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Abrams, Herbert L. "The President Has Been Shot": Confusion, Disability and the 25th Amendment in the Aftermath of the Attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan Norton, 1992. 363 pp., illus., index.fine/fine 9 $22.50

Alexander, Shana Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album Doubleday & Co., 1985. 444 pp., index.1st ed., fine/fine 39 $15.00

Allen, William Starkweather: The Story of a Mass Murderer Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 184 pp., illus.1st ed., fine/vg 49 $25.00

Altick, Richard D. Victorian Studies in Scarlet: Murders and Manners in the Age of Victoria W. W. Norton, 1970. 336 pp., illus., index.1st ed., signed presentation on fly, ow fine/fine 66 $30.00

Altman, Jack, & Marvin Ziporyn Born to Raise Hell: The Untold Story of Richard Speck Grove Press, 1967. 255 pp., illus.1st ed., fine/fine 64 $25.00

Amato, Joseph When Father and Son Conspire: A Minnesota Farm Murder Iowa State University Press, 1988. 226 pp., illus.fine/fine 63 $20.00

Anders, Karl Murder to Order Ampersand, 1965. 110 pp., illus.1st ed., softcover, fine 80 $30.00

Anderson, Chris, & Sharon McGehee Bodies of Evidence: The True Story of Judias Buenoano, Florida's Serial Murderess Carol, 1991. 319 pp., illus.1st ed., fine/fine 75 $27.50

Anderson, M. D. A Saint at Stake: The Strange Death of William of Norwich, 1144 Faber and Faber, 1964. 231 pp., illus., index.1st ed., fine/fine 76 $40.00

Anson, Robert Sam Best Intentions: The Education and Killing of Edmund Perry Random House, 1987. 221 pp.1st ed., fine/v.g. 99 $20.00

Anspacher, Carolyn The Trial of Dr. De Kaplany Frederick Fell, 1965. 296 pp.1st ed., fine/v.g. 98 $20.00

Bakos, Susan Crain Appointment for Murder: The Story of the Killing Dentist G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. 286 pp.1st ed., fine/fine 185 $20.00

Balchin, Nigel, et al. Fatal Fascination Little, Brown and Co., 1964. 200 pp.1st Amer. ed., fine/fine 184 $17.50

Bamberg, Robert D. The Confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp University of Pennsylvania Press, 1966. 146 pp.fine/vg 244 $25.00

Barrett, Paul W. & Mary H. Barrett Young Brothers Massacre University of Missouri Press, 1988. 149 pp.softcover, fine 218 $15.00

Barthel, Joan A Death in California Congdon & Lattes, 1981. 370 pp., illus.1st ed., fine/fine 222 $20.00

Barthel, Joan A Death in Canaan: Introduction by William Styron Thomas Congdon, 1976. 328 pp.1st ed., fine/fine 223 $22.50

Baumann, Edward, & John O'Brien Murder Next Door: How Police Tracked Down 18 Brutal Killers Bonus, 1991. 328 pp., illus., index.1st ed., fine/fine 241 $20.00

Bedford, Sybille The Trial of Dr. Adams Simon and Schuster, 1959. 245 pp.fine in badly frayed dj 254 $15.00

Belli, Melvin M. & Maurice C. Carroll Dallas Justice: The Real Story of Jack Ruby and his Trial David McKay, 1964. 298 pp., index.1st ed., fine/vg 271 $15.00

Bennett, Benjamin The Clues Condemn Hodder & Stoughton, (no date). 259 pp., illus. 1st ed. Spine lightly faded. Signed presentation note from author on front pastedown, dated July, 1949. South Africa Murder  285 $35.00

Bennett, Benjamin Too Late for Tears Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. 234 pp., illus.covers rubbed, lightly stained, name on fly, ow vg 284 $30.00

Besnard, Marie The Trial of Marie Besnard Farrar, Straus, & Co., 1962. 224 pp.1st ed., fine/fine 310 $17.50

