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YOU CAN'T WIN.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with gold lettering on the spine (offsetting to the endpapers, bookplate on front pastedown, corners somewhat bumped), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 81836More details Price: $800.00 -
AMERICAN LIGHTNING: Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the Crime of the Century
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "evokes the original 'crime of the century' [the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building on Oct 1, 1910] and an aftermath even more dramatic than the crime itself - a seminal episode in America's history that would spark national debate and draw into its orbit master sleuth William J. Burns, crusading lawyer Clarence Darrow, and industry-shaping filmmaker D. W. Griffith." Cast of characters, photographs, notes on sources. 339 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-307346943.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71394More details Price: $20.00 -
THE HELICOPTER HEIST: A Novel Based on True Events.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Other Press, (2019). First edition - A novel which tells the story of "the biggest, and perhaps most audacious, heist ever to occur in Europe. Meticulously researched, this thriller unfolds with incredible humanity, capturing the wit and intelligence of the men and women who executed a true crime so wildly far-fetched it seems the stuff of fiction. (Jake Gyllenhaal) Translated from the Swedish by Alice Menzies. Issued as a trade paperback original in the US. 401 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 84914More details Price: $21.50 -
WAVERLY PLACE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fascinating first novel by this feminist writer. Based on an actual incident this has the immediacy of a documentary - as Brownmiller says 'the day the child died, I began to write, to imagine how the couple from my neighborhood whose image flashed repeatedly across my television screen - a lawyer and a woman with a bashed-in face who had once been a writer - could have traveled the distance from people I might have known to such a nightmare.' Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-8021-10908.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 28972More details Price: $18.00 -
TANGLED VINES: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 69972More details Price: $35.00 -
MY DARK PLACES: An L.A. Crime Memoir
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Vintage Books, (1997.). SIGNED - An L. A. Crime memoir - the true story of the unsolved murder of Ellroy's mother. SIGNED on the title page. 419 pp. ISBN: 0-679-762051.
Condition: Near fine in wrappers.
Book ID: 49028More details Price: $24.50 -
MY DARK PLACES
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An L. A. Crime memoir - the true story of the unsolved murder of Ellroy's mother. One of an undisclosed number of copies SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page with a silver sticker on the front of the dustjacket. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-679-441859.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 56584More details Price: $35.00 -
MY DARK PLACES
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An L. A. Crime memoir - the true story of the unsolved murder of Ellroy's mother, and of his investigation into her life and death. One of an undisclosed number of copies SIGNED by the author on a blank preliminary page. 353 pp. ISBN: 0-679-441859.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 58465More details Price: $30.00 -
SHOT ALL TO HELl: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013). First edition - "It was the most famous bank robbery of all time, involving the Wild West's most celebrated gang of outlaws and their iconic leader, Jesse James." A detailed account of their last robbery and the two-week chase that followed. Illustrations, extensive notes, resources. 290 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 72949More details Price: $20.00 -
EASY MONEY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - In the early 70s with the supply of heroin virtually dried up on the streets two cocaine smugglers saw a chance for "easy money." George Ramos, a Cuban American conspired with Frank Matthews to smuggle into the United States a shipment of European heroin worth one hundred million dollars on the streets. Although the feds got wind of their scheme (in fact Ramos turned government witness and provides much of the information included here) this book sheds light on the enormously lucrative drug business of the Spanish and Black "mafias." 366 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 85396More details Price: $85.00 -
THE ART OF POLITICAL MURDER: Who Killed the Bishop?
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first non-fiction book by this noted novelist, this is a penetrating look at the brutal death of Bishop Juan Geradi in Guatemala City in April 1998 - just 2 days after he had issued a human rights report that found the Guatemalan Army primarily responsible for the deaths and disappearances of 200,000 civilians. Goldman spent seven years following the investigation into this murder, and the result is a riveting and complex work. Index. 396 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-18283.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57163More details Price: $21.50 -
DREAMS DIE HARD.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
San Francisco: Mercury House, 1993. SIGNED - "Three Men's Journey Through the Sixties" - An account of three men who, as friends and opponents, fought the battles of the idealistic '60's; a story which was inspired by the murder in 1980 of one of the three: the attorney Allard Lowenstein, by another, the anti-war and civil rights activist, Dennis Sweeney. Harris, the third of these men, the former husband of Joan Baez, was himself imprisoned for his refusal to be drafted for the Vietnam War, Originally published in 1982. 341 pp. ISBN: 1-56279-034x.
Condition: SIGNED on the title page by the author. Near fine.
Book ID: 23674More details Price: $26.00 -
DREAMS DIE HARD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - "Three Men's Journey Through the Sixties" - An account of three men who, as friends and opponents, fought the battles of the idealistic '60's; a story which was inspired by the murder in 1980 of one of the three: the attorney Allard Lowenstein, by another, the anti-war and civil rights activist, Dennis Sweeney. Harris, the third of these men, the former husband of Joan Baez, was himself imprisoned for his refusal to be drafted for the Vietnam War, 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312-219563.
Condition: Fine in a very good dust jacket (price-clipped, one short closed tear to back panel of dj.)
