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  • THE ABILITY TO KILL and Other Pieces. by Ambler, Eric.
    Ambler, Eric.
    THE ABILITY TO KILL and Other Pieces.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Bodley Head, (1963) dj. Hardcover first 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. Second state with chapter on James Hanratty, . 222 pp

    Condition: 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) .

    Book ID: 80406
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  • THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder. by Ambler, Eric.
    Ambler, Eric.
    THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first 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. ISBN: 0-892962380.

    Condition: Fine in fine slipcase.

    Book ID: 80392
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  • THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder. by Ambler, Eric.
    Ambler, Eric.
    THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first 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. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-892962380.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (light foxing to the edges of the textblock and to the dust jacket, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 72924
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  • MAN OVERBOARD: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne. by Barer, Burl.
    Barer, Burl.
    MAN OVERBOARD: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne.

    Edition: First printing.

    Salt Lake City: Northwest Publishing, (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Ten years after Champagne's supposed death in a boating accident, he is arrested for printing counterfeit currency. He didn't fake his death, he claims - he just didn't deny it, seizing it as an opportunity to become in death one thing he had never been - an adventurer. A very funny true crime story. INSCRIBED on the title page. 182 pp. ISBN: 1-569018154.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75869
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  • MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story. by Berendt, John.
    Berendt, John.
    MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of mystery and travel book, this is an account of a 1981 murder in Savannah, Georgia and its aftermath. Basis for the Clint Eastwood film of the same name. Winner of the Southern Book Award, finalist for the Pulitzer. A true first with the errors on page 11, line 32 (the same error also occurs on p 214, line 18), and page 32, line 1. Publisher's promotional material and review slip for a planned 1995 edition laid in. These materials comment that there were over 700,000 copies in print (and that was before the movie was released) and the reported first printing was only 25,000 copies, a…

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    New York: Random House, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A combination of mystery and travel book, this is an account of a 1981 murder in Savannah, Georgia and its aftermath. Basis for the Clint Eastwood film of the same name. Winner of the Southern Book Award, finalist for the Pulitzer. A true first with the errors on page 11, line 32 (the same error also occurs on p 214, line 18), and page 32, line 1. Publisher's promotional material and review slip for a planned 1995 edition laid in. These materials comment that there were over 700,000 copies in print (and that was before the movie was released) and the reported first printing was only 25,000 copies, a very small printing for a book which became a surprise bestseller but typical for an author's first book. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-679-429220.

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    Condition: Near fine in fine first state dust jacket (original price of $23 on the dust jacket flap and the praise from Ann Beattie at the top of the rear cover )

    Book ID: 65634
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  • MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story. by Berendt, John.
    Berendt, John.
    MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: A Savannah Story.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Random House, (1994.) dj. Hardcover - A combination of mystery and travel book, this is an account of a 1981 murder in Savannah, Georgia and its aftermath. Basis for the Clint Eastwood movie of the same name. 388 pp. ISBN: 0-679-429220.

    Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 51846
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  • DOING JUSTICE: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law. by Bharara, Preet.
    Bharara, Preet.
    DOING JUSTICE: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. dj. Hardcover first edition - An overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our society by the former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New Yorkm based on case histories and his personal experiences. Index. xvi, 345 pp. ISBN: 978-0525521129.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 75243
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  • THE POISONER'S HANDBOOK: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age. by Blum, Deborah.
    Blum, Deborah.
    THE POISONER'S HANDBOOK: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Penguin, (2011). First edition - A book which is "equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller. . In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. With the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo triumphed over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice." Basis of the2014 PBS American Experience film. Notes, index. 319 pp. ISBN: 978-0143118824.

    Condition: Near fine.

    Book ID: 90722
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  • Bondeson, Jan.
    THE LONDON MONSTER: A Sanguinary Tale.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, (2000). Between 1788 and 1790, a century before Jack the Ripper, a bizarre serial attacker known as the London Monster assaulted more than 50 women, until an unlikely suspect was caught, tried, and convicted after two sensational trials. Using sensational newspaper accounts, pamphlets, broadsides, and illustrated posters that virtually covered every house and lamppost, this is a thorough account of the attacks, the victims, the witnesses, the capture, the trials, and indeed the entire spectrum of such crimes right up to the millennium - it looks at whether or not Williams could have actually been guilty and even whether or not the Monster existed.Includes a list of "the cost", illustrations and extensive notes. xi, 227 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 84185
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  • Buchanan, Edna.
    THE CORPSE HAD A FAMILIAR FACE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Subtitled Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat -the second book, non-fiction, by this Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and mystery writer.