Bierstadt, Edward Hale Enter Murderers!: Eight Studies in Murder Garden City, 1937. 302 pp. Name on flyleaf; v.g. (no d.j.) 326 $15.00

Bishop, Jim The Day Kennedy Was Shot Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. 713 pp., index.fine/vg 341 $20.00

Bishop, Jim The Murder Trial of Judge Peel Trident, 1962. 210 pp.1st ed.  fine in fine d.j. 340 $13.50

Blinder, Martin Lovers, Killers, Husbands and Wives St. Martin's, 1985. 175 pp.1st ed., name on fly, ow fine/vg 363 $15.00

Bogdanovich, Peter The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980) William Morrow, 1984. 186 pp., illus.1st ed., fine/fine 377 $15.00

Bommersbach, Jana The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd: The Truth About an American Crime Legend Revealed at Last Simon & Schuster, 1992. 270 pp., illus.1st ed., fine/fine 390 $17.50

Borniche, Roger Flic Story: The Implacable Duel Between a Merciless Killer and a Different Kind of Policeman Doubleday, 1975. 284 pp.1st ed., fine/fine 407 $15.00

Bornstein, Joseph The Politics of Murder William Sloane, 1950. 295 pp., illus.1st ed., fine/vg 406 $25.00

Borowitz, Albert The Woman Who Murdered Black Satin: The Bermondsey Horror Ohio State University Press, 1981. 337 pp., illus., bib.1st ed., fine/vg 410 $15.00

Boutet, Frederic International Criminals Past and Present Hutchinson, (no date). 191 pp.covers slightly worn, ow vg 412 $30.00

Boyd, Neil The Last Dance: Murder in Canada Prentice-Hall, 1988. 286 pp.softcover, fine 426 $25.00

Brand, Christiana Heaven Knows Who Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960. 283 pp., index.1st ed., fine/gd 432 $25.00

Brandt, Nat The Congressman Who Got Away with Murder Syracuse University Press, 1991. 261 pp., illus., bib., index.fine/fine 442 $22.50

Brennan, Boris Michael The Billion Dollar Murder: An Investigation Into a Criminal Conspiracy Operating from Moscow Century Press, 1961. 276 pp.softcover, vg 447 $35.00

Bresler, Fenton An Almanac of Murder Severn House, 1988. 375 pp.fine/fine 455 $30.00

Bridges, Yseult How Charles Bravo Died: The Chronicle of a Cause Celebre Macmillan, 1970. 331 pp., index.vg/vg 451 $17.50

Bridges, Yseult Saint -- With Red Hands?: The Chronicle of a Great Crime Jarrolds, 1954. 272 pp., illus., index.1st ed., Phil Lindsay bookplate, covers rubbed, ow vg 459 $30.00

Bridges, Yseult The Tragedy at Road-Hill House: Being the True Chronicle of a Celebrated Murder Which Occurred at Road-hill House, Wilts, England, on June 30, 1860... Rinehart, 1955. 272 pp., illus., index.1st Amer. ed., fine/vg 452 $22.50

Bridges, Yseult Two Studies in Crime: The Murder of Lord William Russell; The Murder of Julia Wallace Hutchinson, 1959. 268 pp., illus., index.1st ed. Mild bump to spine top, otherwise v.g. in word d.j.  458 $20.00

Briggs, L. Vernon The Manner of Man That Kills: Spencer -- Czolgosz -- Richeson Richard G. Badger, 1921. 444 pp., illus., index.covers rubbed, ow vg with pencil presentation note on fep 456 $65.00

Broad, Lewis The Innocence of Edith Thompson: A Study in Old Bailey Justice Hutchinson, 1952. 303 pp.1st ed., repair to spine, ow gd in worn dj with newspaper clippings laid in 464 $30.00

Brookes, J. A. R. Murder in Fact and Fiction Hurst & Blackett, (no date). 284 pp.1st ed., fine/vg 479 $35.00

