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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1968. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 6/68. JACKET DESIGN BY: S. Neil Fujita. CONTENTS: I THE ODOR OF A CASE (July 26-31) 1 Do You Hate the Police? 2 A Dangerous Account 3 Too Hot to Handle II THREE COPS AND THREE DAYS (July 23-5) 4 The First Day 5 Snake 6 The Second Day 7 An Out-of-Doors Man 8 The Third Day 9 Quiet and Respectable 10 An Alarm of Snipers III AUBUREY AND HIS CIRCLE 11 The Fork in the Road IV CONFESSION (July 31) 12 Could You Get My Statement Back? V THE ALGIERS MOTEL INCIDENT (July 25-6) 13 The Snipers 14 A Game of Chess 15 Man, They're Going to Shoot 16 How to Attack a Building 17 Everybody Downstairs! 18 Phone Calls 19 Enter and Exit: State Police 20 Conduct Becoming an Officer 21 Up and Down the Line 22 Just in Time to Pray 23 Enter Warrant Officer Thomas 24 Interrogations 25 The… Read More

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Free Endpaper Missing; Non-Sticky Tape Residue to Boards Where Jacket Was Once Taped On; Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Heavily Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Non-Sticky Tape Residue to Boards Where Jacket Was Once Taped On; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Fading/Discolouring to Spine Portion Due to Previously-Affixed Sticker, Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: When Good Cops Turn Bad. BOOK NUMBER: 8801. JACKET DESIGN: Lawrence Ratzkin. CONTENTS: Prologue 1. "We have a deal." 2. "Some of you will be arrested." 3. "I'm from Bed-Stuy. Do or die." 4. The Alamo 5. "You killed that guy for ten dollars?" 6. "Will you just shoot me?" 7. "I was exhausted. I couldn't hit another person." 8. "Yep. They got it all, lady." 9. "Buddy… Read More

Markham: Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1988. Light Creasing on Rear Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. SUB-TITLE: A Week in the Life of an NYPD Homicide Cop. COVER DESIGN: Rene Demers. CONTENTS: Notes on the Material; Dream Sequence; Carnivores; Ghormenghast; Salto Mortal; Bloods; Three Hundred Twenty-two Hours; Tuesday; Juris Diction; Cardillo; Wednesday; Dudley; Thursday; Friday; The Doppler Effect; Glossary. SYNOPSIS: In this gripping expose, Carsten Stroud takes readers into the life of a cop--we're with him during the chase, at the autopsy tale, the visit to the victim's mother. We're in his head, sharing his dreams and his nightmares. As Stroud follows Detective Kennedy through a week of investigations--the stabbing of an out-of-town college student, a brutal rape-murder--he explores the psychic landscape of police work:… Read More

Markham: Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1988. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. SUB-TITLE: A Week in the Life of an NYPD Homicide Cop. COVER DESIGN: Rene Demers. CONTENTS: Notes on the Material; Dream Sequence; Carnivores; Ghormenghast; Salto Mortal; Bloods; Three Hundred Twenty-two Hours; Tuesday; Juris Diction; Cardillo; Wednesday; Dudley; Thursday; Friday; The Doppler Effect; Glossary. SYNOPSIS: In this gripping expose, Carsten Stroud takes readers into the life of a cop--we're with him during the chase, at the autopsy tale, the visit to the victim's mother. We're in his head, sharing his dreams and his nightmares. As Stroud follows Detective Kennedy through a week of investigations--the stabbing of an out-of-town college student, a brutal rape-murder--he explores the psychic landscape of police… Read More

Markham: Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1988. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER. SUB-TITLE: A Week in the Life of an NYPD Homicide Cop. COVER DESIGN: Rene Demers. CONTENTS: Notes on the Material; Dream Sequence; Carnivores; Ghormenghast; Salto Mortal; Bloods; Three Hundred Twenty-two Hours; Tuesday; Juris Diction; Cardillo; Wednesday; Dudley; Thursday; Friday; The Doppler Effect; Glossary. SYNOPSIS: In this gripping expose, Carsten Stroud takes readers into the life of a cop--we're with him during the chase, at the autopsy tale, the visit to the victim's mother. We're in his head, sharing his dreams and his nightmares. As Stroud follows Detective Kennedy through a week of investigations--the stabbing of an out-of-town college student, a brutal rape-murder--he explores the psychic landscape of police work: the low morale, the… Read More

