Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harpers & Brothers, New York, NY, 1952
Anbieter: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Leo Monso (DJ design) (illustrator). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). A BCE from the early 1950s of a collection of first murder stories by noted mystery writers originally published from the early 1910s through the early 1950s. Contents include Room Number Twenty-three (Hugh Pentecost), The Fifty-Carat Jinx (Lawrence G Blochman), Bezique of Death (Veronica Parker Johns), The Little House at Croix-Rousse (Georges Simenon), The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl (Stuart Palmer), Shoes for Breakfast (Lawrence Treat), Find the Woman (Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald)), Marksman (William Campbell Gault), Victim No. 5 (Harry Stephen Keeler), The Man in the Velvet Hat (Jerome and Harold Prince), The Adventure of the Black Narcissus (August Derleth), And on the Third Day (David Alexander), Too Many Brides (Ruth Wilson), The Fourth Degree (Jerrome Barry), The Second Sight of Dr Sam: Johnson (Lillian de la Torre), Old Calamity Tries a Bluff (Joseph Fulling Fishman), A Great Whirring of Wings (Day Keene), Thenody (Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White)), The Adventure of One-Penny Black (Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)), and The Specialty of the House (Stanley Ellin). Light edge wear with a 1" triangular piece missing from the bottom of the spine. Light fading to the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A very good copy.
Verlag: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1930
Anbieter: PONCE A TIME BOOKS, SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA
0 Very good. No dust jacket. Light scuffing to ends of spine, corners are lightly worn pages lightly toned.
Anbieter: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, USA
PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harper And Brothers, New York, 1934
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. B/W Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Light Wear, Bright, Foxing On Foredges,Small Abrasions On Surface Of Spine Panel. Subscription Postcard Laid In Loosely.
Anbieter: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 28,53
Anzahl: 15 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbPAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Zustand: New.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Literary Licensing, LLC 12/7/2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 1258525542 ISBN 13: 9781258525545
Anbieter: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. Crucibles Of Crime: The Shocking Story Of The American Jail. Book.
Verlag: Popular Library., USA, 1959
Anbieter: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Kanada
Erstausgabe
Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. James Trembath GGA (Good Girl Painted Cover) (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 192 pages. Selections from the Nation's best wits. >>Minor edge creasing to covers. Size: 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Book.
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Verlag: Sexology Magazine, New York, 1952
Anbieter: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, USA
Ephemera. Soundly stapled binding. Pages clean, tanned. Wrappers tanned with light edge wear, light handling wear, overall light shelf wear. Contents: Gernsback, Phantom pregnancy. Podolsky, The mind of the peeping tom. Partington, Don't worry about the first night. Mozes, Premature birth - causes and cure, part 1. Fishman, The sex criminal, chapter 8. . Questions and answers, sexological news, so they say, scientific sex notes. Branson, Should couples "in trouble" marry? Russo, Body hair aesthetics. Secor, Sex life of the Chippewa Indians. Peck, Parallels between human and animal sex life. Questions and answers, book reviews, sexological news, so they say, scientific sex notes. Line drawings, photographs; 7.5" (19 cm) tall; 64 pages. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.
Verlag: National Library Press, 1934
Anbieter: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, USA
hardcover. Zustand: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Book shows some shelf & handling wear, including minor edge wear and cover scuffing. Pages are slightly worn and tanning. Interiors are intact with unmarked text/pictures. Good reading copy.
Anbieter: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, USA
HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Legare Street Press 2021-09, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013465830 ISBN 13: 9781013465833
Anbieter: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 21,57
Anzahl: 10 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbPF. Zustand: New.
Verlag: Inside Detective/ Dell/ RGH Pub.), 1942
Anbieter: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, Kanada
Erstausgabe
Soft cover. Zustand: GOOD+. GGA (Good Girl Painted Cover) (illustrator). INSIDE DETECTIVE (Inside Detective/ Dell/ RGH Pub.) 1942; June (KNOCKOUT GIRLS; PHOTO Cover;CONTENTS = Police alertness Saves a Life b; Who Killed Susan Reigh? by Joseph Fulling Fishman; Knockout Girl Racket by Francis J. McCarthy; One Lady Fling - and Death! by Edwin Baird; Bride Not Wanted by H.M. Hughes; From the Pulpit to the Big House by Alan Hynd; Jealousy Ambush! by David Robinson George; Heroes of he Hacks by Robert Eichberg; Where is the Bride's Body? by Harrison T. Carter; >>>> Interior page edges are Tanned, Fragile and chipping at upper right corners inside, cover creasing, shelf wear to covers Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. Book.
Verlag: Quinn Publishing, Buffalo, NY, 1952
Magazin / Zeitschrift
Wraps. Zustand: Very Good-. Vol. 1, No. 1. First issue. Edited by James L. Quinn. Cover art is uncredited. Includes "This Is Strange" (editorial); "Prophet Without Honor" by Lewis Thompson; "The Nine Clean Seals" by T. M. Williams; "Mystery of the Bell Witch" by William T. Brannon; "Fires of Love" by Joseph Fulling Fishman; "The Man Who Swindled Himself" by Charles Boswell; "Mystery of the Mary Celeste" by Tony Field; "How Andrew Jackson lost His Head" by Jay Hemming; "The Tragedy of Madeline Webb" by John Iverson; "The Tichborne Mystery" by Dwight Manners; "The Man Who Sold His Head" by Pete Schulman; "Bones of Contention" by Charles Markham; "The Artfull Forger" by Leslie Cameron; "The Poisoner of Lambeth" by Charles Boswell; "The Prowess of Big Jim Humble" by Henry Lawrence. Upper rear foredge corner light dampstaind with tears to last few pages and small loss to cover; spine fading; pages tanned. Magazine.
