True Crime from MLC Books

New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1938. Training guide, 417 pages. Sections include the organization of the Guard School, course of study, and evaluations. With 17 additional essays, 10 appendices, 19 tables and 17 photographs. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit darkened. Front hinge just beginning to crack. Previous owner's name… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1962. Twenty-four true crime cases, 254 pages. Yellow boards bumped and rubbed with light wear to the spine heel, binding square and solid. Jacket rubbed and a bit darkened with chips and tears, beverage ring on the front. Price clipped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

St Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Borealis Books, 2006. Riveting account of the T. Eugene Thompson case, who was convicted of the 1963 murder of his wife in St. Paul, Minnesota. Equally fascinating is a view into the lives of their children, who conducted a private family "trial" after his release from prison. Third printing. Jacket has a 3"… Read more about this item

London: John Long, 1932. 100 True cases, divided into Problems and Solutions, 222 pages. Undated, first published in 1932. Bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Front end paper removed, foxing to the edges of the text block and the end papers.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Summit Books, 1981. The true story of the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in Paris in 1911. First printing. Lightly bumped with a nick to the lower front board and tiny holes poked in the front corners. Upper edge of the text block scratched, remainder mark to the lower edge, binding square… Read more about this item

London: Arco Publishing, 1957. Some of the most notorious criminials in history, from Cain to Nero and the Borgias, Jack the Ripper, Crippen, Landru and Joseph Kramer, the Beast of Belsen. Spine ends lightly bumped and sunned. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, loss to the spine ends, price clipped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1971. The New York trial lawyer revisits some of his most memorable cases. Spine head gently bumped with a 1" pen mark to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the edges, and a 1" closed tear to the lower front panel, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Thirteen true crime cases, the majority of which Train prosecuted. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, spine sunned. Hinges cracked with the front end paper removed, opening directly to the half title page. Previous owner's name inked out on the front pastedown. Page 3 detached… Read more about this item

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1954. The stories of twenty-seven people convicted of felonies in New York City by a Bronx County Court Probation Officer. Bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Opens a bit too readily to the title page, where the binding is cracked but still solid. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, price intact… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. An account of the Michael Farmer murder trial in New York City. In 1957, Michael Farmer, 15 years old, who may or may not have been a member of the gang The Jesters, was attacked by 40 members of the Egyptian Dragons. The brutal murder of Farmer, who had polio when he… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. Thirteen true crime cases, the majority of which Train prosecuted. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, spine sunned. Hinges loose, all plates and illustrations present.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Newark, NJ: New Jersey Historical Society, 1982. Four contemporary pamphlets of murder cases are reprinted, with an annotated bibliography of about 100 New Jersey murder pamphlets, 193 pages. "Review Copy" stamped on the front end paper with slip laid in. Spine ends bumped. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine a bit darkened, in Brodart.. First… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City, UT: Northwest Publishing, 1995. The true story of the Oregon businessman, believed killed, who reinvented himself as a restauranteur and counterfeiter. First printing. Lightly bumped and rubbed, jacket in Brodart. Inscribed on the title page "To Marv Lachman with warmest regards, Burl Barer, 7/23/91." Typewritten and hand signed note from Barer laid in..… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, 1932. Reprint. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, spine a bit mottled. Four faint drip marks to the front. Front hinge slightly loose.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. A memoir of Willemse's rise from a New York City patrolman in 1900 to Captain of the Homicide squad, with the evolution of the department from rampant corruption to a modern police department. Working is some of the roughest neighborhoods, Willemse is candid about the brutal methods used by the police in the… Read more about this item

New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. Essays on notorious cases and trials. First printing. Lightly rubbed, spine heel bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1963. Twenty-one true crime essays by Pearson, including cases beginning with Lizzie Borden. Gently bumped, upper edge of the text block near the spine sunned. Jacket rubbed and crimped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1948. Seven famous Boston murders. Ex-library, rebound in library boards, with both internal and external indications. Lightly bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Reading copy only.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Ex-Library.

New York: Sheridan House, 1950. The career of a pioneer in scientific detection. Bumped and rubbed with light wear at the edges, hinges a bit loose. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears. Quarter inch loss to the spine ends with internal and external clear tape reinforcement. Price clipped, in Brodart.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2011. A collection of real-life crimes, scandals and tragedies that influenced Christie's works. Fine, as new condition.. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket.