True Crime from Augustine Funnell Books

New York: Perma M 5027, 1960. Book. Illus. by Art Cumings. Fair. Paperback. 1st thus.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. "The amazing careers of the most spectacular impostor of modern times," being the story of Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr., who, at various times, impersonated a civil engineer, a hospital orderly, a monk of the Trappiist variety, a sheriff's… Read more about this item

Saint John: Somerville Press, 1993. Book. Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A collection of 10 stories that "centre on the application, non-application, or misapplication of the law in instances running from murder to election fraudery." 98 pages. Internally tight and clean w/light corner wear, mild surface wear..

New York: Mentor ME1439, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. 1st paperback edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A man sentenced to seven years in jail reveals "what it is like behind the walls of a maximum security prison, what it does to guards and inmates, and why and how it must be changed before it is too late."… Read more about this item

Fredericton: Broken Jaw Press, 2008. Book. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The title and sub-title pretty much cover it. Among the miscreants who were incarcerated were serial killer Allan Legere, Henry More Smith (better known as The Lunar Rogue), and a pair of Colombian drug merchants (Jose Ali Galondo-Escobar and… Read more about this item

New York: Dell Laurel 0421, 1971. Book. Very Good to Fine. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First published in the U.K. in 1969. Hobsbawm tells the story of "folk heroes who can be found in virtually every corner of the globe," their deeds "romanticized and preserved in legend and ballad." 128 pages (including… Read more about this item

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Company, 1994. Book. Good to Very Good. Stiff Card Wraps. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jessome tells the story of "three seemingly ordinary young men" who "brutally murdered three McDonald's employees and left a fourth for dead" in the small Cape Breton community of Sydney, Nova Scotia. The victims were Donna Warren,… Read more about this item

Toronto: Macfadden Magazines of Canada, 1933. Magazine. Fair to Good. Magazine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Vintage true crime magazine boasting the kind of blood-and-guts sensationalism without which our lives would be duller than dirt. This issue features articles on solving the Boettcher kidnapping, the capture of Barton "The Chopper", the truth about Sterling Wyman (apparently it's astounding),… Read more about this item

Toronto: Macfadden Magazines of Canada, 1932. Magazine. Illus. by Dalton Stevens (cover illustration). Good. Magazine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Vintage true crime magazine presenting the luridly sensationalist details of the dastardly deeds of various criminals, each one eventually proving that crime does not pay (although the hours are apparently pretty good). This issue features articles on… Read more about this item

Toronto & Oxford: Hounslow Press, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In 1993, at a psychiatric hospital in Brockville, Ontario, a patient "was brutally killed in a forest grove on the grounds of the institution. One of the killers, a nearly blind psychiatric patient, walked into a nearby police station… Read more about this item

Woodstock: Non-Entity Press, 1979. Book. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second printing of the 1979 edition. "A true story of the most remarkable prisoner ever detained in a jail in New Brunswick, as told by Walter Bates, one time Sheriff of Kings County. Being an authentic account of the numerous arrests, remarkable… Read more about this item

Surrey & Blaine: Hancock House, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Frolick tells the story of Michael Oros, who, after being questioned about the murder of Gunter Lishy, a German trapper in northern British Columbia, disappeared into the wilds, where he lived alone, convinced that government agents… Read more about this item

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Company 011, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Mitchell maintains that Robbie Cunningham is innocent of the 1979 murder of Nicholas Duguay in the small community of Chatham Head, New Brunswick, and offers the view that convicted serial killer Alan Legere is responsible. 218 pages (including appendices), illustrated w/photographs… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam 06476, 1976. Book. Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. In this one, "an FBI undercover agent tells his violent, terrifying story -- how he risked his life to expose the Ku Klux Klan." 216 pages. Cocked w/rubbing/impressions/scratches, crease to top left corner of back cover, full-length vertical crease to back… Read more about this item

Toronto: Hamish Hamilton Canada, 2010. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Good. Stiff Card Wraps. Signed by Author(s). Uncorrected Proof.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In St. John's, Newfoundland, a woman is stabbed 31 times, with friends and family of the opinion that the murder was committed by her abusive boyfriend. From the back cover: "In this mesmerizing work of documentary… Read more about this item

New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing w/complete number sequence. The story of Attila Ambrus, "one-time pelt smuggler, professional hockey goalie (possibly the worst in the sport's history), pen salesman, Zamboni driver, gravedigger, church painter, roulette addict, building superintendent, whiskey drinker, and… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow/HarperCollinsPublishers/Harper Collins, 2005. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Near Fine. Stiff Card Wraps. Uncorrected Proof.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The well-known Hells Angel/outlaw philosopher/convicted felon/iconoclast offers "a provocative guide to leadership, survival, and success." Uncommon in proof. 212 pages. An unread copy, internally tight and clean..

Edinburgh: Edinburgh Impressions 009923, 1985. Book. Good to Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Winton takes a peek at a number of murders committed in Edinburgh throughout the centuries, beginning in 1566 with the killing of David Rizzo, and ending with the death of Mrs. Bertha Merrett in 1926. In between, we have the… Read more about this item

Manor 127, 1972. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 1st Manor edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The story of a man who spent 24 years in prison, convicted on an eyewitness's lie of supplying to a killer the pistol used to kill a policeman. 320 pages, introduction by Drew Pearson. Some edgewear, thin crease to top left corner of… Read more about this item

Hillman 133, 1959. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 144 pages. A sensationalist view of the notorious criminal's life and loves. Cocked, tanned pages..

PEC, No Number, 1966. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. the story of publisher Ralph Ginzburg and his legal troubles stemming from the erotica he published; Foreward by Sloan Wilson; previous owner's signature and stamps, general wear; Size: Sextodecimo -- from 5.75" to 6.75".