New York: Avon Books A division of The Hearst Corporation, 1994. Repaired; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. COVER PHOTOGRAPHS BY: Tom Gates. CONTENTS: Prologue 1. The Garden of Eden 2. Shattered Dreams 3. Captain Quirk, Cops, and Characters 4. Under the Gun 5. Romeo and Pigalette 6. Catch Me, Catch Me if You Can 7. This Little Piggy Went to Market 8. My Daily Bread 9. Hung Out to Dry 10. You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down 11. Tales of the Arabian Nights 12. Truth and Consequences 13. You Can't Make a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Rear 14. Cockroaches into the Night 15. Life Goes On 16. The Kangaroo Court 17. Tomorrow I'm Going to Jail 18. Pig in a Poke(y) 19. Nightmare Hotel 20. When I Get Home 21. State Certified--Safe and Sane 22. To Candidate 23. To Prison Again; Epilogue; Postscript; Acknowledgments.… Read More

New York: Stein and Day Publishers BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front Free Endpaper Missing; Non-Sticky Residue to Boards Where Jacket Was Once Taped On; Corners Bumped; Heavy Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Heavily Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Heavy Sticker Pull to Spine Portion; Moderately Creased; Heavily Scuffed; Heavily Chipped; Moderately Soiled; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. DESIGNED BY: David Miller. JACKET PHOTO BY: Vintfmaster Studio. CONTENTS: Alone I: THE TORSO MURDER AND OTHER BEGINNINGS 1. Origins 2. The Torso Murder 3. That's the Man! 4. Would You Defend a Guilty Man? II: THE EXONERATION OF SAM SHEPPARD 1. Doctor Sam 2. The Second Time Around 3. From Germany with Love 4. Freedom 5. The Supreme Court 6. When Silence Was Strategy 7. The Retrial 8. Epilogue III: THE GRANDEST HAUL OF ALL Cast of Characters 1. The Heist 2. The Suspects 3. The Bug 4. The Harassing 5. The Vanished 6. The First… Read More

Scarborough: A Signet Book from New American Library Times Mirror Published by The New American Library of Canada Limited Previous Owner Markings (Surname Neatly Inked to Reverse of Front Cover); Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Heavy Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; Line of "7" Stamped on Upper Edge. THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER! CONTENTS: Alone I: THE TORSO MURDER AND OTHER BEGINNINGS 1. Origins 2. The Torso Murder 3. That's the Man! 4. Would You Defend a Guilty Man? II: THE EXONERATION OF SAM SHEPPARD 1. Doctor Sam 2. The Second Time Around 3. From Germany with Love 4. Freedom 5. The Supreme Court 6. When Silence Was Strategy 7. The Retrial 8. Epilogue III: THE GRANDEST HAUL OF ALL Cast of Characters 1. The Heist 2. The Suspects 3. The Bug 4. The Harassing 5. The Vanished 6. The First Witnesses 7. The Lightest Moments 8. The Worst of All 9.… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company BOOK: Previous Owner Markings (Initials Neatly Inked to Front Free Endpaper); Remainder Mark; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. SUB-TITLE: The File on Dr. X. BOOK DESIGNED BY: Jacques Chazaud. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I I "A Little Child Shall Lead Them" II Skeletons in the Closet III Case Histories IV "Someone Is Killing My Patients" V A Private Investigation VI Eighteen Empty Bottles VII Enter the Prosecutor VIII More Case Histories IX Detective Work X Dead End XI Expert Advice XII Meeting Mr. Calissi PART II XIII Explanations PART III XIV Other Perspectives XV Expert Opinion XVI Behind Closed Doors XVII A Variety of Medical Examiners PART IV XVIII A Decade Later XIX Headlines XX Reactions XXI Exhuming Bodies XXII Other Doctors XXIII Post Exhumation XXIV Awaiting Justice PART V XXV Preparation for Trial XXVI The Prosecution Case… Read More

Greenwich: A Fawcett Crest Book Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1974. Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. 5 MONTHS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST. 16 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS. BOOK NUMBER: X2048. SYNOPSIS: Condemned to death in 1951 for giving the secret of the atomic bomb to Soviet Russia, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg made headlines around the world. Yet behind the sensational legal drama that had unfolded was an equally dramatic human story. Louis Nizer, author of My Life in Court, brilliantly recreates the incredible Rosenberg case in a book that is both a stunning courtroom thriller and a profound and moving love story.. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: ReganBooks An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, Inc., 1996. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: 0496P. DESIGNED BY: Laura Lindgren. JACKET PHOTOGRAPHS: AP/Wide World Photos. JACKET DESIGN: Heller New York. SYNOPSIS: For more than a year, Christopher Darden argued passionately and tirelessly, giving voice to the victims in the O. J. Simpson murder trial. But few people knew that he was fighting a deeper, more insidious battle--against racism that came from all sides. When the case was over and O. J. Simpson was set free, the disheartened prosecutor bore the anguish and disillusionment of millions of American. He also carried wounds that perhaps no other black person has ever felt as deeply. Now, out of the sensational frenzy of the "trial of the century" comes a haunting and poignant memoir of duty, justice, and the constant,… Read More

