Search Results: Crime from Lawrence Jones

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1992. 283pp. Spine creased. A Susan Henshaw Mystery. At first Susan Henshaw thought the body in the library was a Halloween trick..until she saw the blood and heard the man's dying gasp.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Christoher Helm, 1987. x, 198pp, index, appendices, bibliography, bw & col ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. New but with small stain on front endpapers. Based on a series of related Channel 4 documentary films. Details the illegal trade in live animals, skins, ivory, furs, musk, butterfly wings, rhino horn etc which is an ever increasing problem for environmentalists, conservationists, law enforcement agancies and indeed all of us.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Sml 4to.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1992. 179 pages. Paperback. A Peter McVey novel.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Fort Worth: Summit Group, 1990. xviii, 217pp, bibliography, bw ills. Or white cloth in jacket. Some minor soiling and slight edge wear to jacket, 2 tiny tears to jacket at head of spine. Exhaustive investigation and research brings the author to conclude that Oswald did indeed act alone in the assassination of JFK.. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Books, 1995. 149pp, bw "woodcut" ills. Very minor edge wear. Originally published in 1896, this is the first reprint edition. Deals with punishments meted out in colonial times. Included are the drunkards cloak, branding, stocks, bilboes, wooden horse, branks & gags, military punishments, the ducking stool and the pillory amongst others. Interesting reading.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

London: Thames and Hudson., 1966. 222pp, index, bibliography, 31 bw ills. Or buff cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped and lightly edge worn. The history of medicine in the service of criminal investigation. . First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Century, 2004. 389pp. Upper corners of the cover are creased. The author's second collection of short pieces.. First UK Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback.

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1996. 283pp. Spine creased. A Susan Henshaw Mystery. Among rich northeastern suburbanites politics can be poison.... Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: John Blake Publishing., 2001. xv,255pp. Or black cloth. New but lacking dj. The secrets of Albert Donaghues life as an enforcer with the Krays-notoriuos London gang.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Exeter Books., 1989. 192pp, index, num bw & col ills. Or cloth boards in jacket. Very slight shelf wear to jacket. A history of the FBI from its inception to the late 1980s. Hundreds of illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1991. 283pp. Spine creased. A Susan Henshaw Mystery. The surprise birthday gift was a new car loaded with features- including a dead body.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Random House., 1996. xii, 384pp. Or cream papered boards with blue cloth spine in jacket. Fore-edge soiled, corners bumped, some edgewear. Ingo Hasselbach, the "Fuhrer of the East" grew up in East Germany under the Communists and spent much of his youth in jail. His cell mate, former Gestapo chief of Dresden, persuaded him that a world Jewish conspiracy was bringing ruin and devastation to Germany. On his release he founded the country's first neo-Nazi political party. For the next 5 years he led a violent extremist froup: street fighting, indoctrinating young members and plotting terrorist attacks. In 1993 he publicly renounced the neo-Nazi movement having begun to have doubts some time earlier, and dedicated his life to dissuading German youth from following his dark path. This is his story-possibly the most shocking information is that their plans and propaganda, Holocaust denial literature and bomb manuals-came from white power extremeists in California, Boston and… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 306pp. Or boards in jacket. As new. Around the world, behind closed doors, operates an ultra-secret business of sex and death. The author hunts the truth about snuff films using his experiences as a detective and paratrooper. A true account of the makers, sellers and buyers of snuff films.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Random House., 1997. 231pp, index, bibliography, bw photographs. Page edges heavily toned, remainder line on bottom edge, and minor edge wear to covers. Jean Lee became the last woman hanged in Australia in 1951. This is the story of her life, crimes and punishment. The result of 9 years research.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Plus. 8vo.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. 366pp, index bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Some toning and edge wear to jacket with one short tear and small chip. The author was chief crime reporter for a Chicago newspaper and witnessed the "Bloody Twenties" up close. He gives us portraits of all its notorious gangsters, relates many stranger-than-fiction anecdotes of crime and corruption, murders, beatings and torture, and introduces all the crooked politicians and judges who harvested fortunes in the shadow of Capone's Chicago.. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Ace Double, 1960. 145/111pp. 1" tear at spine, slightly rubbed at spine edges. Great period graphics on covers. Ace double with 2 complete thiller/mystery stories. Ace #D-469.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1955. 192pp. Or black cloth in jacket. Very light spotting to edges, bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Jacket bright and fresh, but a little chipped at edges with a 3/4" tear at spine fold. The second Don Micklem thriller in which the wealthy American tackles a ruthless extortioner whose world-wide activities have baffled Scotland Yard and the police forces of Europe.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1993. 283pp. Spine creased. A reprint of Wolziens first mystery. A cyanide laced canape and the death of the PTA president who devoured it- had quite upset the elementary school's spring luncheon.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Five Mile Press, 2002. 288pp, bibliography. Or card covers. Some edge wear. A collection of accounts of true crimes in Australia including the Backpacker Killer, Ivan Milat; the Queen Street Massacre; the Donald Mackay murder; the Anita Cobby case; the Walsh Street Murders and more.. Apparent First. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1997. 232pp. Spine creased, small yellow stain on 3 pages. A Josie Pigeon Mystery. Josie Pigeon is bothered to find she has a double. When the mysterious look-alike turns up murdered on Josie's job site, Josie is highly indignant. Was Josie the intended victim?. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.