New York / London: Oxford University Press, 2000. Illustrated by Photographs / Plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No DJ. 8vo 0195122623 Illustrated covers. No ownership inscription Frontis portrait plate. 160 pages clean and tight. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is known around the world for his Sherlock Holmes stories and novels. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Conan Doyle earned his medical degree at Edinburgh University and entered family practice. He began writing to supplement his income and to fill the empty hours at his office. With the success of his Sherlock Holmes short stories, Conan Doyle was able to give up medicine for a full-time writing career. Surprisingly, the author considered the Sherlock Holmes stories an insignificant part of his literary output. He expected to be remembered for his historical fiction, especially the critically acclaimed The White Company. He also wrote several science-fiction novels featuring Professor Challenger, including The Lost World and The Poison Belt. In 1902 he was knighted for his book defending England's actions during the Boer War, in which the author served as a physician in a field hospital. Conan Doyle's adventures included working on a whaling ship in the Arctic, crossing the desert by camel as a war correspondent in Africa, introducing skis to the Alps, and competing in a road race against German officers just before World War I. He applied Sherlock Holmes's deduction techniques to help solve real crimes and mysteries, and once fought to save a wrongly accused man facing the gallows. Janet Pascal considers the overlaps between the fictional duo of Holmes and Dr. Watson and their creator, and draws a memorable picture of late Victorian society. OXFORD PORTRAITS are informative and insightful biographies of people whose lives shaped their times and continue to influence ours. Based on the most recent scholarship, they draw heavily on primary sources, including writings by and about their subjects. Each book is illustrated with a wealth of photographs, documents, and memorabilia, framing the personality and achievements of its subject against the backdrop of history. (Book ref. 122009) £8.00
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Strange Studies from Life and Other Narratives: The Complete True Crime Writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Gaslight Press, 1988. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0934468494 Dust jacket slight wear to edges, unclipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine.No ownership inscription. 104 pages clear and tight. (Book ref. 122007) £7.00
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Gaslight Press, 1988. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0934468494 Dust jacket slight wear to edges, unclipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine.No ownership inscription. 104 pages clear and tight. (Book ref. 122007) £7.00
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London; New York: Knopf, 1930. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Scarce First UK Edition. Blue cloth cover, orange title on spine, illustration of black falcon on spine and upper cover. The Knopf Borzoi is shown on the lower boards. A few marks on lower boards Bump to upper corner lower board. Very slight rubbing to top and tail of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Pencil name on ffep. A very few foxing spots mainly to page tips and margins, main book pages clean. Title page: - illustrates a Blue falcon London. Alfred A Knopf. New York 1930. Verso of title page: - "Printed in England for Alfred A Knopf Limited by Richard Clay and Sons, Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk." the Knopf Borzoi is printed immediately below. Verso of half title details: - "Also by Dashiell Hammett. Red Harvest (1929) The Dain Curse (1930)." 280 pages. Generally clean and tightly bound. Very scarce and highly collectable. 5" by 7.75" tall. Mystery. Happy to provide any photographs or information on request. (Book ref. 121980) £495.00
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London: Sphere, 2008. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 1847440819 (Book ref. 121894) £4.00
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London: Breese Books Ltd, 2000. Illustrated Card Cover. Very Good. 8vo 0947533532 No inscription. 112 pages clean and tight. The November of 1902 was living up to that season's reputation and I could scarce see the other side of Baker Street from the front window of number 221B. But my friend Sherlock Holmes seemed rather uninterested in my remarks concerning the weather and .... So begins yet another stunning adventure from the prolific pen of Val Andrews. A famous entertainer is invited by the King to give a command performance at Sandringham and tragically the brilliance of the performance is marred by the unexpected disappearance from the music room of a priceless painting. Sherlock Holmes undergoes the most awful experience (possibly the worst that man can endure) in this story and his powers of deduction are stretched to the absolute limit as he unravels yet another mystery from the fertile imagination of Val Andrews. A true Sherlock Holmes classic that will delight every reader. Cover Image Research by Brian Girling. (Book ref. 121804) £6.95
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Strange Studies from Life and Other Narratives: The Complete True Crime Writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Gaslight Press, 1988. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0934468494 Dust jacket tiny closed tear, unclipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 104 pages clear and tight. (Book ref. 121252) £7.00
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA: Gaslight Press, 1988. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0934468494 Dust jacket tiny closed tear, unclipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 104 pages clear and tight. (Book ref. 121252) £7.00
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London: Crime Club/Collins, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo (Book ref. 120585) £4.00