    Condition: VG/VG (edges slightly bumped, gift inscription, short closed tears in dj)

    Book ID: 4206
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  • NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat by Buchanan, Edna.
    Buchanan, Edna.
    NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book - the second book of non-fiction, true accounts of both crime and courage in MIami - by this Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and mystery writer. 327 pp,. ISBN: 0-394-575520.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 76615
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  • NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat by Buchanan, Edna.
    Buchanan, Edna.
    NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY: More from Miami, America's Hottest Beat

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third book - the second book of non-fiction, true accounts of both crime and courage in MIami - by this Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and mystery writer. 327 pp,. ISBN: 0-394-575520.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52709
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  • IN PURSUIT: The Cases of William J. Burns by [Burns, William John, 1861 - 1932] Hynd, Alan IN PURSUIT: The Cases of William J. Burns Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1968. Written for young adults, this is an account of some of the most notable investigations that Burns, first a Secret Service agent, then an American private investigator, was involved in - including clearing Leo Frank of the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan, and investigating the deadly 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing and much more. Illustrated double title page. 178 pp
    [Burns, William John, 1861 - 1932] Hynd, Alan IN PURSUIT: The Cases of William J. Burns Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1968. Written for young adults, this is an account of some of the most notable investigations that Burns, first a Secret Service agent, then an American private investigator, was involved in - including clearing Leo Frank of the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan, and investigating the deadly 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing and much more. Illustrated double title page. 178 pp
    IN PURSUIT: The Cases of William J. Burns

    Edition: First printing.

    Camden, NJ: Thomas Nelson & Sons, (1968) dj. Hardcover first edition - Written for young adults, this is an account of some of the most notable investigations that Burns, first a Secret Service agent, then an American private investigator, was involved in - including clearing Leo Frank of the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan, and investigating the deadly 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing and much more. Illustrated double title page. 178 pp

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)

    Book ID: 90675
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  • INCENDIARY: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling. by Cannell, Michael
    Cannell, Michael
    INCENDIARY: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating account of the hunt for a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. "The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling. For almost two decades, no place was safe from the man who signed his anonymous letters FP and left his lethal devices in phone booths, storage lockers, even tucked into the plush seats of movie theaters. . . In desperation, Police Captain Howard Finney sought the help of a little known psychiatrist, Dr. James Brussel, whose expertise was the criminal mind. Examining crime scene evidence and the strange wording in the bombers letters, he compiled a…

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    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating account of the hunt for a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. "The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling. For almost two decades, no place was safe from the man who signed his anonymous letters FP and left his lethal devices in phone booths, storage lockers, even tucked into the plush seats of movie theaters. . . In desperation, Police Captain Howard Finney sought the help of a little known psychiatrist, Dr. James Brussel, whose expertise was the criminal mind. Examining crime scene evidence and the strange wording in the bombers letters, he compiled a portrait of the suspect down to the cut of his jacket. But how to put a name to the description? Seymour Berkson, the publisher of the tabloid The Journal-American, joined in pursuit of the Mad Bomber and the three men hatched a brilliant scheme to catch him at his own game." Illustrated with photographs. Source notes, index. 290 pp. Photographic endpapers. ISBN: 978-1250048943.

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    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (highlighting to a few of the sources at the back of the book)

    Book ID: 87485
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  • IN COLD BLOOD: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. by Capote, Truman.
    Capote, Truman.
    IN COLD BLOOD: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences.

    Edition: First printing in a first issue dust jacket.

    New York: Random House, (1965.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating account of the killers responsible for the apparently senseless murder of the four members of the Clutter family in rural Kansas. This book essentially created a new form - the non-fiction novel - and is Capote's most important and enduring work. Harper Lee, his lifelong friend and the author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' collaborated with Capote on his research for this book. Winner of the Edgar award, basis for several movies. 343 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (prev owner's name dated 3/66, a couple of small spots to topstain, a bit of chipping to the dj at the ends of the spine. Original price of $5.95 on dj flap.)

