Search results for: 'ues'
-
(THE EDGWARE ROAD MURDER.) A volume of contemporary newspaper clippings, pamphlets and broadsheet publications relating to the Edgware Road Murder.London : 1837
A fascinating assemblage of printed material relating to the cause celebre of 1837, the brutal murder and dismemberment, on Christmas Eve 1836, of Hannah Brown by James Greenacre (1785-1837), forever after known as the Edgware Road Murderer. This collection was compiled by someone eagerly following the case and attests to the grip that it exerted on... Learn More£1,850.00Stock Code: 119351
-
(CRIME) Mysteries and Refinements of Modern Roguery.London : 1886
First and only edition. Extraordinary little volume offering practical advice against the thieves and tricksters plaguing the streets of London. The first half of the text is a spotter's guide on pickpockets "Who they are, and what they are like". With explanations of their methods, the distraction of the "stall", the techniques of the "wire", given... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 140042
-
JACK THE RIPPER. The Graphic. An Illustrated London Newspaper:London : 1888
Half-yearly volume of this popular illustrated paper covering the period of the "Autumn of Terror". Contains nine pieces of relevance: the first notice of the killings is on September 29, "Coroners' Inquests and the Detection of Crime, In the case of the late horrifying murders in Whitechapel, some persons have alleged that the Coroner's Court exceeded... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 121358
-
TOWNSEND, Walter, & Leonard. Black Cap: Murder Will Out.London : 1930
First edition, first impression. This work, an account of various murder trials, was initially intended to be a study of the trials of the Home Office pathologist Bernard Spilsbury (1877-1947), entitled, "Sir Bernard Spilsbury and his Famous Trials". Spilsbury, however, threatened legal action against Marriott, upon receipt of the proof,writing in April... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 128592
-
KOESTLER, Arthur, & Albert Camus. Réflexions sur la peine capitale.Paris : 1957
First edition, number 209 of 260 large paper copies on vélin teinté paper, of which 250 are numbered and 10 are hors commerce. Edited by the French legislator and journalist Jean Bloch-Michel, one of Camus's friends and a former colleague at Combat, this work includes two polemical essays in opposition to capital punishment - Camus's Réflexions sur... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 118368
-
FLEURY, Maurice de. The Criminal Mind.London : 1901
First edition in English, inscribed by the author on the half-title "A mon excellent ami le D Joe Stedman a Boston, heu affectueux souvenir, Dr Maurice de Fleury". Fleury argues for criminality being physiological, rather than conditioned, and proposes eugenics, segregation, and wider (though more humane) capital punishment. Originally published in... Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 136443
-
ALLEN, Mary S. The Pioneer Policewoman.London : 1925
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "with every good wish, from Mary S. Allen", with an autograph note loosely inserted, "Hoping you will accept this - If in your part of the world I will certainly let you know. M. S. Allen". The Pioneer Policewoman was Mary Sophia Allen's... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 131558