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1957. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Repaired; Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Light Moisture Damage (Slightly Warped Pages). DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Scuffed; Lightly Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Rippling); In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK NUMBER: Z.5118. CONTENTS: ONE The Machine TWO The Apprentice THREE Plain Clothes FOUR Soho and Mayfair FIVE Death in Dover Street SIX Tea for Four SEVEN The Barnsley Murder EIGHT The Flying Squad NINE Murder Trails TEN Death on the Beat ELEVEN The Man from Baghdad TWELVE Murder in Suburbia THIRTEEN Death for Christmas; Postscript; Appendix; Glossary. SYNOPSIS: This is the story of one man's part in that remarkable body of men and women, the Metropolitan Police Force. Peter Henderson Beveridge, known throughout Scotland Yard as "P.B." was, in the last 15 years of his working life, in charge of the… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Illustrated. The inside narrative of one of history's most dramatic trials as revealed for the first time by the presiding judge: the facts behind a brutal murder, the personalities of the adolescent killers, and the sobering lesson it holds for all of us today. BOOK NUMBER: 8855A/8856A/5567. SYNOPSIS: The night on which Michael Farmer, a fifteen-year-old polio victim, was stabbed, beaten and kicked to death at a New York swimming pool set in motion an extraordinary police action, as well as the longest and possibly the most dramatic trial in the history of the state. Out of the eighteen who "jumped" Farmer and his friend, seven were old enough to stand trial for… Read More

New York: A Perigord Press Book Bantam Books, Inc., 1984. Previous Dealer Markings (Two Different Store Stamps to Reverse of Stepback Art, First Page of Front Matter); Previous Owner Markings (Telephone Number Neatly Inked (Upside Down) to "About the Author" Page (Last Page)); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. THE #1 BESTSELLER. HIS FIRST NONFICTION WORK SINCE THE ONION FIELD. ALSO KNOWN AS: Serialized in Los Angeles magazine, January 1984. COVER: Bantam Books, Inc. STEPBACK ART: John Solie. SYNOPSIS: THEY SAW THEMSELVES AS "THE LAST OF THE HARDBALL, CACTUS-STUCK, WORM-CHEWING, CHILI-SUCKING, SKULL-CRUNCHING GUNSLINGERS IN THE WEST." AND EVERY NIGHT THEY HAD TO PROVE IT. THE TRUE STORY ONLY WAMBAUGH COULD TELL. A BAND OF CALIFORNIA COPS SET LOOSE IN NO-MAN'S-LAND TO COME HOME HEROES. OR COME HOME DEAD. Not since Joseph Wambaugh's… Read More

New York: A Perigord Press Book Bantam Books, Inc., 1984. Previous Owner Markings (Neatly Inked in Black to Title Page: Some One Read this book I can't--Had (2) Trys Don Disher July 15/85); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Moderate Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. THE #1 BESTSELLER. HIS FIRST NONFICTION WORK SINCE THE ONION FIELD. ALSO KNOWN AS: Serialized in Los Angeles magazine, January 1984. COVER: Bantam Books, Inc. STEPBACK ART: John Solie. SYNOPSIS: THEY SAW THEMSELVES AS "THE LAST OF THE HARDBALL, CACTUS-STUCK, WORM-CHEWING, CHILI-SUCKING, SKULL-CRUNCHING GUNSLINGERS IN THE WEST." AND EVERY NIGHT THEY HAD TO PROVE IT. THE TRUE STORY ONLY WAMBAUGH COULD TELL. A BAND OF CALIFORNIA COPS SET LOOSE IN NO-MAN'S-LAND TO COME HOME HEROES. OR COME HOME DEAD. Not since Joseph Wambaugh's bestselling The Onion Field has there been a true police story as fascinating,… Read More

