True Crime from Tapsell's Books and Music

Includes a preliminary chapter on "Identification by Finger Prints" with numerous b/w text illustrations. Original grey cloth with black titling on the spine and upper board, which is ruled. Lightly worn. Rare.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1956. xii. 209 pages. B/w frontispiece and many other b/w photos. Slight foxing on endpapers and fore-edge. Inscribed to Harry Magney, a police superintendent in Sydney. Signed and dated by the author and C.J. Chuck. Scarce with these signatures. *"Engaged in the suppression of vice, illegal gambling, drug-running and sly-grog selling, he (Chuck) became a bogeyman… Read more about this item

St Albans: Paladin, 1973. 224 pages. 8 pages of b/w photos. Appendix. Previous owner's name on fly leaf. Pictorial card wrappers. A crisp, unread copy.. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Milewa: The Author, 2008. xx, 312 pages plus extensive (not paginated) appendices and index. Twelve pages of b/w photos. "Action bookmark" loosely inserted. Gift inscription to previous owners. Signed and inscribed by the author on dedication page.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Melbourne: Brolga Publishing, 2005. xii, 434 pages. Many b/w text illustrations. Appendix and bibliography. Pictorial card wrappers. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Melbourne: Police Historical Society, 1994. xii, 320 pages. Many b/w photos. Appendices and index. Pictorial card wrappers. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

Sydney: The Law Book Company, 1990. lxi, 795 pages. Index. Pictorial card wrappers. The back cover is very lightly creased.. 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Northbrook, Illinois: Calibre Press, 1990. Quarto. 403 pages. Many b/w photos and diagrams. Pictorial laminated boards. . 15th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Katoomba: Tranter Enterprises, 1994. xivxiv, 165 pages. Small quarto. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Bibliography and index. Signed limited edition of 1500 copies. Pictorial laminated boards. Scarce. . Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Katoomba: Tranter Enterprises, 1995. Small quarto. xiv, 224 pages. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Bibliography and index. Signed and inscribed by the author. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Pictorial laminated boards. . Signed and Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Katoomba: Tranter Enterprises, 1992. Small quarto. xi, 220 pages. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Bibliography and index. Limited edition of 1200 copies. Pictorial laminated boards. . Signed and Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

The Author, 2010. 471 pages. One b/w illustration and one double-page map. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Richard Marek, 1980. 244 pages. Edges slightly spotted. The dustwrapper is lightly worn and marked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: Hutchinson, 1965. 208 pages. B/w portrait frontispiece. Bibliography and index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Katoomba: Tranter Enterprises, 1995. Small quarto. xiv, 224 pages. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Bibliography and index. Signed and inscribed by the author. No.471 of the limited edition of 1500 copies. Pictorial laminated boards. . Signed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

London: Swan, Sonnenschein and Co, 1891. x, 236 pages. Appendix. Original decorated red cloth with gilt titling on the spine and black titling on the upper board. Includes chapters on the statistics of crime; crime and climate, the seasons, destitution, poverty, sex and age; the criminal in body and mind; and the punishment of crime. *An unusually bright, crisp and… Read more about this item