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	GIANCANA, ANTOINETTE & RENNER, THOMAS C. Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family New York, William Morrow & Co, 1984. (ISBN: 0688026206) Hard Cover with dust jacket. A very good clean copy in jacket which shows signs of wear and tear. Red felt pen mark on FFEP. Growing up in the mob. Very Good +/Fair. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 001211 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRIDGES, YSEULT How Charles Bravo Died : The Chronicle of a Cause Celebre London, The Reprint Society, 1957, Book Club. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Throws light on the baffling and poignant mystery. Clean, square hardback319 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 031829 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CARCATERRA, LORENZO Sleepers London, Century, 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712676120) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. True story of the author growing up in New York's mafia-run Hell's Kitchen in the 1960s, meeting up with his old friends in court at a murder trial a few years later. A very good clean copy. Very Good/Near Fine. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 000344 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CLARKSON, WENSLEY Moody : The Life and Crimes of Britain's Most Notorious Hitman Edinburgh, Scotland, Mainstream Publishing, 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840187441) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gripping biography of a criminal whose career spanned more than four decades and included encounters with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, Mad Frankie Fraser, the Krays, the Richardsons and the IRA. Clean, bright hardback in a price-clipped d/w showing slightest shelf wear - 237 pages including bibliography. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 030054 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	HANNA, DAVID Vito Genovese New York, Belmont Tower Books, 1974, First Edition. Paper Back , 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. The shocking, brutal expose of the most blood-thirsty Mafia Don who ever lived. Reading copy as cover creased, Light browning to page margins, text remains unaffected. 16 pages of photographs. Reading Copy. GBP 19.50 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.25 \| JP¥ 2775] Book number: 037134 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	KRAY, KATE Hard Bastards 2 London, John Blake Publishing, 2001. (ISBN: 1903402220) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Terrifying portraits of 24 of the hardest men in Britain. A good clean hardback in dustwrapper which shows signs of shelfwear. 270 pages. Good/Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 040841 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	KRAY, REGINALD A Way of Life : Over Thirty Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears London, United Kingdom, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283073195) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w which shows some slight surface scratches to rear cover. A recollection of all the prison years - 288 pages including index. Presumed facsimile signature of author to half-title page. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 023964 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	O'LEARY, LAURIE Ronnie Kray: A Man Among Men London, United Kingdom, Headline Book Publishing Ltd, 2001. (ISBN: 0747270295) Hard Cover with dust jacket. An authentic and personal insight into a unique man which is as revealing as it is disturbing. Written by his childhood friend Laurie O'Leary. With a foreword by Barbara Windsor , Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 001436 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	LEES, JOANNE No Turning Back London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340924411) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The true story of what happened on the night of 14 July 2001, when Joanne Lees was attacked and her boyfriend Peter Falconio murdered whilst travelling in the Australian outback. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. 313 pages. Illustrated with colour & b.w. photographs. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 040854 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	LYNX, J.J. The Prince of Thieves - a Biography of George Manolesco Alias H.H. Prince Lahovary Alias the Duke of Otranto London, Cassell, 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Biography of the man who "was undoubtedly the inspiration of the Raffles and Arsene Lupin stories". George Manolesco arrived in Paris in 1889, a penniless Romanian - during the next twenty years he stole nearly three million pounds, mainly in jewellery and lostmost of it at the roulette wheels of Nice and Monte Carlo. A very good, clean copy. in price-clipped, jacket which shows signs of light shelfwear. 236 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 025185 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	PARISH, DAPHNE Prisoner in Baghdad London, Chapmans Publishers, 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 185592613X) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With Pat Lancaster and contributions from Michelle de Vries. The story of the British nurse who was arrested whilst working in a Baghdad hospital and accused of spying. Good, clean paperback - 202 pages. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 031406 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	PEARSON, JOHN One of the Family - the Englishman and the Mafia London, Century, 2003, First British Edition. (ISBN: 1844131823) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The true story of Wilf Pine, an "English hoodlum" who thanks to a chance encounter became accepted as a trusted friend of the influential godfather, Joe Pagano. A very good clean hardback in dustwrapper which has internally repaired tear to head of spine. 358 pages. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. Very Good/Fair - Repaired. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 040616 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	REES, SIAN Floating Brothel : The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts London, Headliine, 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747272867) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the cargo that left England for Botany Bay in New South Wales on board a ship called the Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there. Clean, square hardback in an unclipped d/w - 248 pages including index. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 037352 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	STEAD, PHILIP JOHN The Police of Paris London, Staples Press, 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Masterly study of the forces that grew up to combat crime and disorder in the French capital. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w which shows light shelf wear & tear - 224 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 031570 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.

