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The Holmes-Pitezel Case
by Detective Frank P Geyer
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Published
- 1896
- Binding
- Hardcover.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$60.00
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Book restoration needed: Loose binding; edge wear; soiling; partial torn-away frontispiece by 1/3rd; binding front and back loose to gauze; pencil-scribbles p. 314. Chronology, Chapter XXIV p. 345-370; 1860 (New Hampshire family history through 1894, May 10th through Nov. 30th). H.H. Holmes is reportedly an alias for the Chicago Fair serial murderer Herman Webster Mudgett. Few titles remain in the… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
The Gentleman from Chicago: Being an Account of the Doings of Thomas Neill Cream, M.D. (M'Gill), 1850-1892
by Cashman, John (a pseudonym for a British attorney)
- Condition
- Used - Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Library markings; Minor spine tilt.
- Edition
- "A Joan Kahn-Harper Novel of Terror".
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780060106638
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$7.00
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New York.: Harper & Row., 1973. "A Joan Kahn-Harper Novel of Terror".. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Library markings; Minor spine tilt.. Noonan, Julia (Jacket art by).. 1 310 p. Joan Kahn-Harper Novel of Terror. Rear jacket photo of T.N. Cream. Audience: General/trade. "A Joan Kahn-Harper Novel of Terror". Fictionalized literary history. Psychological study of… Read more about this item Item Price
$7.00
In Cold Blood; A true account of a multiple murder and its consequences.
by Capote, Truman
- Condition
- Used - Very good in fine dust jacket. Near fine: top page block light patches.
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hard cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$32.00
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New York.: Random House., 1966. Hard cover. Very good in fine dust jacket. Near fine: top page block light patches.. 1 Maroon cloth over boards. Maroon end papers. Gilt spine titles, front "T.C." Jacket in black borders, maroon and black titles against tan. 343 p. 22 cm. Title page red & black, plus B&W photos. True Crime: November… Read more about this item Item Price
$32.00
Crimes and Punishment: A Pictorial Encyclopedia of Aberrant Behavior (18 of 20-volume set)
by Hall, Angus (Edited by), and Paton, John (Editing Management by)
- Condition
- Used - Very good. No dust jacket. Tight, square. Minor edge wear, light foxing. Missing volumes 4 and 20.
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hard cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$60.00
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England / Printed, USA.: The Symphonette Press / BPC Publishing., 1973. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Tight, square. Minor edge wear, light foxing. Missing volumes 4 and 20.. 18 18 volume near complete set. Hardcover series; Illustrated covers. Maroon textured paper over boards; white titles. B&W photos, illustrations. Each volume 140-150p. Criminology multi-volume history, each about… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00
The Knife: the True Story of a Crime That Changed a Civilization
by Wright, Theon
- Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. No marks. Minor DJ edgewear. I-inch tear to back DJ cover, bottom.
- Edition
- De Luxe Illustrated Edition
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hard cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$32.00
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New York: Gilbert Press; distributed by Julian Messner, 1955. De Luxe Illustrated Edition. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. No marks. Minor DJ edgewear. I-inch tear to back DJ cover, bottom.. Anderson, Rus. 0 300 p. 22 cm. Bold B&W Illustrations. Light blue textured cloth covered boards. Black spine title. Illustrated endpapers. 16 pgs photos… Read more about this item Item Price
$32.00
Jackal: The Complete Story of the Legendary Terrorist, Carlos the Jackal (Uncorrected Advance Proof)
by Follain, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine. No dust jacket as issued.
- Edition
- Advanced Reading Copy.
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$19.00
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New York.: Arcade Publishing., 1998. Advanced Reading Copy. . Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued.. 1 Trade paperback. 6x9.25in. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. Biography: Born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Carlos "The Jackel" was caught by counterespionage agents in 1994, after 20 years of shootings and bombings. He had skirted arrest partly by his own cleverness, partly by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Everything She Ever Wanted: the True Story of Obsessive Love, Murder, and Betrayal
by Rule, Ann
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- Used - Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Top edge foxing.
