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ALLIGHAN, GARRY.  The 65th Defendant: An Exposure of Gangster Crime and a Social Indictment.
London; Bailey Bros. & Swinfen, 1963.. VG. First UK edition. Hardback, tan cloth, black lettering to spine, 254 pages, footnotes. Very good clean condition, no previous owner name, no marks. Without dustjacket. Set in South Africa in the1950s & 1960s. Actual happenings have been given a fictionalised presentation.
GBP 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 US$ 12.5 | JP¥ 1111] Book number: 4350
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CHRISTOPHER BERRY-DEE AND ROBIN ODELL  Dad Help Me Please: The Tragic Case of Derek Bentley
London, True Crime. 1993. (ISBN: 0863696996) Paperback, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xii + 244 pages, b/w photo illustrations, appendices, bibliography; slight wear, tanning to endpapers. In this compelling and vivid reconstruction of the case, film as "Let Him Have It", starring Tom Courtenay and Eileen Atkins, the authors convincingly argue that Bentley was a victim of the judicial system. Good.
GBP 0.75 [Appr.: EURO 1 US$ 1.25 | JP¥ 111] Book number: 6511
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EVANS, JIMMY; SHORT MARTIN  The Survivor: Blue Murder, Bent Cops, Vengeance, Vendetta in 1960s Gangland
Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840184884) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No previous owner marks, 240 pages, b/w photo illustrations. Very Good/Fine.
GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.33 | JP¥ 741] Book number: 5604
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GOODMAN, JONATHAN.  Murder in High Places.
London; Piatkus, 1986.. F/F. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo, black cloth, viii + 146 pages, 18 b/w illustrations. Fine in fine dustjacket. A fascinating collection of murder cases where the murder has taken place among the most wealthy and eminent people of society.
GBP 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 US$ 15.83 | JP¥ 1408] Book number: 2553
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JOHNSON, JOYCE.  What Lisa Knew: The Truth and Lies of the Steinberg Case.
London; Bloomsbury, 1991.. F/VG. First UK edition. Hardcover, 8vo, red cloth, 304 pages. Fine, no previous owner name, in near fine dustjacket, small nick at corner.
GBP 5.45 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.08 | JP¥ 808] Book number: 4258
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LEES, SUE  Carnal Knowledge: Rape on Trial
London, Hamish Hamilton. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0241136296) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii + 292 pages, bibliography, index; book in fine condition, dustjacket has water stain at foot; an indictment of the legal system and its frequent failure to do justice to women. It reveals with shocking clarity the underlying misogyny which permeates much of the law, particularly in relation to sexual offences. A clarion call for reform. Very Good/Good.
GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 US$ 7.5 | JP¥ 667] Book number: 6434
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MCGINNISS, JOE.  Cruel Doubt.
New York; Simon & Schuster, 1991.. First edition. Hardcover, red/black cloth binding, gilt title lettering, 8vo, 460 pages. Fine condition in price-clipped dustjacket.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 | JP¥ 593] Book number: 1767
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NAPLEY, SIR DAVID  The Camden Town Murder
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1987. (ISBN: 0297791273) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii & 149 pages, frontis illustration, unclipped dustjacket, VG+. In the first of a new series of books on Great Murder Trials of the Twentieth Century, one of Britain's most famous lawyers reconstructs the controversial trial of Robert Wood in 1907 and the strange events leading up to it. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.66 | JP¥ 593] Book number: 5742
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WINDLESHAM, LORD  Responses to Crime Volume 4: Dispensing Justice
Oxford, Clarendon Press. 2001. (ISBN: 0198298447) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xviii & 318 pages, 19 tables, index. This volume contains detailed commentaries on the controversy over access to jury trial, the reform of criminal legal aid, and the policy imperative of strengthening the enforcement of community penalties.The book also includes a comparative study of the development of public defender systems of indgent persons charged with criminal offences in the United States. As New/Fine.
GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 US$ 24.99 | JP¥ 2223] Book number: 4085
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