Crime: True Crime from Gargoyle Books

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1980. First Edition Later Printing 2nd Printing. Cloth. VG+/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The groundbreaking debut book that would launch Ann Rule's career as the queen of the true crime genre. It details her relationship with Ted Bundy while both worked at a Seattle crisis hotline, where,… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster , 1992. Book Club (BCE) . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An investigative reporter exposes the never-before-revealed facts behind the 1931 case of Winnie Ruth Judd, who was tried & convicted of the murders of her 2 roommates in Phoenix, AZ, when she was caught toting… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Putnam, 1983. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The definitive story of Green Beret & doctor Jeffrey McDonald's murder of his family in 1970 at Fort Bragg, NC, over which McDonald sued McGuiness after the book came out & made his guilt undeniable. A FIRST EDITION, fifth printing… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1971. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author draws on two solid years of in-depth interviews with participants & witnesses to the Tate-LaBianca murders, including Manson, visits to the Spahn ranch & other sites in Inyo County & Death Valley, investigations into secret occult… Read more about this item

Barricade Books Inc, 2000. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. itries to tell the story of the Manson family murders in combination with a biography of Sharon Tate, offering never-before-published details about "the Hollywood elite" & the family, supplemented with new information from interviews with Tate family members & friends of the other victims of the… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Criterion Books, 1957. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Written by an insider in the political department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "the one man with access to all witnesses & secret documents related to the infamous Dreyfus case,'' this is a perspective on the case that you've never… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc.. Hardcover. Very Good. The lost chronicle from Devil's Island--the story of a daring escape" by the author, a wealthy young Englishman who turned to thievery in France & subsequently served 20 years in that infamous penal colony in French Guinea. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1951, in 302 pages with map endpapers… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The cornerstone of the "new journalism"--the nonfiction novel--of the late 1960s, this book remains the pinnacle of true-crime writing. Capote became obsessed with this case & the perpetrators of this horrific stranger killing of the entire Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959.… Read more about this item

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Word Publishing, 1989. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Takes you right inside the world of what is now recognized as the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s, but was deadly serious here, with a Foreword by one of the movement's leaders, reporter-turned-sensationalistic-talk-show-host Geraldo Rivera. The author,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: International Polygonics, Ltd., 1989. First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Gorey, Edward. True crime mystery first published in London in 1936 is revived for new readers in this 1989 First Edition, First Printing, from International Polygonics, part of their Library of Crime Classics. It is collectible as it is yet another example of DJ cover… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 1997. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine. One of a series of "how-to" books for writers--written by the same--of both of true-crime & fictional mystery & detective stories. This one explores everything you ever wanted to know about different types of murders, from planning to execution, in 216 pages with… Read more about this item

Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 1995. First Edition Later Printing . Soft cover. Fine. One of a series of "how-to" books for writers--written by the same--of both of true-crime & fictional mystery & detective stories. This one explores the mind behind the crime, exploring psychological differences between different criminal types, how profiling works, & the use/misuse of psychology… Read more about this item

New York, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1949. First Edition, 2nd Printing 2nd Printing. Hardcover. VG/Good. The secret histories of Frank & Jesse James, the Younger Brothers, & the Wild Bunch of Wyoming"--notorious outlaws of the Old West, examined using previously sealed records from the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. A FIRST EDITION, Second Printing, from 1949, this… Read more about this item

New York, New York: William Morrow & Compnay Inc., 1976. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The amazingly "bizarre love story" of Burt & Linda Pugach, bound together by violence but unable to stay apart after decades spent in their own forms of prison. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1976, this hardcover 8vo… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Fictionalized account of the real-life "Goodbar" murders in New York City in 1973 & basis for the 1977 movie starring Diane Keaton & a then-unknown Richard Gere. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1975, this hardcover 8vo has dark brown… Read more about this item

Boston/New York/Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1930. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good-. The acclaimed criminal investigator & crime writer, who alternately presented as both a man & a woman, & whose personal history was the source of much mystery & intrigue, here discusses 12 of his/her most challenging cases, in 299 pages, amply illustrated… Read more about this item

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1979. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Mailer's controversial book about convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, who requested--and receive--death by firing squad at Utah State Prison on Jan. 17, 1977. This book covers Gilmore's life & crimes, focusing on the 9 months between his release on parole &… Read more about this item

New York, New York: New American Library, 1966. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First definitive book on the case that terrified the Boston area in the 1960s, basis for the movie starring Tony Curtis as Albert De Salvo, the man never tried for the killings, but imprisoned for being a serial rapist, the "Green… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1967. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The definitive account of the days leading up to, during, & following the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, November 20th-25th, 1963. Front endpapers are a chronology of events, while rear ones show a map of the motorcade route in… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 2020. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. The life & crimes of former Vice President Spiro Agnew, who surreptitiously was involved in a scandal of his own making while the world was focused on his boss, Richard Nixon, & Watergate. He "paved the way for crooked presidents to… Read more about this item