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Mass-market paperback
- ISBN
- 9780671690717
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$5.00
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Pocket Books, 1993. Mass-market paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Top edge foxing.. 0 552p. B&W photo section. A story of puzzling family deaths (Allanson / Siler) in the Atlanta, GA, area, solved over two decades. A perpetrator who murdered with 'express malice' (Georgia statute). Item Price
$5.00
Last Dance, Last Chance and Other True Cases (Crime Files: Vol. 8)
by Rule, Ann
- Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- Book Club Edition. 1st Pocket printing Jauary 2003
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780739431412
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$14.00
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Pocket Books, 2003. Book Club Edition. 1st Pocket printing Jauary 2003. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 0 463 p. Includes illustrations. B&W Photo section, center. Black paper covered boards, gold spine titles. A Note on Liars (preface) and 5 stories in author's True Crime Files. Author B&W photo portrait on back cover by Jerry Bauer. Lead… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.00
The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story
by Bourke, Angela
- Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- First edition. 1st American edition. 1st printing.
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780670892709
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- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$12.00
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Viking Penguin., 2000. First edition. 1st American edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 1 Paper over boards. 279 p. B&W photos section. Audience: General/trade. True Crime: In 1895, Bridget Cleary, 26, disappeared from her cottage in rural Tipperary, Ireland. Rumors had been circulating that she was a changeling, but she was not reappearing in… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
A Second Companion to Murder: A Dictionary...1900-1950
by Shew, Edward Spencer
- Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Slightly bowed covers. Clean interior. "Knopf" only in pencil on title page (from
- Edition
- First edition. Presumed 1st; no print line.
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Hard cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$22.00
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London / Melbourne / Sidney / Toronto.: Cassel & Company Ltd., 1961. First edition. Presumed 1st; no print line.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Slightly bowed covers. Clean interior. "Knopf" only in pencil on title page (from critic-editor's library). Top page block minor soiling.. 1 Black cloth over boards. Gold spine titles. 287p., 22… Read more about this item Item Price
$22.00
Mafia Wife: My Story of Love, Murder, and Madness
by Milito, Lynda, And Potterton, Reg
- Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket. Light black book cover blemish.
- Edition
- 1st printing.
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780066212616
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$8.95
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HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Light black book cover blemish.. 1 Paper over boards. 304 p. B&W photo section. Audience: General/trade. True Crime / Memoir: Wed as a teen in Brooklyn to a gang member who became a Gambino family operative, widowed after 22 years with her husband's body never found,… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.95
Criminal Investigation: A Method for Reconstructing the Past (5th Edition) with Study Guide, 2 volumes
by Osterburg, James W, and Ward, Richard H, and Miller, Larry S (Study Guide prepared by)
- Condition
- Used - Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Minor edge soiling.
- Edition
- 5th edition.
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- ISBN
- 9781593454296
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- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$35.00
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Newark NJ.: Anderson Publishing / LexisNexis., 2007. 5th edition.. Trade paperback. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Minor edge soiling.. 2 2 volume set. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 837 p. B&W Illustrations. Blue spot color. Study Guide: 236p. Audience: General/trade. Comprehensive textbook on a range of crimes, methodologies, FBI procedure. Includes case study of assassination of Martin… Read more about this item Item Price
$35.00
Outrage: the Five Reasons Why O. J. Simpson Got Away With Murder
by Bugliosi, Vincent
- Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- 2nd printing.
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780393040500
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- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$7.00
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W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. 2nd printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 0 Cloth and Paper over boards. 356 p. Appendices. Notes. Appendices; LAPD interrogation of Simpson day after murders; Simpson's farewell letter; Blood evidence. The author had prosecuted the Charles Manson case on slim evidence. Here, he writes a convincing argument as to how… Read more about this item Item Price
$7.00
American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl, and the Crime of the Century
by Uruburu, Paula
- Condition
- Used - Very good. Light wear. Clean. unmarked. Near fine.
