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The Detective. Official Journal of the Police Authorities and Sheriffs of the United States.1910-1911
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1910-1911
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$2,500.00
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Includes 24 issues of the periodical, full of photos of both missing persons and wanted and captured criminals, with descriptions of their crimes. Includes bank robbers, murderers, pickpockets, shoplifters, confidence men, and others, plus advertisements of locks, handcuffs, bulletproof vests, and more. In association with Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Bound by H.H. Hoffman and Co. in brown cloth with… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,500.00
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The Detective. Official Journal of the Police Authorities and Sheriffs of the United States.1897-1900
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1897-1900
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$2,900.00
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Includes 34 issues of the periodical, full of photos of both missing persons and wanted and captured criminals, with descriptions of their crimes. Featuring Butch Cassidy. Includes bank robbers, murderers, pickpockets, highwaymen, and others, plus advertisements of locks and handcuffs, bulletproof vests, and more. In association with Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Bound by H.H. Hoffman and Co. in… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,900.00
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Intimate Detective Stories
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- May, 1942
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$170.00
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No. 3 of Vol. III. Some of the contents include: "Full Inside Story of Chicago's Great Palace Theater Slaying", "I Killed Her Because I Loved Her", "Because Lila Didn't Want a Divorce", and "No Suitors for Pauline Welcome".
Pictorial stapled paper wraps. Cover depicts now (five months after Pearl Harbor) vilified Japanese woman sneaking up to a victim with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Is Conscience A Crime?
by Norman Thomas
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- March 1927
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$200.00
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Textured orange cloth boards with black stamped decoration and text to front board and spine. Black and orange dust jacket protected in mylar. Decorative endpapers. Stated on dust jacket: "Is the conscientious objector a criminal? A book about those who in their own way fought a real fight for democracy." Previous owner's stamp to verso of first free page discreetly… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
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The House at Pluck's Gutter
by Manning Coles
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First White Lion Edition
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- 1972
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$90.00
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Scarce first White Lion edition of this title. Red polished cloth with gilt particulars to spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Patterned endpapers. Light creasing to dust jacket. No previous owners' names or other markings. 192 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Item Price
$90.00
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Duty Free
by Manning Coles (Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1959
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$85.00
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Black cloth boards with orange text to spine; pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to exterior boards (see image). 234 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Item Price
$85.00
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Among Those Absent
by Manning Coles (Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles)
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1948
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$75.00
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Dark blue cloth boards with teal debossed text and decoration to front board and spine; pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. No previous owners' names or other markings. General wear to exterior boards, and small loss to tail of dust jacket spine (see image). 191 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Item Price
$75.00
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The Confession of Percival Cooke and James Tomlinson, Who Were Executed on Friday, April 10, 1812, on a Drop Newly Erected in the Front of Derby Gaol, for Robbing the Houses of Mr. S. Hunt, of Ockbrook-Mill, and Mr. F. Brentnall, of Locko-Grange, in the Country of Derby.
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- Used - Good
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- 1812
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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$330.00
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Contains the confessions of the youthful Cooke and Tomlinson, who were executed on the basis of burglary in 1812 despite the pleas for mercy from their victims. Quarter red calf over marbled boards. 8 pages of text and an additional 22 blank pages in rear (for binding substance). Clean interior with no previous owner's name or other significant… Read more about this item Item Price
$330.00