When the State Kills ... The death penalty v. human rights
London: Amnesty International, 1989. 1st ed., octavo, pp. (x) 268, b/w ills., wraps, cnrs lightly creased. Survey of the death penalty in 180 countries around the world.
London: Amnesty International, 1989. 1st ed., octavo, pp. (x) 268, b/w ills., wraps, cnrs lightly creased. Survey of the death penalty in 180 countries around the world.
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1951. 2nd printing, 8vo, pp. (ii) 311, bookplate, loosely inserted newspaper clipping, orig cl bds., top cnrs bent, in price-clipped d.j rubbed, spine lightly sunned Account of the former Russian Secret Police courier and her collaboration with the FBI.
London: Cresset Press, 1962. Margaret Turner. pp viii, 198, b/w illustrations, prev owner's signature, orig boards, v.g. In good d.j., slightly sunned & frayed at head of spine The letters of 2 women in Holloway prison, serving 6 months for their part in a demonstration against nuclear weapons...
London: Oxford University Press, 1943. 1st ed., octavo, pp. 124, b/w frontis, b/w ills., previous owner's inscription, minor foxing rear endpapers, original cloth boards, rubbed, cnrs worn. Insight into the life of the English policeman.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956. 1st U.K. Edition, pp 311, previous owner's inscription, black cloth boards, good in d.j., creased and torn at edges, protected. Author's account of life on Death Row. (Chessman was executed May 2, 1960.).
London: Crime Club, 1972. Octavo, original cloth boards with gilt, dustjacket, pp 256. Previous owner's inscription front endpaper, small abrasion front free endpaper. Lightly bumped bottom of spine and tear to spine. Very good condition in like d.j. First edition of the last novel to feature Hercule Poirot...
London: HarperCollins, 2014. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 200. Near-fine in like d.j., protected. Facsimile edition of the 1955 original, with facsimile dustjacket. Features Hercule Poirot.
London: Michael Joseph/Rainbird, 1983. 8vo, pp. 208, Index, b/w plates, previous owner's stamp, original boards, bottom edge rubbed otherwise good, in like d.j., small sticker mark front. Account of the American agency.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1969. 8vo, pp. 224, original boards, edges rubbed, bottom cnrs bumped. Analysis of a number of murder cases.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. 8vo, pp. xii, 302, Index, b/w frontis, b/w plates, endpapers lightly yellowed, original cloth boards, minor fishing bottom edge, in d.j. edges frayed and chipped, tail spine lost, few marks rear. Account of the Pinkerton detective agency.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1986. 8vo, pp. xii, 436, Index, b/w plates, original boards, very good, in good d.j.
London: Wildwood House, 1979. 8vo, pp. viii, 291, Index, (iii adverts), few faint marks fore-edge, original cloth boards, very good, in rubbed d.j. Accounts of political terrorism from ancient cultures to today.
London: Heinemann, 1958. 8vo, pp. xii, 251, b/w plates, original cloth boards, top cnrs bumped, in d.j.edges rubbed, rear marked. Very good in good d.j. Account of the two multiple murderers of England.
London: Neville Spearman, 1965. 8vo, pp. 218, b/w frontis portrait, b/w plates, previous owner's inscription, endpapers tanned, original boards, small dent top edge otherwise good, in d.j. edges rubbed small splits cnrs and head spine. Autobiography of the Russian Secret Agent, sentenced in England 1961 for espionage, released to Soviet.....
London: Pinnacle. Octavo, pictorial wraps, b&w plates, pp 159. N.d., c. 1955. Spine worn, with some loss of paper backstrip at top edge of the spine and very small chip to the foot. Pages toned. Good condition. Scarce. Biography of John Donald Merrett, who took the pseudonym 'Ronald Chesney'. In.....
London: Robert Hale, 1958. pp 192, Index, b/w plates, orig boards, v.g. Looks at methods of forensic medicine, ballistics and chemistry, fingerprints, lab techniques and other forms of evidence used in crime detection.
London: Stanley Paul & Co, 1931. 1st ed., Royal 8vo., pp. 286, Index, b/w fronts., b/w plates, some scattered foxing, stamp "with the publisher's compliments" to title page and errata slip to contents page, offsetting to e.ps., or. cl. bd.s, bumped & rubbed sides. No d.j. Discusses the histories of.....
Melbourne: Hutchinson & Co., 1978. 1st Australian edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 285, b/w plates, original boards, good, in d.j. edges creased. Account of the Great Train Robbery, related to the author by the men involved.
London: Heinemann, 1958. 1st UK Ed., octavo, pp.(vi), 254, stamps to page i and title-page, bookseller's ticket (Alberts Bookshop, Perth) to front paste-down, orig bds., lightly faded spine, price-clipped and chipped d.j. Contents clean. Very good condition. First published in 1950, this is the first UK edition. Set in a......
London: Heinemann, 1965. 2nd UK ed., octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 328. Gift inscription title page. Very good condition in very good dustjacket. The first reprint of Upfield's first detective story, originally printed in 1929. Introduced the character of Napoleon 'Bony' Bonaparte. Published in the US as 'The Lure of.....
London: Heinemann, 1953. 1st ed., octavo, cloth boards, price-clipped dustjacket, pp 253. Very small chips and loss to dustjacket now in protected sleeve. Previous owner's signature and date front free endpaper, o/w near-fine condition in good d.j. Napoleon Bonaparte investigates child abductions in New South Wales, including exploring clues in.....
Melbourne: Heinemann, 1951. 1st Australian ed., octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 246. Small chips and closed tears to dustjacket. Previous owner's signature fep (covered by jacket). Near-fine condition in good d.j. Napoleon Bonaparte investigates murders in Broome. First Austrlian edition (preceded by the US Crime Club edition)...