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  • THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. by Baldwin, James.
    Baldwin, James.
    THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Baldwin uses the Wayne Williams/Atlanta child-murder case as the subject and the springboard for this thoughtful non-fiction work about justice - and the lack of it - for Blacks in America, and about guilt and innocence, fear and anger. 125 pp.. ISBN: 0-03-005529-6.

    Condition: Fine in black boards with silver lettering on spine, in a very near fine dust jacket (some toning to the flaps of the dj, original price of 11.95 still present) .

    Book ID: 84925
    Keywords: African American Literature, atlanta, justice, racism, serial killer
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  • COMPLICITY. by Banks, Iain.
    Banks, Iain.
    COMPLICITY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, (1995). First edition - A literate thriller of a modern day avenger whose inflicts a series of savage 'punishment fits the crime' attacks.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. Publisher's letter laid in.

    Book ID: 59996
    Keywords: arc, avenger, justice, Modern first editions, mystery, thriller, uncorrected proof
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  • THE MURDER ROOM: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases. by Capuzzo, Michael; Richard Walter, signed.
    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
    Keywords: cold cases, Criminology and True Crime, forensic psychologist, justice
    • Another image of THE MURDER ROOM: The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Cases. by Capuzzo, Michael; Richard Walter, signed.
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  • DEAD WRONG: Death Row Lawyer Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment. by Mello, Michael
    Mello, Michael
    DEAD WRONG: Death Row Lawyer Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, (1999.). A passionate, eloquent and well-researched look at the death penalty (and what is wrong with it) by an insider - an attorney who has been involved in many death penalty appeals. Foreword by David Von Drehle. Notes, index, 393 pp. ISBN: 9780299153441.

    Condition: Fine in black wrappers.

    Book ID: 40702
    Keywords: court system, crime, florida, justice, law, prisons, punishment, Sociology and Current events
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  • THE BEST DEFENSE. by Moldovsky, Joel and Rose DeWolf.
    Moldovsky, Joel and Rose DeWolf.
    THE BEST DEFENSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon account by an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia, who became a top defense attorney. Includes a detailed discussion of many of his cases, but he comments that "justice is an illusion... the outcome of a criminal case depends as much on your money, your attorney or your luck as it does on your guilt or innocence." xiii, 249 pp. ISBN: 0-025855905.

    Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (remainder dot, short tear to bottom edge of dj) .

    Book ID: 92571
    Keywords: attorneys, autobiography, criminal law, Criminology and True Crime, justice, legal system
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