In The Belly Of The Beast; Letters from Prison.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1981). vg. More
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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
Crime and the Human Mind.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Columbia UP, (1945). Very good. More
The Great Prisoners; The First Anthology of Literature Written in Prison
New York: Dutton, 1946. 879pp. 8vo, tan cloth. New York: Dutton, 1946. Very 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
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; some underlining and margin notes in pen. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1975). First edition. A very good copy. More
Crime of the Century; The Lindbergh Kidnapping Hoax
Boston: Branden Books, 1993. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w., one corner lightly bumped. (Boston): Branden Books, (1993). Very good. More
Nutcracker; Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. 444 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, (1985). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Pizza Connection; Laywers, Drugs and the Mafia.
New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988. illus. 442pp. 8vo, 1/2 maroon cloth, d.w. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1988). Book Club Edition. Near Fine. 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
The Tiger; The Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall.
Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1993. Illus. 8vo, 1/2 blue cloth, d.w., a few pages with a few pencill marks in margins, otherwise very good. Reading: Addison-Wesley, (1993). More
The Bootleggers and Their Era
Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. rubbed on edges. Garden City: Doubleday, 1961. Very good. More
Victorian Studies in Scarlet.
New York: Norton, 1970. Illus. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, (1970). Very good. Murders and Manners in the Age of Victoria. 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
Crime and the Psychic World.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Morrow, 1969. vg. More
The Sky Pirates.
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1972). History of hijacking. More
An American Verdict
Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. Trial of members of the Chicago police who were accused of killing two members of the Black Panther Party in December, 1969. More
Act of Vengeance; The Yablonski Murders and Their Solution
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1975. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w., corners of boards lightly bumped. New York: Saturday Review Press, (1975). Very good Investigation of the murders of United Mine Workers union official Joseph Yablonski and his family. 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
Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld
London: John Murray, 1994. Illustrated. x + 246 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. London: John Murray, (1994). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
The Barbary Coast; An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld.
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1933. Illus. 8vo, red cloth. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, (1933). More
Gem of the Prairie; An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld.
New York: Knopf, 1940. Illus. 8vo, original 1/2 purple cloth and pictorial boards, d.w. very lightly soiled, boards with tape from an old brodart cover on top and bottom, edges of boards lightly worn. New York: Knopf, 1940. First Edition. More