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Crime

1. Abbott, Jack Henry. IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST, Letters From Prison. Introduction by Norman Mailer. NY. Random House. (1981). Early printing. Hardback. Dust jacket. very good. xvi & 166pp. Abbott's talent was no guarantee of stability. He murdered again after the publication of this book.
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2. Allen, John. ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. The Autobiography of a Street Criminal.. Pantheon. 1977. Wraps. Large 12mo. Near fine. Advance Proofs (Uncorrected). Edited by Dianne Kelly & Philip Heymann. Introduction by Hyland Lewis. Preface by Philip Heymann. xi & 250pp. Allen a black youth who became a career criminal and Heymann his Public Defender and, later, his friend. Allen's career ended with a bullet that lodged in his spinal cord. Book the result of taped interviews--edited by Kelly.
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3. Allsop, Kenneth. THE BOOTLEGGERS AND THEIR ERA.. Doubleday. 1961. 1st edition. Photo illustrations. Cloth. Small 8vo. Worn dj. Very good. 383pp.
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4. Arey, James A. THE SKY PIRATES.. Scribner's. (1972). Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Slighlty torn dj. Very good. 360pp including chronology of aerial hijackings from 1930 to mid-1971. Comprehensive account of aerial hijacking.
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5. Ayers, John H.(Captain) and Carol Bird. MISSING MEN, The Story of the Missing Persons Bureau of the New York City Police Department. NY. Putnams. 1932. Frontis. Cloth. Small 8vo. No dj. Library binding. Ex library copy. Foreword by Alfred E. Smith. Stamp on front endpaper, pocket on rear endpaper, else a very good copy. xi & 293pp. A few corner creases.
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6. Aziz, Philippe. DOCTORS OF DEATH. Four Volume Set. Geneva. Ferni Pub. 1976. Illustrations. Hardback. 12mo. Fine. Translated from the French. 252, 251, 254, 254pp. Red ribbon page markers. This edition is reserved for Friends of History. Three-quarter red leather covered boards. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Nazi medical experiments on human beings.
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7. Bacon, G. Richard (Editor). THE PRISON JOURNAL, Vol. XLV. No. 1. Spring-Summer 1965, Indigency and the Offender. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Prison Society. Wraps. Large 12mo. 52pp. Center stapled. Light pencil underlining on a few pages else very good copy. Articles by Robert Hadl, Bernard L. Segal, Marc Riedel, Leonard Blumberg, Russell G. Oswell, Ernest W. Goldsborough. Semi-annual journal. Essays describe the association of poverty with crime: the Supreme Court and the Poor/ The Indigent Defendant/ the Poor & Capital Punishment/ Homeless Man & Law Enforcement/ Poverty & Parole/ Indigent & After-Care Agencies. Also has book reviews.
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8. Balchin, Nigel, C.S. Forester, Eric Linklater, and Christopher Sykes. FATAL FASCINATION.. Little Brown. (1964). 1st Amer. ed. Cloth. Small 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. Was it murder? Four historic (or mythic) cases vividly recreated by four master storytellers. Four cases: Norse saga involving a blood feud, Lord Haw Haw involving broadcasting in World War II, the mysterous death of Lord Darnley 400 years ago, who was husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, the state sanctioned murder of Duke of Enghien in Napoleonic France in 1804.
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9. Barker, Ralph. NOT HERE, BUT IN ANOTHER PLACE.. St Martin's. (1980). Illustrations, maps and diagrams. Hardback. 8vo. Nicked dj. Fine. South Moluccans hijack a Dutch train in 1975. xvii+ & 356pp.
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10. Baudin, Robert. CONFESSIONS OF A PROMISCUOUS COUNTERFEITER.. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. (1979). 1st Amer. ed. Hardback. 8vo. Slighlty torn dj. Very good. 2nd printing. Small label shadow on dust jacket. Unusual rebinding with thin steel wire, replacement endpapers. Not elegant but sturdy. Adventurous American takes up counterfeiting, fast fat women, and flying; travels a lot and in the course of events comes to the attention of the police. Publisher describes him as a 'flamboyant rogue.' Last sighting: Sydney, Australia.
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11. Benney, Mark. ANGELS IN UNDRESS.. Random House. (1937). Cloth. Very good. Chipped and darkened dj. 3rd printing. Decorated front cover and spine.
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12. Blumberg, Abraham S. CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Chicago. Quadrangle. (1970). Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Near fine. With a new introduction by author. xl & 212+pp
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13. Bolitho, William. MURDER FOR PROFIT. Garden City. Garden City Pub. (1926). Cloth. Small 8vo. Good. No dust jacket. 332pp. Serial killing before the concept emerged. These cases will curle your hair. The author himself had a short but adventurous life. (1890-1930) as soldier and journalist. A little change in color tone of paper.
