Search Results: Law from Ainsworth Books

Montreal: Mcgill Queens University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. 1st. Hardcover. 0773523375 . Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. A bright, solid book.; McGill-Queen's Native and Northern; 9.74 X 6.30 X 1.25 inches; 342 pages; "Arctic Justice is the story of the execution of a white fur trader by an Inuk. Shelagh Grant recounts how this event was crucial in establishing law enforcement in the High Arctic and documents its tragic consequences for Inuit in the subsequent decades. This compelling and generously illustrated account combines archival history with Inuit oral history to shed light on the conflicting values and perceptions of two disparate cultures. Despite the fact that Nuqallaq was following Inuit customary law in carrying out a collectively sanctioned act to defend the community from the dangerously crazed trader Robert Janes, Canadian authorities made the unprecedented decision to put him and two accomplices on trial for murder. Grant shows how… Read More

Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto. Very Good-. 1984. Fourth Printing. Softcover. 0919584314 . Card covers show light shelf wear, creasing, light soiling. Corners bumped, text is highlighted in yellow in first half of book. ; A tight solid book. ; Working Paper Of The Centre Of Criminology, University Of Toronto; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 174 pages .

Self Published. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 0988075504 . Signed by Author; Only slight edge wear.; Inscribed by author on front free end paper. A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar. ; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 166 pages; The youngest of nine children, Bruce was born in Saskatoon on August 22, 1932. After his early schooling there, he moved with his family to Alberta and attended Springbank School before settling in Calgary near 27th Avenue and 4th Street, finishing Grade 9 at Balmoral School. He later upgraded to Grade 12 equivalency. His first job was with Mannix as a labourer in their shop in Ogden and later went with him to Spray Lakes and finally, to Kitamat. Bruce moved to Camrose, Alberta where he met and married Nina Shoults, who was a dance instructor. Their union produced six children - two girls and four boys. The musical talent of the children became well known resulting in "The Dubbin Show", popular with… Read More

New York: Touchstone Books. Very Good+. 1996. 1st Thus. Paperback. 0684824477 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 701 pages; "Bergreen shows the seedy and glamorous sides of the age, the rise of Prohibition, the illicit liquor trade, the battlefield that was Chicago. Delving beyond the Capone mythology. Bergreen finds a paradox: a coldblooded killer, thief, pimp, and racketeer who was also a devoted son and father; a self-styled Robin Hood who rose to the top of organized crime. Capone is a masterful portrait of an extraordinary time and of the one man who reigned supreme over it all, Al Capone." .

Toronto: Public Works and Government Services Canada. Very Good. 1996. Paperback. 0662243552 . Light bumping of corners of card covers ; A bright, solid book Text unmarked; Trade PB; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 311 pages .

New York: Carroll & Graf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0786717572 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 320 pages; "Lieutenant Charles Becker was the only New York City police officer ever executed for murder. He was convicted of orchestrating the gangland slaying of a small-time gambler named Herman (Beansie) Rosenthal in the summer of 1912. Becker was convicted twice, in showcase trials, and died in Sing Sing’s electric chair in 1915. The murder and the trial were front-page news in all twelve New York City newspapers for three years. Sensational as the case was on its own, it was given impetus by the fact that Becker was found to be a central figure in a network of police graft and political corruption whose effects were felt in City Hall, the state capital, and finally throughout the nation. " .

Toronto: Prospero Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. Facsimile. Hardcover. 1552671429 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages; "Samuel Benfield Steele was born Orillia, Ontario, in 1851. Orphaned in his early teens. he joined the Canadian Militia, fought against the Fenians, and was on the Red River Expedition against Louis Riel's Metis. He joined the new North-West Mounted Police and took part in the epic march west to Fort Edmonton. In his career with the NWMP he was involved in many of the historic episodes of the Canadian West - the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, the North-West Rebellion of 1885, the Gold Rush of 1898... From 1899 to 1901 he fought in the South African War and spent the next five years in the South African Constabulary, returnining to Canada in 1907 (where this autobiography ends). (jacket blurb) .

Garden City: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket, has light scratch across front panel, otherwise only light wear. Book shows light wear to extremities. ; Bright solid book, hinges intact, black cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Stated first edition ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 538 pages; "The true story of a court battle that began on a hot July day in 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. Everyone gathered upon the small town to watch the spectacle of John Scopes being tried for the offense of teaching evolution to his high school biology class." Clarence Darrow pitted against William Jennings Bryant to decide the fate of a teacher who tried to educate his students. .

New York: Harper Perennial. Very Good+. 2010. 1st Thus. Paperback. 0061161500 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages .

Toronto: Dundurn Press Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 1550020285 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Spine faded ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Canadian War Museum historical publications #24; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches; 222 pages .

Edmonton, AB: Lone Pine Publishing. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 0919433049 . Signed by Author; Dustjacket heavily chipped with creasing and short tears, scuffed. Front free endpaper removed ; Signed by author on half title page. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages; "In 1962, the first St. Leonard’s Half-way home opened its doors in Windsor to welcome men who had spent time behind bars and needed a secure haven to make a clean start. A practical and determined Anglican priest by the name of Thomas Neil Libby saw the need for a re-entry residence that would help the ex-convict navigate the passage from incarceration to freedom making it easier for himself and safer for the community. Libby was struck by the profound tragedy of the ex-offender. Soon after leaving prison most would backslide into their former ways and associations. It was a time when as many as 80% of those… Read More

New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1938. First English Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards show some shelf wear, sun-faded on spine, corners bumped. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. B&W photos and map, This was first released in Danish as Helvedet Hinsides Havet. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages; The author has taken the notes from Convict #44,792 and turned them into a startling autobiography of a man suddenly thrust into a life of penal servitude. The subject's name is never revealed. .

Delta, BC: Pacific Marine Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. 1st Thus. Hardcover. 0919317472 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, FFEP is creased, repaired closed 1" tear bottom edge of front panel of dustjacket.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour illustrations ; 11.9 X 9.0 X 1.0 inches; 340 pages; This edition was published by Pacific Marine Publishing after the death of the author, Kenneth John Haycock. It had originally been published in 2001 by the Office of the Deputy Commissioner RCMP Pacific Region. "The History of the RCMP Marine Services is a compendium of historic vessels. These craft range from the early days of the Northwest Mounted Police vessels used through the ages up to present-day RCMP operations. Notes on the ownership and transference of the vessels includes data that reveals where the vessels operated as well as their place of construction. The book features vessels throughout… Read More

London: Black Dog Publishing Ltd.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 1908966769 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. B&W and colour photographs throughout. ; Square Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 174 pages; A largely photgraphic record of life in the Kingston Penitentiary during its final months .

New York: Crown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 0609608738 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 337 pages; "Here in one volume are Dominick Dunne's mesmerizing tales of justice denied and justice affirmed. Whether writing of Vicki Morgan's hideous death; Claus von Bülow's romp through two trials; the media frenzy of Los Angeles in the age of O.J. Simpson; the death by fire of multibillionaire banker Edmund Safra in Monaco; or the ominous silence surrounding the death of Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Connecticut, and the indictment — decades later — of Michael Skakel, Dominick Dunne tells it honestly and tells it from his unique perspective. His search for the truth is relentless. " .

Toronto: The Osgoode Society. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0802005438 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 359 pages; "Greenwood re-creates a Quebec in which trust between French and English Canadians was an early casualty of the execution of Louis XVI and the descent of the French Revolution through terror into war. Fearing invasion, the English community, through the law officers of the crown, drafted draconian legislation and established an efficient counter-intelligence service. Lower Canada in these years was a hotbed of spies and counter-intelligence, highlighted by the trial for high treason of an American undercover agent for revolutionary France. Placing the legal history of Quebec in the foreground of these dangerous and dramatic events, Greenwood reveals this period as a turning point that altered not only French-English relations but… Read More

New York: Crown. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0307381161 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.3 X 6.2 X 1.3 inches; 373 pages; "For some sixty years, the Nuremberg trials have demonstrated the resolve of the United States and its fellow Allied victors of the Second World War to uphold the principles of dispassionate justice and the rule of law even when cries of vengeance threatened to carry the day. In the summer of 1945, soon after the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, Thomas J. Dodd, the father of U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, traveled to the devastated city of Nuremberg to serve as a staff lawyer in this unprecedented trial for crimes against humanity. Thanks to his agile legal mind and especially to his skills at interrogating the defendants—including such notorious figures as Hermann Göring, Alfred… Read More

Regina, SK: Your Nickel's Worth Publishing. Very Good+. 2016. First Edition. Softcover. 1927756650 . Signed by Author; Very light soiling to page edges, otherwise crisp. ; A bright, solid book. Signed by the author on the title page. ; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 188 pages .

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0871135442 . DJ and boards show light shelf wear, tape residue on front cover ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 464 pages .

London: SECKER & WARBURG. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0436378019 . Boards show light edge wear, DJ is lightly scuffed with small tears. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages; From the Foreword of the book: "This book is not for the popular or best-selling list for a few weeks or months. It is a plain, full record of a crime that belongs to history. When a reporter from a newspaper here in Maryland asked to talk to me, he said he had heard that I was writing another book...what about?...I gave him the title and the names of Sacco and Vanzetti. There was a wavering pause...then:"Well, I don't really know anything about them... for me it's just history." It is my conviction that when events are forgotten, buried in the cellar of the page - they are no longer even history." .