Anbieter: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 37,01
Anzahl: 15 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbHRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: The Red Star News Company, Publisher, New York, 1932
Anbieter: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
EUR 18,13
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbMass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Contains 'The Bird in the Hand' by Gardner; 'More Than Satisfied' by Maxwell; 'The Big Boob' by Van de Water; 'Arrest on Sight' by Weadock; 'Oil Doom' by Hawkins; 'Old Calamity Lays a Ghost' by Fishman; 'Man of Prey' (Part 2 of 5) by MacIsaac; 'The Twenty-Six Heads' by Sneddon; 'Illustrated Crimes' by Allen; 'Murder on the Yukon Trail' by Wyville; a narrative crossword puzzle by Tingley and 'Solving Cipher Secrets' by Ohaver. Light chipping around the edges of the front and rear covers. The spine is worn with quite a bit of surface and edge wear, a three inch tear along the edge next to the front cover at the top with an inch missing from the surface at the bottom and two inches missing at the top. Browning to the pages but they are generally otherwise unmarked. Illustrations at the beginning of each story. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harper And Brothers, New York, 1933
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. B/W Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Light Wear, Bright, Foxing On Foredges, 3/4" X 1/" Chip At Center Of Top Of Front Panel.
Verlag: Harpers Magazine, 1933
Anbieter: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, USA
Magazin / Zeitschrift
magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. very good condition SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; NOVI006922; pages 6x9; 11 pages; 4 b/w photos.
Verlag: Harpers Magazine, 1933
Anbieter: Hammonds Antiques & Books, St. Louis, MO, USA
Magazin / Zeitschrift
magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. very good condition SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE; NOVI006915; pages 6x9; 11 pages; 3 pages approximately 10x14, image available on request,
Anbieter: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 41,19
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbZustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harper And Brothers, New York, 1933
Anbieter: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, USA
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Magazin / Zeitschrift Erstausgabe
Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. B/W Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. Single Issue In Original Wrappers. Near Fine, Bright And Clean, No Marks, Foxing On Foredges. Pretty Clear Why Called It "The Depression".
Anbieter: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 45,30
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbZustand: New.
Anbieter: Forgotten Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 19,57
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbPaperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book serves as a stark exposÃÂ of the deplorable conditions plaguing American jails in the early 20th century. The author, a seasoned prison inspector, takes readers on a harrowing journey through the dark underbelly of the American justice system, shedding light on the inhumane treatment of inmates, both convicted and awaiting trial. Through vivid descriptions and firsthand accounts, the book unveils a grim reality of overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, rampant disease, and a pervasive culture of neglect and indifference. The author meticulously documents the appalling state of jails across various states, from the infamous Sing Sing prison in New York to the overcrowded facilities of the Southwest, exposing a system that fosters rather than reforms criminal behavior. Beyond the graphic portrayals of physical degradation, the book delves into the psychological and moral consequences of confinement in such environments. It challenges societal complacency and calls for a reevaluation of the very purpose of incarceration, advocating for a more humane and rehabilitative approach. The author's insights into the failings of the American jail system remain relevant, urging us to confront the enduring challenges of criminal justice and to strive for a system that upholds human dignity and promotes true rehabilitation. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Popular Publications, Toronto, 1944
Anbieter: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Kanada
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Black Mask August 1944 Canadian Variant. Featured stories include Richard Sale "No Time for Mercy," Arthur Leo Zagat "Taps at Eleven," Joseph Fulling Fishman "Death in the Heart of New York," J. Lane Linklater "Golden Ghosts," Stuart Towne "The Man with the Radio Mind," Clive F. Adams "Decoy (part V)," Fredric Brown "Little Lost Boy," Paul Ernst "Larceny Gesture." Some of these stories appeared earlier in Detection Weekly in 1941. Light edgewear. In very good condition.
Verlag: London : John Lane, 1935
Anbieter: MW Books, New York, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 256 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 22 cm. Notes; Appendix: Suggestions for installation of industries in jails, with a study of industries in eleven Pennsylvania jails: p. 191-214. "English edition first published in 1935"--Verso of t.p. Contents; Includes an introductory essay by Ernst Toller on The sexual life of prisoners. Subjects; Prisoners Sexual behavior. Convict labor. Sex in prison. Prisons United States. 1 Kg.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013465830 ISBN 13: 9781013465833
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: London : John Lane, 1935
Anbieter: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Irland
Erstausgabe
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Corners bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 256 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 22 cm. Notes; Appendix: Suggestions for installation of industries in jails, with a study of industries in eleven Pennsylvania jails: p. 191-214. "English edition first published in 1935"--Verso of t.p. Contents; Includes an introductory essay by Ernst Toller on The sexual life of prisoners. Subjects; Prisoners Sexual behavior. Convict labor. Sex in prison. Prisons United States. 1 Kg.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013465830 ISBN 13: 9781013465833
Anbieter: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, USA
PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2021
ISBN 10: 1013465830 ISBN 13: 9781013465833
Anbieter: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
EUR 26,23
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar
In den WarenkorbPAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.