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New York:: Mysterious Press,, (1987). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (light foxing to the edges of the textblock and to the dust jacket, price-clipped) . First US printing. A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. 214 pp

London:: Bodley Head,, (1963). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in red cloth with gold lettering in a near fine dustjacket (some toning to the white background on the spine and top edge of the dj) .. First printing. A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. Second state with chapter on James Hanratty, . 222 pp

New York:: Mysterious Press,, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine slipcase. . Limited, signed edition. A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. One of 250 copies of the first edition numbered and SIGNED by Ambler on the limitation page. Specially bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering in a matching slipcase. 214 pp

New York:: Dutton,, (1979.). First edition -. Near fine in orange printed wrappers (light crease to edge of front cover.). Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) True story of the manhunt following a brutal double murder of 2 off-duty policemen at a Harlem housing project - the shooting was by members of the Black Liberation Army and the search led from the underground in San Francisco to small towns in the South. Tanenbaum, now a sucessful mystery novelist, was then the young district attorney prosecuting the cases, and this is his first book.

New York:: Morrow,, (1989.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The true story of the Narborough Village murders in England - and the first time that DNA fingerprinting was used to solve a crime. SIGNED on the title page. Finalist for the Edgar Award. Illustrated endpapers. 288 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, (1989.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in gray boards (slight spine slant), no dust jacket.. First printing. The true story of the Narborough Village murders in England - and the first time that DNA fingerprinting was used to solve a crime. Finalist for the Edgar Award. Illustrated endpapers. 288 pp.

New York:: Morrow,, (1989.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The true story of the Narborough Village murders in England - and the first time that DNA fingerprinting was used to solve a crime. Illustrated endpapers. 288 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1991). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The story of a the private eye considered best in the business (and one of the most controversial) by his peers by a writer who, in the mid-70s, worked as an investigator for him. "The bug in the martini olive was a tiny wireless transmitter (with a toothpick as its antenna) that Lipset displayed before a 1965 Senate subcommittee on eavesdropping. Lipset has opened his case files, meticulously kept for 30 years, to Holt. He worked as an investigator for Angela Davis, Huey Newton, the San Quentin Six, and the Soledad Brothers, and was security advisor to the Black Panthers, the United Farm Workers, and the American Indian Movement. Lest he be accused of idealism, other clients included Jim Jones of the People's Temple, Chuck Dederich of Synanon, Werner Erhard of est, the Hare Krishna Society, and the Reverend Moon's Unification Church. Unlike many fictional detectives, Lipset does not… Read More

London:: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, (1987.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. "In the first of a new series of books on Great Murder Trials of the Twentieth Century, one of Britain's most famous lawyers reconstructs the controversial trial of Robert Wood in 1907 and the strange events leading up to it." Among other things this trial was notable for being the first in which a defendant testified in his own defense in a murder trial. Frontispiece. 149 pp.

London:: Oxford University Press,, 1959.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (bookplate, price-clipped). First printing. An attempt to solve the mysteries surronding this 17th century murder trial in which 3 people were hanged for the death of a man who reappeared 2 years later. Includes 2 of the best known previous attempts by John Paget and Andrew Lang, as well as new contributions by Maugham and Davis. Index. 155 pages.

Naperville, IL:: PSI Publishing,, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (rubbing to the front cover of the dj). First edition. Stories of investigating personal injury or disability insurance claims, all of which turn out to be bogus. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. Slightly oversized square format. 140 pp.

Toronto:: The Toronto Sun Publishing,, (1994, c 1985). Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. Includes the first 4 books of true crime stories by this noted Canadian true crime newspaper columnist and author in one volume, from Bothersome Bodies to Crime Flashback 3. Over 150 stories of crimes, cons and murders arranged in 12 sections from Cons and Scams to Poisoners, Canadiana, Monsters and more. 776 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1998). SIGNED hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Book club edition. The story of Sharon Lynn Nelson, first the wife of a Seventh Day Adventist preacher, and then married to a Colorado optometrist and a firefighter - both of whom she encouraged her on-and-off boyfriend to kill. SIGNED on the title page. Photographs. A title in the St Martin's True Crime Library. 278 pp.

New York:: Random House,, 1987.. Hardcover first edition -. VG/VG (edges slightly bumped, gift inscription, short closed tears in dj). First printing. Subtitled Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat -the second book, non-fiction, by this Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and mystery writer.

New York:: Scribner's,, 1924.. Usual toning to pages, some wear but overall VG condition.. Later printing. Originally published in 1912, this has comments on several aspects of the criminal system (detectives, women in court, etc) by a former NY assistant district attorney. Illustrated with photographs.

New York:: Vintage Books,, (1999.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A collection of 11 short pieces on crime, murder and corruption originally published in GQ magazine. Includes "Out of the Past"; "My Mother's Killer"; "The Tooth Crime"; "The Seduction of OJ"; "Bad Boy of Tinseltown"; "Body Dump" and two novellas, "Hollywood Shakedown" and "Tijuana, Mon Amour." INSCRIBED on the title page. Cover design by Chipp Kidd. 288 pp.

New York:: Vintage Books,, (1999.). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine (usual toning to the pages.). First printing, a trade paperback original. A collection of 11 short pieces on crime, murder and corruption originally published in GQ magazine. Includes "Out of the Past"; "My Mother's Killer"; "The Tooth Crime"; "The Seduction of OJ"; "Bad Boy of Tinseltown"; "Body Dump" and two novellas, "Hollywood Shakedown" and "Tijuana, Mon Amour." SIGNED on the title page. Cover design by Chipp Kidd. 288 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1991.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "A riveting account of small-town murder; a terrifying tale of a seemingly ordinary family whose lives and illusions about each other were shattered one hot summer night in 1988." Drugs, the fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons and the desire to inherit his stepfather's money led a North Carolina State Student to arrange for the brutal murder of his stepfather and the attempted murder of his mother. Photographs. 460 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1995.. Hardcover first edition -. Good only in a good dustjacket (some crinkling to the pages from water damage.). First printing. The story of Brad Cunningham, married to 5 successful women who thought, for a time, that he was the 'perfect husband' and the 8 years that it took to bring him to justice for the bludgeoning murder of his 4th wife. Photographs. 429 pp.

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1995.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. True story of Brad Cunningham -a chilling look at the evil that can lurk behind the most charismatic facade. Rule is one of the most widely read true crime writers, and deservedly so: her books are detailed, fast-paced and gripping. From the very beginning of this book - which details the finding of the body of Cunningham's estranged wife in a van on the Sunset Highway outside Portland, Oregon- this is almost impossible to put down. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page. Photographs. 494 pp