Book ID: 32000More details Price: $20.00 -
DREAMS DIE HARD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "Three Men's Journey Through the Sixties" - An account of three men who, as friends and opponents, fought the battles of the idealistic '60's; a story which was inspired by the murder in 1980 of one of the three - the attorney Allard Lowenstein - by another, the anti-war and civil rights activist, Dennis Sweeney. Harris, the third of these men, the former husband of Joan Baez, was himself imprisoned for his refusal to be drafted for the Vietnam War.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46705More details Price: $22.50 -
DREAMS DIE HARD.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (1982.). First edition - "Three Men's Journey Through the Sixties" - An account of three men who, as friends and opponents, fought the battles of the idealistic '60's; a story which was inspired by the murder in 1980 of one of the three - the attorney Allard Lowenstein - by another, the anti-war and civil rights activist, Dennis Sweeney. Harris, the third of these men, the former husband of Joan Baez, was himself imprisoned for his refusal to be drafted for the Vietnam War, Publisher's letter laid in which comments that Harris "looks back in sorrow and makes us weep for what we could have been."
Condition: Good in printed cream wrappers (toning to the covers, crease to upper corner of front cover.)
Book ID: 47844More details Price: $25.00 -
LIZZIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of Lizzie Borden - alternating between the story of a trip she took to Europe and the story of the inquest and trial - Hunter, of course, is also well known for the mysteries he writes under the name of Ed McBain. 430 pp. ISBN: 0-87795-5700.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (some short closed edgetears to dj.)
Book ID: 34205More details Price: $20.00 -
THE OFFICER'S DAUGHTER: A Memoir of Family and Forgiveness.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 85806More details Price: $17.50 -
EVERYDAY DEATH: The Case of Bernadette Powell.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the young black woman who killed her abusive husband - and was sentenced to 15 years to life. An examination of how issues of race and sex affect the justice system. 202 pgs. ISBN: 0-03-0629764.
Condition: Near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 15961More details Price: $18.00 -
THE NEW WAR: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which warns how the growing sophistication of global crime organizations is robbing us not only of our money but also threatening our way of life. Index. 210 pp. . ISBN: 0-684818159.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87079More details Price: $18.00 -
NIMROD: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86915More details Price: $16.50 -
THE COMPANY THAT BOUGHT THE BOARDWALK: A Reporter's Story of Resorts International Came to Atlantic City.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Random House, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A detailed examination of Resorts International's financial dealings and of the company's connections with Watergate and such figures as Bebe Rebozo and Robert Vesco draws on FBI Justice Department records." Review copy with author's photo laid in.Index. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-394509781.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 71618More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BASEMENT: Meditations on a Human Sacrifice.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - More than just an account of the horrifying, prolonged torture and murder of 16 year old Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis in 1965, this is an attempt to understand how this could happen, and how so many people could be complicit in it. 342 pp plus an appendix with black and white photographs. ISBN: 0-671-247638.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 61497More details Price: $24.50 -
THE BASEMENT: Meditations on a Human Sacrifice.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1979) dj. Hardcover - More than just an account of the horrifying, prolonged torture and murder of 16 year old Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis in 1965, this is an attempt to understand how this could happen, and how so many people could be complicit in it. 342 pp plus an appendix with black and white photographs. ISBN: 0-671-247638.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (gift inscription)
Book ID: 86787More details Price: $16.50 -
RACE AGAINST TIME: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a few corners dog-eared)
Book ID: 86404More details Price: $17.50 -
I FOLLOWED CLOSE BEHIND HER.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Denver: Spinsters Ink Books, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - An attempt to explain why a woman like Susan Smith would drive into a lake with her two babies and leave them in the car to drown - this story is about incest, poverty, loyalty, expectations placed on women, and more. The author was born in the same town as Susan lived - Union, South Carolina. SIGNED on the title page by the author. ISBN: 1-883523-605.
Condition: Fine (a new copy)
Book ID: 30344More details Price: $18.00 -
QUIET DELL.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84148More details Price: $35.00 -
SHARON TATE: A Life.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Da Capo Press, (2016). First edition - This biography, by the author of the classic book on the Manson cult, "The Family" "takes a close look at Tate's lifeÑfrom her itinerant childhood and early career in fashion to her transition to film, passionate marriage to the brilliant and troubled Roman Polanski, and violent murder at the hands of the Manson family cult. Sanders's 'Sharon Tate' offers new insights into what happened on the night of her death and explores new motives for the targeting of the Polanski household." IIlustrated with drawings by Rick Veitch and photographs. 271 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 67346More details Price: $21.50 -
TALES OF AN ALL-NIGHT TOWN.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83444More details Price: $45.00 -
25 TO LIFE: The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Warner, (2002). First edition - The true stories of a Manhattan Supreme Court Justice judge and her account of years on the bench, behind the courtroom trials, and how her rulings have placed a permanent stamp on the legal system. 338 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy wrappers.
Book ID: 61285More details Price: $18.50 -
THE ULTIMATE GAME: The Rise and Fall of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh,
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (bottom edge of textblock slightly bumped).
Book ID: 73330More details Price: $25.00