    Book ID: 57658
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  • Capuzzo, Michael; Richard Walter, signed.
    THE MURDER ROOM: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Gotham Books, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An uncommon true crime book - stories from the Vidocq Society, a team of the world's finest forensic investigators. "Three of the greatest detectives in the world - including an eccentric profiler (Richard Walters) known as 'the living Sherlock Holmes' - decided one day over lunch that something had to be done, and pledged themselves to a grand quest for justice. The three men invited the greatest collection of forensic investigators ever assembled, drawn from five continents, to the Downtown Club in Philadelphia to begin an audacious quest: to bring the coldest killers in the world to an accounting. Named for the first modern detective, the Parisian Eugene…

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    New York: Gotham Books, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An uncommon true crime book - stories from the Vidocq Society, a team of the world's finest forensic investigators. "Three of the greatest detectives in the world - including an eccentric profiler (Richard Walters) known as 'the living Sherlock Holmes' - decided one day over lunch that something had to be done, and pledged themselves to a grand quest for justice. The three men invited the greatest collection of forensic investigators ever assembled, drawn from five continents, to the Downtown Club in Philadelphia to begin an audacious quest: to bring the coldest killers in the world to an accounting. Named for the first modern detective, the Parisian Eugene Franois Vidocq, the flamboyant Napoleonic real-life sleuth who inspired Sherlock Holmes, the Vidocq Society meets monthly in its secretive chambers to solve a cold murder over a gourmet lunch." SIGNED on the title page by both the author, Michael Capuzzo, and Richard Walter, one of the founders of the Vidoq Club. Illustrated with photographs. Selected bibliography. xvi,439 pp. ISBN: 978-1592401420.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 91346
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  • Carpenter, Teresa.
    MISSING BEAUTY: A True Story of Murder and Obsession.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Reconstruction of a fascinating murder case in Boston: "A distraught father walks into the newsroom of the Boston Herald asking for help in locating his missing daughter, a breautiful commercial artist named Robin Benedict...Benedict is actually a high-paid prostitute in Boston's Combat Zone. The suspect is the eminent anatomist Dr. William Henry James Douglas who, it is learned, has been embezzling funds from his laboratory at Tufts University to support his costly entanglement with Benedict." Photographs, bibliography. 474 pp. ISBN: 0-393025691.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 36982
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  • Clark, Sir George, editor, with chapters by The Late Viscount Maugham and Dr. D. Russell Davis.
    THE CAMPDEN WONDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Oxford University Press, 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - 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.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (bookplate, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 16404
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  • TAILSPIN: The Strange Case of Major Call. by Conners, Bernard F.
    Conners, Bernard F.
    TAILSPIN: The Strange Case of Major Call.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: British American Publishing, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A dramatized, but factual, account by a former FBI agent of the story of decorated Air Force Major James Arlon Call's descent into a life of crime and murder and his role as the 'bushy-haired man' the killer of Marilyn Sheppard, a murder where her husband, Sam Sheppard, was originally convicted. Extensive notes, exhibits, photographs. 507 pp. Schematic timeline on the rear endpapers. ISBN: 0-945167-504.

    Condition: SIGNED on the front endpaper 'with best wishes.' Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 22888
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  • TAILSPIN: The Strange Case of Major Call. by Conners, Bernard F.
    Conners, Bernard F.
    TAILSPIN: The Strange Case of Major Call.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: British American Publishing, 2002. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A dramatized, but factual, account by a former FBI agent of the story of decorated Air Force Major James Arlon Call's descent into a life of crime and murder and his role as the 'bushy-haired man' the killer of Marilyn Sheppard, a murder where her husband, Sam Sheppard, was originally convicted. SIGNED on the front endpaper 'with admiration and appreciation.' Extensive notes, exhibits, photographs. 507 pp. Schematic timeline on the rear endpapers. ISBN: 0-945167-504.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) Review copy with publisher's material laid in.

    Book ID: 52033
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  • LOST LOVE: A true story of Passion, Murder and Justice, New York, 1869. by Cooper, George.
    Cooper, George.
    LOST LOVE: A true story of Passion, Murder and Justice, New York, 1869.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1994.) dj. An account of the lives of Abby Sage, a beautiful actress, and the Civil War journatlist Albert Deane Richardson, who was murdered in 1869 by Daniel McFarland the abusive and jealous husband of Sage. Based in large part on letters, trial affidavits and old newspaper accounts. Notes, Illustrated. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-679-433988.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 56050
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  • HOMICIDE SPECIAL: A Year in the Life of the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit. by Corwin, Miles.
    Corwin, Miles.
    HOMICIDE SPECIAL: A Year in the Life of the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A behind the scenes look at one of the country's most high-profile homicide detective units as they follow six of its toughest, most controversial and interesting cases, including the case of Bonnie Lee Bakley whose murder ended up in the arrest of her husband, the actor Robert Blake SIGNED on the title page. Photographs, epilogue, notes. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-6798-1.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 45954
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  • HOMICIDE SPECIAL: A Year in the Life of the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit. by Corwin, Miles.
    Corwin, Miles.
    HOMICIDE SPECIAL: A Year in the Life of the LAPD's Elite Detective Unit.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A behind the scenes look at one of the country's most high-profile homicide detective units as they follow six of its toughest, most controversial and interesting cases, including the case of Bonnie Lee Bakley whose murder ended up in the arrest of her husband, the actor Robert Blake . SIGNED on the title page. Photographs, epilogue, notes. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-6798-1.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (slightly cocked spine.)