New York: A Perigord Press Book Bantam Books, Inc. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. THE #1 BESTSELLER. Joseph Wambaugh, Author of FUGITIVE NIGHTS. ALSO KNOWN AS: Serialized in Los Angeles magazine, January 1984. COVER: Bantam Books, Inc. STEPBACK ART: John Solie. SYNOPSIS: THE TRUE STORY ONLY WAMBAUGH COULD TELL. A BAND OF CALIFORNIA COPS SET LOOSE IN NO-MAN'S-LAND TO COME HOME HEROES. OR COME HOME DEAD. Not since Joseph Wambaugh's bestselling The Onion Field has there been a true police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as...Lines and Shadows. The media hailed them as heroes. Others denounced them as lawless renegades. A squad of tough cops called the Border Crime Task Force. A commando team sent to patrol the snake-infested no-man's-land south of San Diego. Not to apprehend the thousands of illegal aliens slipping into the U.S., but to stop the ruthless… Read More

New York: A Perigord Press Book Bantam Books, Inc. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Light Sticker Pull to Front Cover; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. THE #1 BESTSELLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BLOODING. ALSO KNOWN AS: Serialized in Los Angeles magazine, January 1984. COVER: Bantam Books, Inc. STEPBACK ART: John Solie. SYNOPSIS: THE TRUE STORY ONLY WAMBAUGH COULD TELL. A BAND OF CALIFORNIA COPS SET LOOSE IN NO-MAN'S-LAND TO COME HOME HEROES. OR COME HOME DEAD. Not since Joseph Wambaugh's bestselling The Onion Field has there been a true police story as fascinating, as totally gripping as...Lines and Shadows. The media hailed them as heroes. Others denounced them as lawless renegades. A squad of tough cops called the Border Crime Task Force. A commando team sent to patrol the snake-infested no-man's-land south of San Diego. Not to apprehend the thousands of illegal aliens slipping into the U.S., but to stop the ruthless bandits… Read More

Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc. BOOK: Remainder Mark; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. FOREWORD BY: Vincent Bugliosi. ILLUSTRATIONS AND CRIME SCENE MAPS BY: the author. BOOK DESIGN BY: Marja Walker. COVER BACKGROUND PHOTO COURTESY OF: Uniphoto. JACKET DESIGN BY: Marja Walker. CONTENTS: Publisher's Preface; Foreword by Vincent Bugliosi; Prologue PART ONE: THE INVESTIGATION CHAPTER 1 Nolo Contendere CHAPTER 2 Murder in Brentwood CHAPTER 3 The Rockingham Estate CHAPTER 4 Costly Errors CHAPTER 5 The Interrogation CHAPTER 6 Slow-Speed Pursuit CHAPTER 7 The Scheme Team CHAPTER 8 Witness for the People CHAPTER 9 The Defense Card CHAPTER 10 The Allegations and the Facts CHAPTER 11 Living in a Fishbowl CHAPTER 12 The Judge and His Wife CHAPTER 13 The Evidence PART TWO: THE TRIAL CHAPTER 14 The Prosecutions' Case CHAPTER 15 The Murder Weapon CHAPTER… Read More

New York: A Dell Book Published by Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. Moderate Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. The new super bestseller by the author of THE BLUE KNIGHT and THE NEW CENTURIONS. Soon to be a major motion picture. OVER 4 MONTHS ON THE LEADING BESTSELLER LISTS. MOVIE TIE-IN: This book was the basis for the 1979 feature film of the same name. SYNOPSIS: Joseph Wambaugh's frighteningly true story of two young cops and two young robbers whose separate destinies fatally cross one March night in a deserted Los Angeles onion field where a bizarre execution burgeons into an equally bizarre aftermath--the longest, most intricate court case in California history--and horrifyingly becomes a tragic parody of crime and punishment. AWARDS: Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club.. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" -… Read More

Toronto: Penguin Books Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Books Canada Ltd., 1993. Previous Owner Markings (Note Neatly Inked to Reverse of Front Cover); Light Creasing on Rear Cover; Moderate Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Heavy Yellowing Due to Age. The Murder of Christine Jessop and the Controversial Conviction of her Next-Door Neighbour, Guy Paul Morin. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. Featuring Dramatic Updates. FRONT COVER INSET PHOTO BY: Kirk Makin. COVER DESIGN BY: Renee Cuthbertson. TV TIE-IN: Soon to be a television mini-series (NOTE: I can find nothing to confirm that this mini-series ever aired.) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kirk Makin, a Montrealer, worked in northern British Columbia as a fish cannery worker, cab driver, fisherman and landscaper before earning a journalism degree from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. Since 1979, he has been writing for The Globe and Mail, reporting on topics such as nuclear power, the… Read More