Search Results: True Crime / Trials from Goldring Books

Kettering, Northants: Index, 2001. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from minor indentations to rear top edge) with pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket. Dustjacket is complete and VG +. The author is a research biochemist who has written extensively on forensic science investigation and is a member of the Crime Writers' Association. Featured cases include - Ted Bundy - Florida, 1978; John Wayne Gacy - Chicago, 1995; The Unabomber; The Kennedy Assassination; Lockerbie Air Crash, The Yorkshire Ripper;The Boston Strangler; The World Trade Center Bombing; Hitler Diaries; Aum Shiriko Gassing - Tokyo, 1995; Reagan Assassination Attempt. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: John Long, 1961. Red title on black boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket by Eisnerhas three small repaired closed tears and is not price clipped. 192 pages. 12 cases of international detective exploits in which success was determined by the correct reading of a vital clue and which range over the globe, from a kampong in Malaya to a sinister villa in Provence, from a London fog to a road house ouside Chicago, from thronged Bondi Beach to a deserted mountain slope in California, from Berlin before the Kaiser's war to Paris after Napoleon's. The record of the genius of the detectives has a fascination more than crime fiction. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1984. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. COP, in San Diego, stands for Community Oriented Policing and is the guiding philosophy of its Police Department, which has virtually done away with every stereotype associated with law enforcement in the United States. Raw, touching, pacy, filled with perceptive portraits of cops and criminals alike, presenting a dazzling insight into problems most would like to ignore. B2C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with age darkening to page edges with VG+ complete dustjacket. The book re-examines all the sensational details of the murders ascribed to Jack the Ripper, investigating the roles and reliability of the various policemen involved, analysing the evidence against all the suspects, and from an exhaustive search of original documents, the author has provided a convincing identification of Jack the Ripper. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Blake, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. In the 30 years since Lord Lucan vanished, numerous books, articles and television programmes have theorised on his possible fate, but now the author, a former detective, dubbed Scotland Yard's top undercover cop, has tracked down the incredible truth. He has unearthed the audacious charade which enabled the earl to elude the long arm of the law and escape justice and produces conclusive evidence, resolving all the unanswered questions. Illustrated with photographs **** NOT EX LIB **** B2D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Henry Holt, 2002. A near Fine copy (would be Fine apart from a mark to rear endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Stated First edition, first printing. Before 1998 few Americans had ever heard of Jasper, Texas but that all changed on June 7 when a trio of young white men chained a 49 year old black man named James Byrd Jr. to the bumper of a truck and dragged him three miles down a country road. In the hours after Byrd's body was found in pieces on Huff Creek Road, Jasper's community tried not to believe that one of their own had committed such a terrible crime, but within 24 hours Sheriff Billy Rowles had arrested the trio and charged them with murder. From the initial investigation through the trials and their aftermath, the book follows the turn of events through the eyes of Billy Rowles - an enlightened lawman determined to take lessons from the tragedy - and other townspeople trying to come to grips with the crime. 42 illustrations. 4. First… Read More

New York: Hyperion, 1993. FIRST US edition, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with red title on quarter black cloth with black boards. Dustjacket is also Fine and not price clipped. 323 pages. There have been many theories as to the identity of Jack the Ripper and in this book the author believes that the answer may lie in the recently discovered diary found in Liverpool, England which states 'Yours truly, Jack the Ripper'. In it are grisly details of the murders of 1888-1889 and many clues that identify the murderer as James Maybrick, a cotton merchant from Liverpool who died in 1889 of suspected arsenic poisoning. In another celebrated case of the day Maybrick's wife Florie was accused of his murder but, as we read in the diary, his death was probably the result of his arsenic addiction. The diary is the subject of controversy and a report questioning it's authenticity is included along with a rebuttal. Illustrated by photographs and drawings and a facsimile of the diary. 21.… Read More