Brooks, Stewart M. Our Assassinated Presidents: The True Medical Stories Bell, 1985. 234 pp., illus., bib., index.1st ed., fine/fine 482 $17.50

Brown, Arnold R. Lizzie Borden: The Legend, The Truth, The Final Chapter Rutledge Hill, 1991. 382 pp., illus., index.1st ed., signed presentation, fine/fine 487 $30.00

Brown, Stuart A Man Named Tony: The True Story of the Yablonski Murders W. W. Norton, 1976. 232 pp., illus., index.marks on back fly, ow fine 484 $10.00

Bryson, John Evil Angels Summit, 1985. 560 pp.1st Amer. ed., fine/vg 507 $20.00

Bugliosi, Vincent, & Bruce B. Henderson And the Sea Will Tell W. W. Norton, 1991. 574 pp., illus.fine/fine 528 $17.50

Bugliosi, Vincent, & Curt Gentry Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders W. W. Norton, 1974. 502 pp., illus., index.fine/gd 529 $15.00

Burke, Thomas Murder at Elstree: Or, Mr. Thurtell and His Gig Longmans, Green & Co., 1936. 178 pp.1st ed., covers faded and slightly spotted, bookplate on fly, ow vg 542 $40.00

Busch, Francis X. Guilty or Not Guilty?: An Account of the Trials of Leo Frank, D.C. Stephenson, Samuel Insull, & Alger Hiss Bobbs-Merrill, 1952. 287 pp.1st ed., vg in badly frayed dj 571 $15.00

Call, Max Hand of Death: The Henry Lee Lucas Story Prescott, 1985. 187 pp., illus. Fine in dj 598 $20.00

Campbell, Marjorie Freeman A Century of Crime: The Development of Crime Detection Methods in Canada McClelland and Stewart, 1970. 277 pp., illus., bib., index.1st ed., signed by author and subsequent owner on fly, fine/vg 622 $27.50

Camps, F. E., with Richard Barber The Investigation of Murder Michael Joseph, 1966. 144 pp., illus.fine/vg 522 $25.00

Cannell, J. C. New Light on the Rouse Case John Long, (no date). 215 pp., illus.1st ed., covers sl. worn, ow vg 633 $40.00

Capote, Truman In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences Random House, 1965. 343 pp.fine/fine 639 $12.50

Cartwright, Gary Blood Will Tell: The Murder Trials of T. Cullen Davis Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. 401 pp., near-fine 675 $12.50

Cassity, John Holland The Quality of Murder: A Psychiatric and Legal Evaluation of Motives and Responsibilities Involved in the Plea of Insanity as Revealed in Outstanding Murder Cases of This Century Julian, 1958. 268 pp.1st ed., fine/fine 682 $22.50

Clarke, James W. American Assassins: The Darker Side of Politics Princeton University, 1982. 321 pp., illus., bib., index.1st ed., fine/gd 754 $30.00

Cohen, Louis H. Murder, Madness and the Law World, 1952. 173 pp.1st ed., signed presentation copy, vg 792 $20.00

Coleman, Jonathan At Mother's Request: A True Story of Money, Murder and Betrayal Atheneum, 1985. 624 pp., illus.1st ed., signed author on title page, fine/fine 802 $25.00

Cooper, William Brothers: The Trial of the Brothers Hosein for the Murder of Mrs. McKay Harper & Row, 1971. 220 pp.1st ed., fine/fine 853 $15.00

Coppolino, Carl A. The Crime That Never Was Justice, 1980. 309 pp.1st ed., name and stickers on fep, ow fine/fine 856 $15.00

Creekmore, Betsey B. Dark and Bloody Ground Frederick Fell, 1967. 283 pp., illus., bib.1st ed., fine/vg 897 $20.00

Critchley, T. A. & P. D. James, The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811 Mysterious, 1971. 234 pp., illus., bib.1st Amer. ed., fine/fine 925 $15.00

 

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