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Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st ed. Fine in slipcase w/o dj as issued. 1 of 250 copies SIGNED by Ambler. A number of stories and essays and lectures concerning true cimes.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited Edition.

Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st ed. Fine in slipcase w/o dj as issued. 1 of 250 copies SIGNED by Ambler. A number of stories and essays and lectures on true crime cases.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited Edition.

N.Y.: Popular Library, 1953. 1st priniting, March 1953. Popular Giant G-122. " His (Fred Berson's) experience reads like a succession of capsule melodramas, replete with pistol-play, tough hoodlums, loose women and parole officers who perform in current private - eye fashion." New York Times. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Book.

Norton NY 1982 Fine in dj. The true story of the Plymouth (Mass.) Mail Robbery.and how they got away with it. 3 suspects went to trial, the charges. were dismissed and the case has never been solved. 1.5 million in cash (1962) the largest cash haul up to that time. 1st ed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1986. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy. Red cloth, bright gold spine and front cover lettering. Printed on light tan paper. LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR OF THE INTRODUCTION on the limitation page at rear. 31 pages. "This is a First Facsimile Abstract Edition". ."Acknowledgment hereby given that all text in this abstract except Publisher's Introduction was previously published in THE PHILLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER, Fascicles I and III, by Arthur S. Phillipls, printed by Dover Press, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1944 and 1946. Photographs by author at time of Borden trial. " . Frontispiece is a b/w photo of Lizzie Borden and there are four b/w photos in the text. Includes a 3-page biography of Arthur S. Phillips, abstracted from Fascicle I of THE PHILLLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER. "Phillilps, a member of Lizzie Borden's team of defense lawyers, still believed Lizzie to be innocent almost fifty… Read More

Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1986. 1st ed, A fine, unread copy. Red cloth, bright gold spine and front cover lettering. Printed on light tan paper. LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR OF THE INTRODUCTION on the limitation page at rear. 31pages. "This is a First Facsimile Abstract Edition". ."Acknowledgment hereby given that all text in this abstract except Publisher's Introduction was previously published in THE PHILLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER, Fascicles I and III, by Arthur S. Phillipls, printed by Dover Press, Fall River, Massachusetts, 1944 and 1946. Photographs by author at time of Borden trial. " . Frontispiece is a b/w photo of Lizzie Borden and there are four b/w photos in the text. Includes a 3-page biography of Arthur S. Phillips, abstracted from Fascicle I of THE PHILLLIPS HISTORY OF FALL RIVER. "Phillilps, a member of Lizzie Borden's team of defense lawyers, still believed Lizzie to be innocent almost fifty… Read More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. First of a new series of books on Great Murder Trials of the Twentieth Century, one of Britian's most famous lawyers reconstructs the controversial trial of Robert Wood in 1907 and the strange events leading up to it. Murder was a capital offence punishable by hanging and until this remarkable trial no one accused of murder had ever given evidence in his own defence.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Little, Brown, 2006. 1st thus. [Orig. published as Crime Beat: Selected Journalism 1984-1992 by Steven Vasick Publicatins) From Connelly's first career as a prize-winning crime reporter comes this collection of the gripping, true stories that have inspired and informed his novels.. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1991. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket. ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEE for Best True Crime novel of the year. Riveting account of small-town murder, a terrifying tale of a seemingly ordinary family whose lives and illusions about each other were shattered one hot summer night in 1988 when a newly-wealthy husband was brutally slain during an attack in which the wife was stabbed, beaten and apparently left for dead.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: UK: David & Charles, 1989. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Includes selected Bibliography. Eight pages of Photographs. The Edwardian age was a period of considerable change, a fascinating transition between 19th and 20th century, and many of its murders reflect the age and, for example, its scientific advances. This fascinating study of exceptional British, French and American killers and their victims, adds a new dimension to what are generally remembered as the "pleasant" years before World War I. Dr. Crippen, Brides in the Bath.... First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