    Book ID: 48575
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  • THE KILLING SEASON: A Summer Inside an Lapd Homicide Division. by Corwin, Miles.
    Corwin, Miles.
    THE KILLING SEASON: A Summer Inside an Lapd Homicide Division.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a nonfiction account of a team of homicide detectives - veteran Pete Razanskas and Marcella Winn, a street smart young black woman who grew up in the 'hood herself - and their day to day work in South Central Los Angeles. SIGNED on the front endpaper. Photographs, notes. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-68480235X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64485
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  • Cressey, Donald R.
    THEFT OF THE NATION: The Structure and Operations of Organized Crime in America.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1969). A well documented and comprehensive study. Includes a two page spread with the New York Police Departmen chart of crime families. Notes, glossary, index. xiii, 367 pp.

    Condition: Very good in glossy black wrappers (toning to the pages, very tight binding)

    Book ID: 85048
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  • THE MANHUNTERS. by Deeley, Peter.
    Deeley, Peter.
    THE MANHUNTERS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: McCall Publishing Co., (1970) dj. Hardcover first edition - Five of the world's great detectives - policemen from Germany, France, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States - reveal how they solved their most extraordinary cases. Illustrated with photographs. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-841500452.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (bookplate on front endpaper with name crossed out)

    Book ID: 86655
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  • GOTTI'S BOYS: The Mafia Crew That Killed for John Gotti. by DeStefano, Anthony M.
    DeStefano, Anthony M.
    GOTTI'S BOYS: The Mafia Crew That Killed for John Gotti.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Citadel / Kensington, (2019) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Meet the men who murdered for the mob and made John Gotti the most powerful and deadly crime boss in America . . .In his short reign as the head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti racked up a lifetime of charges from gambling, extortion, and tax evasion to racketeering, conspiracy, and five convictions of murder. Surrounding himself with a rogues gallery of contract killers, fixers, and enforcers, he built one of the richest, most powerful crime empires in modern history." Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. vi, 278 pp. ISBN: 978-0806539133.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 86435
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  • CRIME WAVE: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A. by Ellroy, James.
    Ellroy, James.
    CRIME WAVE: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - 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. ISBN: 0-375-70471X.

    Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 47464
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  • CRIME WAVE: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A. by Ellroy, James.
    Ellroy, James.
    CRIME WAVE: Reportage and Fiction from the Underside of L.A.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    New York: Vintage Books, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - 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. ISBN: 0-375-70471X.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 65641
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  • WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him. by English, T. J.
    English, T. J.
    WHERE THE BODIES WERE BURIED: Whitey Bulger and the World That Made Him.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (ARC, trade paperback format. )

    New York: William Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (201), 2011. First edition - A book which offers an "intimate view of the world of organized crime - and law enforcement - that made Bulger m the defining Irish American gangster. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger - the brother of influential Massachusetts senator Billy Bulger - was often romanticized as a Robin Hood-like thief and protector. While he was functioning as the de facto mob boss of New England, Bulger was also serving as a Top Echelon informant for the FBI, covertly feeding local prosecutors information about other mob figures - while using their cover to cleverly eliminate his rivals, reinforce his own power,…

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    New York: William Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (201), 2011. First edition - A book which offers an "intimate view of the world of organized crime - and law enforcement - that made Bulger m the defining Irish American gangster. For decades one of the most dangerous men in America, Bulger - the brother of influential Massachusetts senator Billy Bulger - was often romanticized as a Robin Hood-like thief and protector. While he was functioning as the de facto mob boss of New England, Bulger was also serving as a Top Echelon informant for the FBI, covertly feeding local prosecutors information about other mob figures - while using their cover to cleverly eliminate his rivals, reinforce his own power, and protect himself from prosecution. Then, in 2011, he was arrested in southern California and returned to Boston, where he was tried and convicted of racketeering and murder." Appendices, photographs. 421 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. (toning to edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 91652
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