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14. Bridges, Yseult. HOW CHARLES BRAVO DIED. The Chronicle of a Cause Celebre.. Macmillan. (1970). Hardback. Small 8vo. Very good+, No dj. Reissue, initially published in 1956. Decorated endpapers. British case of unsolved poisoning from 1876. 331pp.
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15. Charriere, Henri. PAPILLON.. Morrow. 1970. Map endpaers & text map. Hardback. Large 8vo. Very good. No dust jacket. xi & 434pp. Introduction by Jean-Pierre Castelnau. Translated by June P. Wilson and Walter B. Michaels. no dj. Imprisonment and escape from Devil's Island.
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16. Cohen, Mickey (As told to John Peer Nugent). IN MY OWN WORDS.. Prentice-Hall. (1975). 1st printing. photo illus. Cloth. 8vo. Very good dj. Very good. 264pp. Light bump to head of spine. Los Angeles gangster most famously remembered as an associate of Bugsy Siegel.
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17. Cooper, Courtney Ryley. HERE'S TO CRIME. Boston. Little Brown. 1937. Early printing. Cloth. 8vo. minor marks outside, spine faded. very good without dj. xi & 454pp. name on flyleaf.
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18. Coppolino, Carl A. THE CRIME THAT NEVER WAS. Tampa, Florida. Justice Press. (1980). Photo Illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Fine with nicked double dust jacket. xiii & 309pp. After being found guilty at triaal for premeditated murder and after serving over twelve years in prison medical doctor still claims he is not guilty and in this book attempts to prove his case while describing his ordeal. Photo portrait of author and his wife on rear panel of dust jacket.
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19. Cressey, Donald R. CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION: ITS ELEMENTARY FORMS.. Harper Torchbooks. (1972). 1st paperback ed. Trade paperback. Small 8vo. Very good. ix & 118pp. Little dot on bottom edge. Selected bibliograophy, index.
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20. Cullen, Tom. A PLAYFUL PANTHER. The Story of J. Maundy Gregory, Con-man.. Houghton Mifflin. 1975. 1st Amer. ed. Photo illustrated. Cloth. Small 8vo. Nicked dj. Very good. 255+pp. British rogue of the 1920s and early 1930s with access at the highest political level, involved in the 'traffic in honours' and influence peddling.
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21. Daley, Robert. PRINCE OF THE CITY. The True Story of a Cop Who Knew Too Much.. Houghton Mifflin. 1978. Hardback. 8vo. Dust jacket. Near fine. 311pp. Federal investigation of corruption in NYC criminal justice system with Detective Bob Leuci as undercover agent.
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22. Davis, Melton S. ALL ROME TREMBLED. The Strange Affair of Wilma Montesi.. Putnam's. (1957). Hardback. 8vo. Chipped dj. Very good. 'How the death od an obscure girl rocked a nation.' 346pp
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23. Delano, Anthony. SLIP-UP. Fleet Street, Scotland Yard, and The Great Train Robbery.. Quadrangle /. N.Y. Times Book Co. (1975). Photo illustrations. Cloth. 8vo. Nicked dj. Fine. Gilt design on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. 250pp. Ronald Biggs, British felon and last man at large of the gang who pulled the Great Train Robbery and stole $6 million, is tracked, amid a welter of confusion, by both the British Press and Scotland Yard. Told by intrepid British reporter.
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24. Denisoff, R. Sergeand Charles H. McCaghy (Editors). DEVIANCE, CONFLICT, AND CRIMINALITY. Chicago. Rand McNally. (1973). Trade paperback. 8vo. Very good. 374pp. 2nd printing. Five parts: Structural Approaches to Deviance, Conflict as an Explanation of Criminality, The Emergence of Nonconformity and Conflict, Processes of Interest Group Conflict, Toward the Reduction of Conflict. Selected essays by Robert Merton, Richard Quinney, Jack Douglas, Irving Louis Horowitz, E.J, Hobsbawn, Howard Becker, Lewis Coser among others.
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25. Diggett, Charles and William C. Mulligan. HYPNOCOP: True-Life Cases of the NYPD's First Investigative Hypnotist.. Doubleday. 1982. 1st edition. Hardback. Small 8vo. Fine dj. Fine. Written by a pioneer who brought hypnotism as an investigative tool to the New York Police Dept. Describes famous cases where hypnosis played a part Provides an introduction to the process of hypnosis and its therapeutic uses. An excellent read. A vastly undervalued book. Multiple copies available. viii & 226pp.
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