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Q.C. J. P. Eddy Scarlet and Ermine, Famous Trials as I saw them from Crippen to Podola
London: William Kimber, 1960. Illustrated by Frontis Plate, 4 Photographs. First Ediition. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Black cloth with fading gilt titling on spine. Previous owners name and date on ffep. A few very light foxing to page tips. 240 pages clean and tight. ASIN: B00224YM60 (Book ref. 120350) £85.00
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London: William Kimber, 1960. Illustrated by Frontis Plate, 4 Photographs. First Ediition. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Black cloth with fading gilt titling on spine. Previous owners name and date on ffep. A few very light foxing to page tips. 240 pages clean and tight. ASIN: B00224YM60 (Book ref. 120350) £85.00
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Nickolls, L.C. The Scientific Investigation of Crime
London: Butterworth & Co, 1956. Illustrated by Photographs Illustrations, Diagrams. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Slight bump to corner. Coner cut from ffep. No owbership inscription.xiii, 398 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 120124) £9.00
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London: Butterworth & Co, 1956. Illustrated by Photographs Illustrations, Diagrams. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Slight bump to corner. Coner cut from ffep. No owbership inscription.xiii, 398 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 120124) £9.00
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Orel, Harold Critical Essays on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
New York: G K Hall & Co, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. Lge 8vo 0816188653 Maroon cloth with bright gilt titling on spine and upper cover. Harold Orel's introduction and selection of essays cover evaluations of Doyle's contempories as well as the historical evaluations and scholarshipof more recent critics of Doyle's work; the purposeful treatment by Holme's admirers of Doyle's detective-story characters as real people; and the literary and social importance of the large body of writing Doyle did besides the Holmes stories. This volume makes a genuine contribution in considering the entire career of Arthur Conan Doyle and his place in literature. No ownership marks. xiii, 290 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 119362) £65.00
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New York: G K Hall & Co, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. Lge 8vo 0816188653 Maroon cloth with bright gilt titling on spine and upper cover. Harold Orel's introduction and selection of essays cover evaluations of Doyle's contempories as well as the historical evaluations and scholarshipof more recent critics of Doyle's work; the purposeful treatment by Holme's admirers of Doyle's detective-story characters as real people; and the literary and social importance of the large body of writing Doyle did besides the Holmes stories. This volume makes a genuine contribution in considering the entire career of Arthur Conan Doyle and his place in literature. No ownership marks. xiii, 290 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 119362) £65.00
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London: Walter Scott, 1890. Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo Red cloth, gilt titling to upper cover and spine. Tears and rubbed to cloth at top and tail of spine, some fading. Slight rubbing to corners. No ownership inscription. Frontis. viii, 337 + publisher's catalogue. Clean and tight. This book is an attempt to present to the reader a critical summary of the results of the science now commonly called criminal anthropology. In other words, it deals with the criminal as he is in himself and as he becomes in contract with society; it also tries to indicate some of the pratical social bearings of such studies. (Book ref. 118709) £19.95
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Koerber, Lenka Von Soviet Russia Fights Crime
London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd., 1934. Illustrated by Plates & Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Red cloth, sunned spine with loss of titling, Cloth hinges slightly exposed between front end papers. No ownership inscription. xiv, 240 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 118587) £4.95
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London: George Routledge and Sons Ltd., 1934. Illustrated by Plates & Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No DJ. 8vo Red cloth, sunned spine with loss of titling, Cloth hinges slightly exposed between front end papers. No ownership inscription. xiv, 240 pages clean and tight. (Book ref. 118587) £4.95
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Wrong E. M. Introduction by ( The World's Classics Series No CCCI ) Stories of Crime and Detection
London: Oxford University Press, 1930. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo Blue cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. No ownership marks. Slight foxing to end papers. XXX, 394 pages clean and tight. 16 pages of catalogue. (Book ref. 115668) £6.00
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London: Oxford University Press, 1930. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo Blue cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. No ownership marks. Slight foxing to end papers. XXX, 394 pages clean and tight. 16 pages of catalogue. (Book ref. 115668) £6.00
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London: Collins Crime Club, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0002318962 Dust jacket in protective sleeve, unclipped, slightly rubbed to edges. Red cloth with bright gilt titling on spine Slight bump to top of spine. No ownership marks. 200 pages clean and tight. Anice copy of this scarce title. (Book ref. 114226) £35.00
