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.
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Out of Bondage, The Story of Elizabeth Bentley
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.
Gate Fever
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...
Our Police Force
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.
Cell 2455 Death Row
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.).
Elephants Can Remember
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...
Hickory Dickory Dock
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.
CIA
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.
The Victims
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1969. 8vo, pp. 224, original boards, edges rubbed, bottom cnrs bumped. Analysis of a number of murder cases.
The Pinkerton Story
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.
The Second Oldest Profession, The Spy as Bureaucrat, Patriot, Fantasist and Whore
London: Andre Deutsch, 1986. 8vo, pp. xii, 436, Index, b/w plates, original boards, very good, in good d.j.
The Terrorism Reader, A Historical Anthology
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.
Murder with a Difference, Studies of Haigh and Christie
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.
Spy, twenty years of secret service
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.....
Chesney: The Fabulous Murderer
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.....
Science in Crime Detection
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.
Women Bluebeards
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.....
The Train Robbers, Their Story
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.
The Bachelors of Broken Hill
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......
The Barrakee Mystery
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.....
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Murder Must Wait [First Edition in dust-jacket]
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.....
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The Widows of Broome [First Australian Edition]
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)...
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