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	GIANCANA, ANTOINETTE & RENNER, THOMAS C. Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family New York, William Morrow & Co, 1984. (ISBN: 0688026206) Hard Cover with dust jacket. A very good clean copy in jacket which shows signs of wear and tear. Red felt pen mark on FFEP. Growing up in the mob. Very Good +/Fair. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 001211 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	BRIDGES, YSEULT How Charles Bravo Died : The Chronicle of a Cause Celebre London, The Reprint Society, 1957, Book Club. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Throws light on the baffling and poignant mystery. Clean, square hardback319 pages including index. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 031829 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CARCATERRA, LORENZO Sleepers London, Century, 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712676120) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. True story of the author growing up in New York's mafia-run Hell's Kitchen in the 1960s, meeting up with his old friends in court at a murder trial a few years later. A very good clean copy. Very Good/Near Fine. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 000344 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	CLARKSON, WENSLEY Moody : The Life and Crimes of Britain's Most Notorious Hitman Edinburgh, Scotland, Mainstream Publishing, 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1840187441) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gripping biography of a criminal whose career spanned more than four decades and included encounters with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, Mad Frankie Fraser, the Krays, the Richardsons and the IRA. Clean, bright hardback in a price-clipped d/w showing slightest shelf wear - 237 pages including bibliography. Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 030054 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	HANNA, DAVID Vito Genovese New York, Belmont Tower Books, 1974, First Edition. Paper Back , 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. The shocking, brutal expose of the most blood-thirsty Mafia Don who ever lived. Reading copy as cover creased, Light browning to page margins, text remains unaffected. 16 pages of photographs. Reading Copy. GBP 19.50 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 US$ 32.25 \| JP¥ 2775] Book number: 037134 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	KRAY, KATE Hard Bastards 2 London, John Blake Publishing, 2001. (ISBN: 1903402220) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Terrifying portraits of 24 of the hardest men in Britain. A good clean hardback in dustwrapper which shows signs of shelfwear. 270 pages. Good/Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 040841 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	KRAY, REGINALD A Way of Life : Over Thirty Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears London, United Kingdom, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0283073195) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w which shows some slight surface scratches to rear cover. A recollection of all the prison years - 288 pages including index. Presumed facsimile signature of author to half-title page. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 023964 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	O'LEARY, LAURIE Ronnie Kray: A Man Among Men London, United Kingdom, Headline Book Publishing Ltd, 2001. (ISBN: 0747270295) Hard Cover with dust jacket. An authentic and personal insight into a unique man which is as revealing as it is disturbing. Written by his childhood friend Laurie O'Leary. With a foreword by Barbara Windsor , Near Fine/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 001436 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	LEES, JOANNE No Turning Back London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340924411) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The true story of what happened on the night of 14 July 2001, when Joanne Lees was attacked and her boyfriend Peter Falconio murdered whilst travelling in the Australian outback. A very good clean hardback in unclipped dustwrapper. 313 pages. Illustrated with colour & b.w. photographs. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 040854 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	LYNX, J.J. The Prince of Thieves - a Biography of George Manolesco Alias H.H. Prince Lahovary Alias the Duke of Otranto London, Cassell, 1963, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. Biography of the man who "was undoubtedly the inspiration of the Raffles and Arsene Lupin stories". George Manolesco arrived in Paris in 1889, a penniless Romanian - during the next twenty years he stole nearly three million pounds, mainly in jewellery and lostmost of it at the roulette wheels of Nice and Monte Carlo. A very good, clean copy. in price-clipped, jacket which shows signs of light shelfwear. 236 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11 US$ 16.54 \| JP¥ 1423] Book number: 025185 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	PARISH, DAPHNE Prisoner in Baghdad London, Chapmans Publishers, 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 185592613X) Soft Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With Pat Lancaster and contributions from Michelle de Vries. The story of the British nurse who was arrested whilst working in a Baghdad hospital and accused of spying. Good, clean paperback - 202 pages. Very Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 US$ 8.27 \| JP¥ 711] Book number: 031406 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	PEARSON, JOHN One of the Family - the Englishman and the Mafia London, Century, 2003, First British Edition. (ISBN: 1844131823) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. The true story of Wilf Pine, an "English hoodlum" who thanks to a chance encounter became accepted as a trusted friend of the influential godfather, Joe Pagano. A very good clean hardback in dustwrapper which has internally repaired tear to head of spine. 358 pages. Illustrated with b.w. photographs. Very Good/Fair - Repaired. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.23 \| JP¥ 1138] Book number: 040616 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	REES, SIAN Floating Brothel : The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts London, Headliine, 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747272867) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of the cargo that left England for Botany Bay in New South Wales on board a ship called the Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there. Clean, square hardback in an unclipped d/w - 248 pages including index. Near Fine/Near Fine. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.92 \| JP¥ 854] Book number: 037352 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.
	STEAD, PHILIP JOHN The Police of Paris London, Staples Press, 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Masterly study of the forces that grew up to combat crime and disorder in the French capital. Clean, bright copy in an unclipped d/w which shows light shelf wear & tear - 224 pages including index. Very Good/Good. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 13.75 US$ 20.68 \| JP¥ 1779] Book number: 031570 Click here to order or inquire at YesterYear Books.