- Edition
- First edition. 1st, this edition, no print line.
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Trade paperback
- ISBN
- 9781607512707
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$5.00
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New York.: Riverhead Books / Penguin., 2008. First edition. 1st, this edition, no print line.. Trade paperback. Very good. Light wear. Clean. unmarked. Near fine.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 386 p. B&W portraits, photos. Audience: General/trade. Historical crime writing: Set in New York City, early 20th century America, the Gilded Age, brought forth a teen beauty and… Read more about this item Item Price
$5.00
The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York
by Cohen, Patricia Cline
- Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Private library sticker residue at spine base. Book top edge has soil spot or small spill.
- Edition
- First edition. 1st printing.
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780679412915
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$9.00
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Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Private library sticker residue at spine base. Book top edge has soil spot or small spill.. 1 Black and Gray paper over boards. 433 p. Grayscale 19th century illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Hailed as well-researched, this ia a true account of the… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.00
Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies (Tenth Edition)
by Siegel, Larry J
- Condition
- Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover wear. Interior as new.
- Edition
- 10th Revised edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780495600138
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$98.00
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Cengage Learning / Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2010. 10th Revised edition. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Minor cover wear. Interior as new.. 1 Illustrated glossy paper over boards. 576 p. B&W and color illustrations, photos, graphs, charts. Audience: General/trade. Historical bringing the student from a beginning overview of developing criminal law into the cybercrime era. Front… Read more about this item Item Price
$98.00
Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies
by Lippman, Matthew Ross
- Condition
- Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Light cover wear. Clean interior, as new. No markings found.
- Edition
- 2nd printing.
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9781412905800
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$30.00
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Thousand Oaks CA.: Sage Publications., 2007. 2nd printing.. Hard cover. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Light cover wear. Clean interior, as new. No markings found.. 1 Glossy illustrated paper over boards. 650 p. Notes. Index. Audience: General/trade. Criminology textbook from recent graduate's library; authored by University of Illinois at Chicago Law academic. Themes: Constitutional Context; Criminal Responsibility;… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
The Boardwalk Jungle: How greed, corruption, and the Mafia turn Atlantic City into...
by Demaris, Ovid
- Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Light wear, minor scuffing to jacket.
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780553051308
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- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$12.00
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Toronto / New York.: Bantam Books., 1986. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light wear, minor scuffing to jacket.. 1 Black cloth and paper over boards. 436 p. Audience: General/trade. True Crime / Organized Crime / New Jersey / Politics / Gambling / Non-fiction: Journalist and author of "The Green Felt Jungle" about Las Vegas,… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
Danger, Disaster, and Horrid Deeds: Thrills, chills, and outrageous crimes from the pages of Yankee Magazine.
by Silitch, Clarissa M. (Editor)
- Condition
- Used - Fine in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ has done its job, edges have small tears, chips, repaired from inside, cl
- Edition
- First edition. Unabridged. Stated First Edition.
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hard cover
- ISBN
- 9780911658620
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$12.00
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Yankee Books, 1974. First edition. Unabridged. Stated First Edition.. Hard cover. Fine in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. DJ has done its job, edges have small tears, chips, repaired from inside, clear tape; but book is great, with only small signature of prior owner w/date, 1977.. Kirkpatrick, Carl F. (Art direction by). 1 288 p. B&W… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
Beyond Belief; A Chronicle of Murder and Its Detection
by Williams, Emlyn
- Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Book volume near fine. Dustjacket edge and light cover wear; chips to top and bottom rear DJ
- Edition
- First edition. First American edition.
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hard cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Newport, New Hampshire, USA
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$6.00
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New York.: Random House., 1967. First edition. First American edition.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book volume near fine. Dustjacket edge and light cover wear; chips to top and bottom rear DJ spine at fold. 4 small random black dots on top page edges.. 1 xii, 354 p. 22 cm. Dark blue cloth covered… Read more about this item Item Price
$6.00