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Lockdown America
by Parenti, Christian
Christian Parenti is the author of The Soft Cage and The Freedom, and is currently writing a book on Afghanistan. He is a visiting fellow at the CUNY Graduate School’s Center for Place, Culture and Politics, and his articles appear regularly in The Nation. He lives in New York City.
Further Particulars : Consequences of an Edwardian Boyhood
by Rolph, C.H
Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1987. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ Spine lightly faded. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 231pages. Rolph was the pen name for C.R. Hewitt [1901-1994]. He was a policeman with the London police from 1921 to 1946, rising to the level of Chief Inspector. On leaving the Force he became a journalist, writing...
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NZ$27.54
COLUMBO #3: ANY PORT IN A STORM
by Clement, Henry (novelization)
N.Y.: Popular Library, 1975. 1st edition, first printing anywhere. Paperback Original. Based on the Universal TV Series; Created by Richard Levinson & William Link. Adapted from the episode "Any Old Port in a Storm" Teleplay by Stanley Ralph Ross; story by Larry Cohen; starring Peter Falk. Very light wear else a near fine copy.. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Paperback Original.
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NZ$41.15
MURDER WITH A THEME SONG
by Rath, Virginia
Garden City, New York,: Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. 1st edition. Publishers orange cloth with black lettering at spine and design at spine and finished at front cover. Previous owner's inscription at front endpaper. Corners bumbed, light fade to spine panel, spine edges rubbed, soiled and lightly slanted, housed in homemade acetate dust wrapper. A Sheriff Rocky Allan and Michael Dundas collaboration. [California] Murder with a Theme Song is a most notable production by an author whose The Dark...
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NZ$57.61
A Man Apart : A British Policeman and His Job
by Judge, Anthony
London: Arthur Barker Limited. 1972. Octavo size. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. Price clipped DJ- now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Bookseller's sticker to front free end paper. Previous owner's signature to front Dustjacket flap and small ink number to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 233 pages. A look at the British police in the late 1960s & early 1970s. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$27.54
Manual of Guard Duty, United States Army, approved June 14, 1902
by U.S. War Department
New York: Army and Navy Journal, 1903. fair to good. Pocket-size, 97, wraps, index, covers somewhat soiled and stained, some wear to spine edges. Scarce manual, immediately post-Spanish-American War. Pocket-size manual measures approximately 3-3/4" x 5"
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NZ$131.17NZ$98.38
The Living Legend: The Story of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
by Phillips, Alan
Winnipeg, Canada: Harlequin, 1960. # 522. Very lightly rubbed along edges, front lower corner creases, creases along spine, small (1/2 inch) rubbed spot on rear, else very good. Pages darkened but clean and binding tight.. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No DJ. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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NZ$17.15
STILL WATER
by Van de Water, Frederic F
Garden City, New York,: Crime Club Doubleday, 1929. First edition, so stated. Black cloth with red lettering. Light wear to covers,lettering at spine lightly faded else a very good, tight copy. Small bookstore label at front endpaer. Richard York; New York. Bootlegging from Canada into New York State. Van de Water was an authority on the New York State Police.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book.
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NZ$49.38
SWAT Tactics
by Jeffrie JACOBS
Soft Cover. Condition: Good+. Binding is tight; pages are clean and unmarked. Cover has shelf wear. See photo.
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NZ$20.56
Code Three
by Fox, James M
Boston: MA: Litlte, Brown, 1953. 1st. Edition, so stated. Page edges tanning, else near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, $2.75 intact, chipped at head of spine, moderate wear, rubbing but still bright. The first Detective Sargent Jerry Long title. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.
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NZ$41.15
ABOUT THE MURDER OF A STARTLED LADY: A Thatcher Colt Detective Mystery
by Abbot, Anthony (Fulton Oursler)
N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. 1st Grosset reprint edition. Orange cloth covers show some wear at extremeties, very lightly soiled else a very good - near fine copy, in home-made acetate dust wrapper. LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY. Adey #4. "Thatcher Colt tries a new kind of informer, one with a link to the Great Beyond. Mrs. Lynn, a medium, claims she heard the "voice" of a young dead girl whose body has allegedly been cut to pieces then sunk. Fraud? That's what Colt (and the reader)...
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ELEMENT OF DOUBT: A Luke Thanet Mystery **SIGNED COPY**
by Simpson, Dorothy
NY: Scribners 1988, 1988. 1st American edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, one light crease, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page.. Ins. Thanet title. "This mild and methodical mystery unfolds in a picturesque English village where gentlemanly detective-inspector Luke Thanet is hard-pressed to discover who pushed beautiful but unpleasant Nerine Tarrant over the second-story...