New York: G.P. Puttnam's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good unmarked copy apart from a red line to top edge. Dustjacket is complete with a little wear to top edge. The award winning journalists present an extraordinary untold story of one of the greatest detective and espionage stories. Four days before Christmas, 1988 Pan Am flight 103 and its 259 passengers exploded in the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland. In the book they reveal not only the names of the people and organisations responsible for the bombing but also the web of lies and deception that for too long kept the investigators froom the truth. B2E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Franklin Watts, 1971. First UK edition. A Very Good+ unmarked copy apart from a touch of foxing to fore edge with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. The stories behind many 'firsts' in the history of crime, including the most famous art thief in history who was identified by means of his fingerprints. At times the art of identification can be extraordinarily difficult and odd, as in the case of a hand found in the belly of a shark, a mummy four years old in a cold warehouse, a charred French corpse, two dismembered women of Lancaster - police were able to use all of these people (or parts of people) as clues in solving baffling mysteries. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Simon & Schuster Books For Young People, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped.The book takes us inside the powerful hierarchy of the Mormon faith, where history is sacred, faith is never meant to be questioned, and spies are commonplace. The story begins in 1985 with the death by bombing of the wife of one of the Salt Lake City Mormon community's most prosperous businessmen and another bombing kills her husband's former business partner. Rumours of corporate fraud, mafia hit men, and religious death squads sweep the city as a third bomb leaves an eccentric document dealer gravely injured. Was the discovery of documents that throw the very foundations of the Mormon Church into question the cause ? Or was the collapse of Coordinated Financial Services the cause ? 45 illustrations. 21. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Century, 1997. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has some creasing to lower corner of a few pages with VG dustjacket which has a little creasing. A fascinating inside story of SO19, the Metropolitan Police Special Firearms Wing where the author, Sergeant Steve Collins, SAS trained, who leads Black Team, the hardest and most renowned team within the unit.The Book reveals how special forces are brought onto the streets of London. A vivid and frank account of a force never before written about. ***NOT EX LIB *** B2A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a minor bump to front corner tip and a small shelf mark to lower closed edge). Dustjacket has a little creasing and VG+. xiv + 803 pages. Expansive in its coverage, the book presents material on crime and punishment trends as well as timely policy issues. The latest research on the demography of crime (race, gender, drug use) is included, and weighty current problems (organized crime, white collar crime, family violence, sex offenders, youth gangs, drug abuse policy) are examined. Processes and institutions that deal with accused and convicted criminals and techniques are also investigated. While some articles emphasize American research findings and developments, others incorporate international research and offer a comparative perspective from other English speaking countries and Western Europe. All of the 28 articles are by experts in their field. A definitive refernce work on criminal justice and criminology.… Read More

London: John Blake, 2003. First edition, First printing. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. In this book the author, an investigative journalist, lifts the lid on the lives of these most specialised of assassins - a hard look at professional killers, the people who hire them and the people who die at their hands. 22. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Virago Press, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Translated from the French by Penelope Dening. On 28 May 1996 twelve year old Sabine Dardenne was kidnapped by the man who turned out to be one of Belgium's most heinous paedophiles. She was his prisoner for eighty long days. 'The Dutroux Affair' shook the whole of Europe. Far from sensationalising the horror, her story, dignified and restrained, is ultimately uplifting. 22. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Kato Kaelin lived with O.J. Simpson and his wife Nicole and was a confidant of both and what they told him he related to the author, detailing virtually every detail of the days leading up to and following the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. 100. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1984. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing (printed in the United States). Sam Giancana was once the most powerful Mafia boss west of the Mississippi, the Chicago mafia's successor to Al Capone. Now 9 years after his gangland slaying, his daughter has made public the details of her father's life and the trauma of growing up under his iron rule - all the power, corruption, luxury, and violence that came with being a mafia princess. 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Harrap, 1982. A Very Good copy with age darkening to page edges with complete dustjacket which has a little wear to edges. The autobiography of one of the greatest authorities on forensic medicine and whose evidence secured many convictions and solutions to crimes. Packed with information, inside accounts of strange crimes and racy stories of the people he has known in his career. Foreword by Professor Keith Simpson. 35 photographs. *** NOTA BOOK CLUB CPY *** C3A. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Granada, 2002. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A revealing insight into the minds and methods of murderers, 8 multiple or high profile cases - David Berkowitz - Son of Sam; Angela Buono and Kenneth Bianchi - The Hillside Stranglers; David Carpenter - The Trailside Killer; Bobby Joe Long; Richard Ramirez - The Nightstalker; Erik and Lyle Menendez; Aileen Wuornos - The Truckstop Killer; Ivam Milat - The Backpack Murderer. 42 photographs in colour and black and white. A1B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Jersey: New Horizon Press, 1994. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Gold title on quarter black cloth with red card boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of bumping to a few corner tips. Internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is complete with a little shelf creasing. The true story of a 14 year old girl on a tobacco farm in South Carolina, whose father is lying sprawled out on his bed, naked but for his shorts, this time he is not sleeping off a drunken stupor, he is dead and there is a pool of blood forming. As the girl stares at him she remembers her mother's cries as he beat her and how he laughed as he played his favourite game of throwing knives at them. As the girl grows up she is haunted by an undefinable fear, terror and obsession and her condition worsens after she marries, repeatedly attempting suicide and develops severe psychological disorders, manifesting in multiple personalities. After two years of intensive hypnosis therapy to integrate her other… Read More

London: Rider, 1999. A Fine copy with near Fine coloured photographic dustjacket which is complete and has just a little creasing to top. Archbishop Tutu's very personal memoir of chairing South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission a task which became as much a spiritual as a judicial undertaking. Describing what it was like to hear daily accounts of atrocity and the extraordinary scenes of forgiveness, he explains how the Commission was able to reach the truth when the judicial process was unable to. **** NOT EX LIB **** L. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.