Search Results: True Crime from Books & Bygones

London: Piatkus Books, 1990. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A collection of 13 true-crime stories with a common link. The murders, recounted by a variety of writers who include Oscar Wilde, have some connection with the artistic or literary world, whether through victim, murderer or circumstance..

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.5x9.5", 270pp, black board with cloth spine, top edge has black line not affecting contents, dustwrapper is good.

London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1929. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 328 pages. Complete with original publishers page marker, 8 Illustrations..

Kettering: Index, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.5 x 8.75"; 242pp; illustrated laminated boards; dustwrapper; very good copy; illustrated;.

London: Fourth Estate, 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4.25 x 7"; 313pp; paperback; very good copy;.

London: Rich & Cowan, 1934. Book. Good Reading Copy. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 290 pages. Faded green cloth with black titles to spine. Contents clean and complete..

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1956. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252 pages. The story of eight women executed since Edith Thompson in 1923..

London: Michael O'Mara Books, 1993. Book. Good. Hardback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 277 pages. Not quite getting away with murder is the theme of Dead Giveaway. Author's signature to title page..

London: Windwood House, 1978. Book. Good. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.25 x 9.5"; 320 pages; black cloth with gilt title to spine, edges slightly dusty and corners bumped; dustwrapper; g/g;.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 242 pages. Accounts of eighteen crimes. Some foxing, not affecting text..

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. Book. Good. Hardback. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 210 pages. Boards are slightly faded. Twenty accounts of murder, starting with Mistress Arden 1551, and finishing with Jack the Ripper 1888..

London: Selwyn & Blount, 1928. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 285 pages. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Black and white line illustrations..

London: John Long, 1958. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 64mo - up to 3" tall. 175 pages. Here are stories old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, of men and women against the law. Dustjacket has 'ring' marks to front and rear, not affecting contents..

London: Hutchinson, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 6.25" x 9.5"; 349pp; black cloth with gilt titles; dustwrapper; vg/vg; true-life drama, cat and mouse chase that trapped the cockney crime lord who was convinced he was beyond the law;.

Leicester: Blitz, 1992. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 8.75 x 11.25"; 80pp; illustrated laminated boards; good clean copy; fully illustrated.

London: Penguin, 1989. Book. Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 5" x 7.75"; 502pp; paperback; creased to spine..

London: Bloomsbury, 1991. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 5.25 x 8.5"; 221pp; paperback; very good copy;.

London: Warner, 1997. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4.25 x 7"; 401pp; paperback; very good copy;.

London: Robert Hale, 1993. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In this anthology, crime writer Georgina Lloyd brings together a collection of murders in which the killers were prepared to take the most incredible risks to dispose of the bodies of their victims..

London: Hutchinson & Co Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 287 pages. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. Boards are marked and spine is sunned. Not dated, but former owner has written 1927 to bottom of title page, British Library quote 1928..