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THE BARKING DOG MURDER CASE: A Clue Club Mystery
by Vivian, E. Charles (Psued. of Charles Henry Cannell)
N.Y.: Hillman-Curl, 1937. 1st US edition. [Brit. title: Tramp's Evidence] Unfortunately someone has glued the flaps to inside covers. The book is fine otherwise. The colorful dust jacket has been trimmed and backed. Light wear, edges rubbed, not price clipped, $1.50 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Rear cover lightly soiled, explains "A New Bill of Rights for Mystery Story Readers" thus the Clue Club Mystery line. Insp. Jerry Head; Insp. Terence Byrne; England. Vivian was...
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NZ$246.90
GENEAOLOGY OF MURDER: A Deb Ralston Mystery
by Martin, Lee [Pseud of Ann Wingate]
N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1996. 1st Edition, April 1996, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Family trees are gnarled and twisted, and many of the roots are hidden in the 12th outing (after Bird in a Cage) for Deb Ralston, a middle-aged Mormon police investigator in Fort Worth, Tex. Deb's son- in-law, a medical intern studying how human corpses decompose, finds he has an extra, unaccounted-for cadaver on...
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Mounted Police of Victoria and Tasmania
by O'Sullivan, John
Adelaide: Rigby. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 211 pages. A history of heroism and duty since 1837. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$27.54
Police Roadblock Operations; With a foreword by Frank A. Sweeney
by Schwarz, John I
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1962. Hardcover. Fine with pervious owner personal bindstamp; almost undetectable curl to boards;. Quarto; 79 pages illustrations 24 cm. Uncommon. Police Science Series. ¶ "The author has drawn up a blueprint here showing how a blockade can be effective, efficient, handled with a minimum of danger to all parties concerned. He considers the purpose and planning of roadblocks, various types, methods, how many men should be assigned, and what their instructions should...
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NZ$109.73
Police and Government in Australia: Who's in Charge and Who Should Be in Charge
by Killey, Ian
North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2019. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Mint condition in pictorial laminated boards. Issued without dustjacket. A new copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 475 pages. This book undertakes a complete assessment of the constitutional relationship of Australian police with government and proposals for law reform for the establishment of a clear, coherent and constitutional relationship between them. . New. 1st...
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NZ$49.57
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Great Cases of Scotland Yard [2 volumes]
by Various Authors
Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Vol One spine a little sunned. Page edges age-toned. Previous owner's blindstamp to title page of Vol One. Full page colour illustrations. 414, 398 pages. Introduction by Eric Ambler. Notable authors including Elizabeth Jenkins, Michael Innes. Ludovic Kennedy, Julian Symons, Emlyn Williams, Russell Braddon, Winston Graham etc, explore 10 of Scotland Yards most...
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Rogues and Heroes. Policing the Cooper 1876-1952
by Tolcher, H.M
Adelaide: Published by Author. 1999. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Inscribed and Signed by the author. Some age-toning to spine and covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 153 pages. Policing in the outback has always been difficult and sometimes dangerous, and nowhere more so than on Cooper Creek. The police who served there in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...
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NZ$110.16
SKETCHES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER: TAKEN AT THE POLICE COURT, BOW STREET.
by Hodder, George
Sherwood & Bowyer.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1845. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xi 308 pages; Blue cloth with gilt titles, 50c sized light bubbled area. Book plate of Philip Greeley Brown. 15 full page illustrated plates. Written by a reporter in a humorous and entertaining way. .
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NZ$201.55
THE CONQUEROR INN: A Bobby Owen Mystery
by Punshon, E.R
N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944. First US edition. Publishers dark blue cloth with white lettering, very light wear along edges else about fine in dust jacket, worn at front fold, piece out at spine foot, small chips to fold corners and head of spine. Jacket edges have been trimmed but not price clipped, $2.00 price intact [Det. Sgt. Bobby Owen; England]. The remote Conqueror Inn, possibly the oldest licensed house in England, has an unexpectedly key role to play in World War Two. Lorry drivers,...
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Police in an Urban Society / Edited by Harlan Hahn
by Hahn, Harlan (1939- )
Beverly Hills : Sage Publications, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 319 pages; Physical desc. : 319 p. ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 309-316. Subjects: Police-community relations. Public relations. Urban Areas. Policing. Law Enforcement. Police - Addresses, essays, lectures
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NZ$51.44
Spotlight on History
by Hugh Chase
From the dust jacket front flap: Hugh was a native of Kansas City, MO and a veteran of World War II, He entered the Police Academy in the early 1950's and became one of Kansas City's finest. His active duty came to a halt after an on duty accident. After many months he returned to the department as their librarian and historian. He developed a great interest in the early history of the deaprtment and its connection to the city of Kansas City. His research resulted in many short stories, some humorous and...
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NZ$42.78
Autographed Album Page
by CANNON, George Quayle (1827 - 1901)
1890. unbound. near fine. Measures 3 x 4.75 inches, no place, no date, circa 1890. Signed "Geo. Q. Cannon, Salt Lake City, Utah" by the Mormon leader, Utah's first congressman, and executor of Brigham Young's will. On the back is the signature of Alabama Senator and Confederate Congress member "James L. Pugh Ala." Near fine.<br/><br/>
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NZ$300.06