NY: Dorset, 1986. 3rd printing. Small stain at foreedge, else near fine in dust jacket. Selected and introduced by John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole. Later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. 1st edition, so stated. Fine in near fine dust jacket, not price-clipped, 21s net price intact, lightly rubbed and soiled at rear and at spine. Study of two of the most bizarre and baffling London murder mysteries of the century. With photo illustrations. Black cloth covers. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Macmillian Publishing Co,, 1956. 1st edition, so stated. Fine in dust jacket with some minor wear at folds, very light chipping at head and foot of spine, lightly soiled at rear. Although both corners of front flap are clipped, the $3.75 price is intact. Includes a frontis portrait plate. In this unique biographical adventure, Charles Norman has gone to original sources to give us Thomas Griffiths Wainewright's life, his homicidal activities, his ingenious forgeries, his suspenseful trials and final retribution. Thomas Griffiths Wainewright was a journalist, critic, wit, forger and murderer; a friend of Charles Lamb; he hobnobbed with Coleridge, Dickens, DeQuincey. Charles Dickens visited him in Newgate prison. He also murdered his uncle, his mother-in-law and his sister-in-law -- he was apparently averse to harming strangers.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Bock, Vera. Book.

N.Y.: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1953. 1st edition, November, 1953. Paperback Original. Gold Medal #351. Cover by Barye Phillips. The Everett Applegate - Frances Creighton case. 166 pages + 6 pages of ads at rear. Reading crease, lightly soiled, paper is age toned. A very nice copy. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Phillips, Barye. Vintage Paperback.

Greenwich: CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1957. 1st printing, July 1957, Gold Medal #s688. [.35 cover price] Vintage Paperback. Cover by Richard Powers. Although there are others that try to cast doubt on Theo's Durrant's conviction, this is the only one that explains exactly why the jury found him guilty. Based on the lead detective's notes -- the discovery of which in the wreckage of the San Francisco earthquake must have bordered on the miraculous -- and the many, many, many interviews everyone involved in the case (including Durrant himself) gave to the press -- this is deeply researched and wonderfully told. This was Jackson's last book as he died before he could finish and his good friend took over where he left off. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by Powers, Richard. Vintage Paperback.

N.Y.: Gold Medal, 1955. 1st edition, January 1955, so stated. Gold Medal #458. Spine lightly darkened, price on cover is crossed out, paper is brownig. Somewhere in the elegance of Beekman Place, the stone refuge of the very rich, she lay naked and sprawled across an heirloom of a bed in the grotesque position of sudden and violent death. She was beautiful Patsy Burton Lonergan, 22-year-old wife, mother—and sole heiress to seven million dollars. She had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy brass candlestick handsomely inlaid with green glass. The room was a shambles. The following dawn Toronto police took into custody Patsy Lonergan's husband, Wayne, a Royal Canadian Air Force cadet. He had two gashes on his chin. Thus burst over the nation one of the most sensational and sordid cases in the annals of modern crime. The trial of Wayne Lonergran for the murder of his wife revealed a bizarre design for living that shocked even the most jaded -- a trial that erupted into a Roman circus… Read More

Providence, Rhode Island: Lazarus Press, 1993. 1st ed. A play in 2 acts. . Fine in dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Providence, Rhode Island: Lazarus Press, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket in slipcase as issued. A play in 2 acts. 1 of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. The play follows closely the facts of Lizzie Bordens trial and the day of the murders. The front cover there are 41 axes hidden in the picture and the back has 40. Published by Lazarus Press.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Limited Edition.

Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1992. 1st ed. Fine, un-read copy in dust jacket. One of 1,000 numbered copies SIGNED by both Flynn & Kent on laid in plate, in shrinkwrap as issued. Until this sourcebook, no one has been content to present the chronicling of events as they unfolded and leave the verdict to the reader, with the least bias toward Lizzie Borden. Here you will find reproductions of 41 newspapers, from Fall River to New Orleans to San Francisco, official correspondence and transcripts, as well as information on the plays, opera and ballet inspired by the legendary crimes. Heavily illustrated. . Signed. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Limited/ Numbered Edition.

Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1992. 1st ed. Fine, un-read copy in dust jacket. One of 1,000 numbered copies SIGNED by both Flynn & Kent on laid in plate, in shrinkwrap as issued. Until this sourcebook, no one has been content to present the chronicling of events as they unfolded and leave the verdict to the reader, with the least bias toward Lizzie Borden. Here you will find reproductions of 41 newspapers, from Fall River to New Orleans to San Francisco, official correspondence and transcripts, as well as information on the plays, opera and ballet inspired by the legendary crimes. Heavily illustrated. . Signed. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Limited/ Numbered Edition.