THE GIANT BOOK OF BAD GUYS - The World's Worst Crooks, Gangsters, Murderers, Despots and Desperadoes
by Schott, Ian; Wilson, Colin; Wilson, Damon; Wilson, Rowan (editors)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1845297520
- ISBN 13
- 9781845297527
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Magpie Books, 2007. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 452 pp. Brown boards lettered in silver on the spine. The front cover features a sepia photograph of Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: DICTATORS: Ancient Rome: the Cradle of Dictatorship; Papa Doc: Voodoo Gangster; The Emperor Caligula: Blood and Poison; Idi Amin: Monster from the Ashes; Genghis Khan: Sacker of Cities; Nicolae Ceaucescu: A Family Affair; Ivan the Terrible: Sacrifices to Cronus; Emperor Bokassa I: The Napoleon of Bangui; Adolf Hitler: The Revenge of a Failed Artist; Vlad Dracul: The Impaler Strikes Back; Stalin: The Bureaucratic Killer; Saddam Hussein: The Butcher of Baghdad. SERIAL KILLERS: An Addiction to Murder; Serial Murder in Europe; The Psychopathic Killer; The High IQ Killer; Three British Cases; America's Serial Epidemic; The Worsening Disease. ROBBERIES: If You Think Today Is Lawless; The Wild West; Victorian Villanies; The Age of Detection; The Age of Gangsters. GANGSTERS: The Sicilian Dons; From Lucky to Gotti: A Miscellany of American Mafiosi; Murder Incorporated; Bugsy Siegel: Casanova Mobster; Al Capone: Public Enemy Number One; Was Dillinger Shot; Bonnie and Clyde: Depression Mobsters; Emile the Nut and Jacques Mesrine; The Krays; Jack Spot and Billy Hill: The London Villains; Jungle W11: Rachman and Michael X; Drug Barons; and The Russian Mafia..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221320
- Title
- THE GIANT BOOK OF BAD GUYS - The World's Worst Crooks, Gangsters, Murderers, Despots and Desperadoes
- Author
- Schott, Ian; Wilson, Colin; Wilson, Damon; Wilson, Rowan (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1845297520
- ISBN 13
- 9781845297527
- Publisher
- Magpie Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- criminals; murder; robbery; caligula; urganda; idi amin; carl panzram; john christie; ian brady; myra hindley; dick turpin; colonel blood; crown jewels; lucky luciano; al capone; bonnie parker; clyde barrow; dennis nilsen;
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime; History - General;
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W. Fraser Sandercombe
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Burlington, Ontario
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