In The Belly Of The Beast; Letters from Prison.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1981). vg. More
CRIME
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons: or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. A True Story, written by Himself.
New York: Privately Printed, 1870. 3 illustrations. 205pp. 12mo, burgundy cloth (worn), gilt spine. New York: Published for the author, 1870. First Edition. Good. More
The Story Of Crime; From the Cradle to the Grave.
illus. Thick 8vo, black cloth,stamped in citron; (head of spine slightly worn). London: T. Laurie, n.d. More
The Financing of Terror: How the groups that are terrorizing the world get the money to do it.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. ix + 293 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Six-Guns and Saddle Leather; A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen.
426pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Univ. of Oklahoma Press, (1954). First Edition. vg. More
Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 287 pages. 8vo, red boards, printed d.w. (chipped and torn edges, spine sunned). New York: McGraw Hill, (1975). A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Anyone's Daughter: The Times and Trials of Patty Hearst
New York: Viking, 1979. 562 pages. Thick 4to, black cloth-backed boards (scuffed), printed d.w. New York: Viking, (1979). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper, More
Very Much a Lady; The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Hermann Tarnower.
Boston: Little Brown, 1983. Illus. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Boston, (1983). More
Empire of Deceit
Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. 377 pages. 8vo, green cloth-backed boards, d.w. (edgeworn and toned, inked at rear flap). Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. First Edition. Cloth worn at head and tail, still internally clean and tight. Very good in a good dust wrapper. More
Devil's Sanctuary: An Eyewitness History of Mississippi Hate Crimes
Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, 2009. Illustrated sparsely in black and white. ix, 369 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (some wrinkling, small closed tear at bottom edge, small chip at tail). Chicago: Lawrence Hill Books, (2009). First Edition. Small stain at upper edge of text block, internally pristine. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
American Reckoning: Inside Trump's Trial--and My Own
Dallas: BenBella, 2024. x + 245 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w. Dallas: BenBella Books, (2024). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Winterset
Washington: Anderson House, 1935. 134 pages, small 8vo, pale grey cloth (a little faded stain from old tape on back attached endpaper), dust wrapper (price-clipped, worn, and repaired with tape on verso). Washington: Anderson House, 1935. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Large signature on the half title page of American actor Burgess Meredith, who stared in the movie based on Anderson's play. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper. More
The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd; Forgery and Betrayal in Eighteen-Century London
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. Berkeley: University of California Press, (2001). Endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page, all dampstained. Some top margins wrinkled from exposure to dampness, but not dampstained. More
The Sky Pirates.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1972). History of hijacking. More
An Astonishing Affair! The Rev. Samuel Arnold Cast and Tried for His Cruelty,
Concord: Luther Roby, 1830. Though His Cause Was Advocated in a Masterly Manner, by the Right Hon. Joseph Almon Clark Pray. By Philandros. Frontis. 168pp., 24mo, 1/2 brown calf, calf and boards rubbed, spine ends lightly worn, pages slightly wavy throughout, a few pages with a few pencil marks in margins, many pages with light foxing, mostly to margins, edges of board corners worn. Concord: Luther Roby, 1830. First Edition Curious self-defense of a New Hampshire minister accused of nearly..... More
The Finest Judges Money Can Buy; and Other Forms of Judicial Pollution.
8vo, boards, d.w. Los Angeles, (1973). Presentation copy. More
Warped In The Making; Crimes of Love and Hate.
8vo, cloth; (cloth soiled). Boston: Hougton Mifflin, 1928. More
Hot Paper.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Saturday Review, (1975). vg 1969 theft of. More
Prisons, Protest, and Politics.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1972). More
Annual Report of The Attorney General of the United States for the Year 1911
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911. Many tables including one large folding. v + 408 pages, 8vo, brown cloth. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911. A very good copy. More
More of Hollywood's Unsolved Mysteries.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Shapolsky Publishers, (1991). vg Deaths of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and others. More
Fatal Fascination.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston, (1964). Study of four murders: Lord Darnley, William Joyce, Duke of Enghien, and the Norse saga of Burnt Njal. More
Address of William T. Barry, Postmaster General, to the People of the United States
Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. 24pp. 8vo, disbound, margins browned throughout, foxing to margins of title page. Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. First Edition Author became postmaster general in 1829. Beginning in 1830, Barry was investigated by Congress for corruption. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with increasing payments to contractors far beyond the published schedules...Barry successfully refuted the charges..." DAB I, page 657. Sabin 3692. More