Category: Crime

Intimate Detective Stories

Price: $170.00

Publisher: Chicago, Detective Stories Publishing Co. : May, 1942

Seller ID: 7956

Condition: Very Good

No. 3 of Vol. III. Some of the contents include: "Full Inside Story of Chicago's Great Palace Theater Slaying" , "I Killed Her Because I Loved Her", "Because Lila Didn't Want a Divorce", and "No Suitors for Pauline Welcome". Pictorial stapled paper wraps. Cover depicts now (five months after Pearl Harbor) vilified Japanese woman sneaking up to a victim with a dagger. Coupon clipped from corner of page 35/36, but otherwise collated and complete. No previous owners' names or other markings. Magazine measures 10.75 x 13.75 in
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Image for The Confession of Percival Cooke and James Tomlinson, Who Were Executed on Friday, April 10, 1812, on a Drop Newly Erected in the Front of Derby Gaol, for Robbing the Houses of Mr. S. Hunt, of Ockbrook-Mill, and Mr. F. Brentnall, of Locko-Grange, in the Country of Derby.

The Confession of Percival Cooke and James Tomlinson, Who Were Executed on Friday, April 10, 1812, on a Drop Newly Erected in the Front of Derby Gaol, for Robbing the Houses of Mr. S. Hunt, of Ockbrook-Mill, and Mr. F. Brentnall, of Locko-Grange, in the Country of Derby.

Price: $330.00

Publisher: Nottingham, C. Sutton : 1812

Seller ID: 5306

Condition: Good

Contains the confessions of the youthful Cooke and Tomlinson, who were executed on the basis of burglary in 1812 despite the pleas for mercy from their victims. Quarter red calf over marbled boards. 8 pages of text and an additional 22 blank pages in rear (for binding substance). Clean interior with no previous owner's name or other significant markings. 5 x 7.25 in
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The Detective. Official Journal of the Police Authorities and Sheriffs of the United States.1897-1900

Price: $2,900.00

Publisher: Chicago, Detective Pub. Co. : 1897-1900

Seller ID: 8129

Condition: Very Good

Includes 34 issues of the periodical, full of photos of both missing persons and wanted and captured criminals, with descriptions of their crimes. Featuring Butch Cassidy. Includes bank robbers, murderers, pickpockets, highwaymen, and others, plus advertisements of locks and handcuffs, bulletproof vests, and more. In association with Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Bound by H.H. Hoffman and Co. in brown cloth with gilt title to front cover. Vol XII, Feb. 1897, No. 134;Vol XII, March 1897, No. 135;Vol XIII, May 1897, No. 137;Vol XIII, June 1897, No.138;Vol XIII, July 1897, No. 139;Vol ...
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The Detective. Official Journal of the Police Authorities and Sheriffs of the United States.1910-1911

Price: $2,500.00

Publisher: Chicago, Detective Pub. Co. : 1910-1911

Seller ID: 8161

Condition: Very Good

Includes 24 issues of the periodical, full of photos of both missing persons and wanted and captured criminals, with descriptions of their crimes. Includes bank robbers, murderers, pickpockets, shoplifters, confidence men, and others, plus advertisements of locks, handcuffs, bulletproof vests, and more. In association with Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Bound by H.H. Hoffman and Co. in brown cloth with gilt title to front cover. First Edition.
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The House at Pluck's Gutter

By: Manning Coles

Price: $90.00

Publisher: London, White Lion Publishers, Ltd. : 1972

Seller ID: 6393

Condition: Fine

Scarce first White Lion edition of this title. Red polished cloth with gilt particulars to spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Patterned endpapers. Light creasing to dust jacket. No previous owners' names or other markings. 192 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Among Those Absent

By: Manning Coles (Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday and Company, Inc., for The Crime Club : 1948

Seller ID: 6281

Dark blue cloth boards with teal debossed text and decoration to front board and spine; pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. No previous owners' names or other markings. General wear to exterior boards, and small loss to tail of dust jacket spine (see image). 191 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Duty Free

By: Manning Coles (Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: New York, Doubleday and Company, Inc., for The Crime Club : 1959

Seller ID: 6285

Condition: Very Good

Black cloth boards with orange text to spine; pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to exterior boards (see image). 234 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Is Conscience A Crime?

By: Norman Thomas

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Vanguard Press : March 1927

Seller ID: 7134

Condition: Fine

Textured orange cloth boards with black stamped decoration and text to front board and spine. Black and orange dust jacket protected in mylar. Decorative endpapers. Stated on dust jacket: "Is the conscientious objector a criminal? A book about those who in their own way fought a real fight for democracy." Previous owner's stamp to verso of first free page discreetly at bottom left corner (Joseph Lulkovich). No other names or markings. Pages bright and clean. 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. Dust jacket present. First Edition.
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Category: Crime