand Rare Facsimile Capper Press

ANONYMOUS

The Severed Hand, or The Howard Mystery.

Christchurch, Capper Press. 1974, Facsimile. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) near fine in same dust jacket ,tidy copy, first edition thus hardcover, 71pp. With portraits of Mr and Mrs Howard, The Messrs Godfrey, and the mysterious hand. Photo offset from one of only two original pamphlets known to be extant. The true story of the bizarre events following the finding of a severed hand at Taylor's Mistake, Christchurch in 1885, which led to the exhumation of bodies in the Wairarapa, Wellington and from Sunnyside Hospital's graveyard. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009306

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: New Zealand True Crime Murder Mystery Howard Mystery Severed Hand Rare Facsimile Capper Press

LA BERN ARTHUR

Haigh, The Mind of a Murderer (Acid-bath Murderer)

London, Star. 1974, First Thus. (ISBN: 0352300256) Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. VG used paperback, 187pp + plates, publisher price to rear wrapper blacked out. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007957

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: True Crime Murder Murderer Homicide John George Haigh 0352300256

TIETJEN ARTHUR

Soho: London's Vicious Circle

London, Wingate. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW with short splits, tears or chips at spine ends and corners, some age toning, minor foxing to closed edges, 154pp+ plates, a hsitory of crime in London's Soho red light area. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 009123

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: London British Crime Criminals Gangs Underworld Criminology History Soho Vice Dens Prostitution

TRAIN ARTHUR

True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office

New York, Charles Scribners. 1908, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) tidy but has handling soiled boards with a silhouette design of skyscape and flowing water, lower board has faint residue of some paper that was stuck to the cloth, one tiny hole in upper joint, small and minor mark, ink inscription to fep "J A Cassidy Vailima Christchurch 1908" and pencil to paste down reads " W A Orange Sydenham 21/6/20", age browned fep, minor handling soiling or spotting to closed edges, 406+2pp adverts + plates, criminal cases from New York D.A.'s Office. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005710

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: Crime True Crime Law Jurisprudence Judicial Courtroom Court Cases Legal American New York Trials J a Cassidy Vailima Christchurch 1908 W a Orange Sydenham

O'DONNELL BERNARD

The Trials of Mr. Justice Avory

London, Rich & Cowan. 1935, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. black cloth, light wear and handling soiling, ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE to fep, a cockle above the helm crest, shield has 4 rows of cockles and a star with a circle in the centre in the top left of the shield, main shield is flanked by two others, on the left a quartered shield with flower star and heart designs, on the right top quarters are fleur de lys and lion rampant, bottom half looks like three stemmed plants, ( excuse my laymans heraldry), bookplate for G E Fitzhardinge Kingscote, Captain New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Officer of the 5th Party of the Dunsterforce, Baghdad, Iraq 1918, book has foxing to end papers, and closed edges prelims + 280pp, frontis port. some scattered foxing to margins. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011672

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: True Crime Geoffrey Ernest Fitzhardinge Kingscote Nzef Dunsterforce Baghdad Iraq 1918 Bookplate British True Crime Criminology

HILL BILLY

Boss of Britain's Underworld

London, Naldrett Press. 1955, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped dust jacket has some minor chipping loss to corners and spine ends, a closed tear to the rear panel, mild handling soiling, faint offset rubber stamp mark to front fold in flap, now under mylar, book is missing fep otherwise clean copy, very scarce title, 231pp + plates. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010440

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: British True Crime Gangs Twentieth Century 1950s London Crime Family Biography Billy Hill Bullion Raid 1954

MCCONNELL BRIAN

Found Naked and Dead, the Facts Behind the Thames-side Murders

London, New English Library. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 0450018725) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust jacket light rubbing to corners and edges, clean copy, 190pp, pp 129-160 are printed on different paper stock which is noticeably browner than the rest of the book, a review of the case of 'Jack the Stripper', by a Fleet Street journalist, rare in hard cover edition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006222

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: True Crime Murder Detection Police Serial Killer British London Thames River Murders Prostitue Killer 'Jack the Stripper' 0450018725

MCCONNELL BRIAN

Found Naked and Dead, the Facts Behind the Thames-side Murders

London, New English Library. 1975, First Thus. (ISBN: 0450023273) Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. wrappers rubbed, spine sun faded, peice of front cover peeled away, paper stock browned but internally tidy, 190pp, a review of the case of 'Jack the Stripper', by a Fleet Street journalist, first paperback edition. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006281

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: True Crime Murder Detection Police Serial Killer British London Thames River Murders Prostitue Killer 'Jack the Stripper' 0450023273

WILSON COLIN

Order of Assassins, the psychology of Murder

London, Rupert Hart Davis. 1972, First Edition. (ISBN: 0246105127) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW lightly soiled to backstrip, closed top edge dust soiled. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010495

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: Psychology Colin Wilson True Crime Murder Criminology Forensic Psychology 0246105127

LEWIS JERRY D.

Crusade Against Crime 2

London, Boardman. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped dust jacket with some mild aging, book unmarked but has some mild foxing, 144pp. Good/Good.

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Book number: 007248

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: True Crime Murder Detective Non Fiction America Americab Famous Crimes

DAVIDSON IRWIN D

The Jury is Still Out

London, Peter Davies. 1959, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. top of boards sun faded, generally clean copy, lacks dust jacket 303pp + plates, in depth account of the murder of Michael Farmer and Roger McShane by the Egyptian Dragons youth gang in New York City in July 1957, follows through the trial and aftermath, author is the Judge that presided and he comments on the future of youth crime that the case brought to light. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005293

Catalogue: True Crime & Legal Texts

Keywords: New York Juvenile Youth Crime Gangs Murder Egyptian Kings Dragons Egyptian Dragons the Jesters