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London: Macmillan London Ltd, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6" By 8.75" Tall 1852276010 Colourfully illustrated dustjacket. Price clipped. Blue cloth with bright silver lettering to spine. No inscriptions. 201 pages, clean, bright and tightly bound. (Book ref. 111874) £4.00
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. Book Description: Collins Crims Club, London, 1966. Hard Cloth Cover. Book Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. Reprint. Two numbers in ink on rear of title page No other marks or inscriptions. D/Jacket has not been priceclipped but chipped top and bottom of spine. (Book ref. 111773) £7.00
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Conrad, John P. Crime and its Correction
University California Press, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 4to Dust jacket large pieces missing, 1/3rd of spine missing. Dusty red cloth with bright titles on spine. 312 pages. Do our "correctional institutions" really correct? Or do they only harden criminal tendencies? What can be done -to reduce the great human and ecOnomic cost of penal institutions, and at the same time assure society that the correctional measures taken will effectively benefit the particular individuals involved? John P. Conrad sought an answer to these questions in Russia, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Canada, and various parts of the United States, where he visited prisons, probation agencies, criminal and juvenile courts, and criminological institutes. A colleague, Dr. Clyde E. Sullivan, made similar investigations in Germany, France, Italy and other parts of the United States. Between them they recorded over 1,400 pages of interviews with criminologists, correctional and probation officers, social workers, behavioral scientists, inmates and probationers. The resulting book is a realistic account of current correctional practices in Europe and the United States as well as an expression of ideas about needed reforms. Conrad reports that the basic correctional process, aimed at firm but humane execution of the law, is remarkably similar in the countries studied. However, advanced practices, based on the findings of behavioral science and aimed at effecting changes of behavior, are found in relatively few institutions. And when they are used, they seem related to the pressure of numbers on a system. This study was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Crime and Delinquency of Sacramento, California, and financed by the Ford Foundation. MR. CONRAD has been with the California Department of Corrections and Youth Authority for eighteen years as a parole officer, institutional administrator, departmental administrator and chief of research. He holds degrees from the University of California and the University of Chicago, and has been a senior Fulbright Fellow at the London School of Economics. (Book ref. 110166) £6.00
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University California Press, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 4to Dust jacket large pieces missing, 1/3rd of spine missing. Dusty red cloth with bright titles on spine. 312 pages. Do our "correctional institutions" really correct? Or do they only harden criminal tendencies? What can be done -to reduce the great human and ecOnomic cost of penal institutions, and at the same time assure society that the correctional measures taken will effectively benefit the particular individuals involved? John P. Conrad sought an answer to these questions in Russia, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Canada, and various parts of the United States, where he visited prisons, probation agencies, criminal and juvenile courts, and criminological institutes. A colleague, Dr. Clyde E. Sullivan, made similar investigations in Germany, France, Italy and other parts of the United States. Between them they recorded over 1,400 pages of interviews with criminologists, correctional and probation officers, social workers, behavioral scientists, inmates and probationers. The resulting book is a realistic account of current correctional practices in Europe and the United States as well as an expression of ideas about needed reforms. Conrad reports that the basic correctional process, aimed at firm but humane execution of the law, is remarkably similar in the countries studied. However, advanced practices, based on the findings of behavioral science and aimed at effecting changes of behavior, are found in relatively few institutions. And when they are used, they seem related to the pressure of numbers on a system. This study was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Crime and Delinquency of Sacramento, California, and financed by the Ford Foundation. MR. CONRAD has been with the California Department of Corrections and Youth Authority for eighteen years as a parole officer, institutional administrator, departmental administrator and chief of research. He holds degrees from the University of California and the University of Chicago, and has been a senior Fulbright Fellow at the London School of Economics. (Book ref. 110166) £6.00
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Christie, Agatha Third Girl
London: Collins, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo Dust wrapper in a protective sleeve, torn, chipped and price clipped. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No inscription. (Book ref. 006557) £4.00
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London: Collins, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo Dust wrapper in a protective sleeve, torn, chipped and price clipped. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. No inscription. (Book ref. 006557) £4.00
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Verdict Press, 1976. Illustrated by b/w Photographs. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to (Book ref. 109047) £4.75
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Beare, Geraldine (selected by) Crime Stories from the Strand
London: Folio Society, 1993. Illustrated by H. R. F. Keating. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. 8vo No slipcase. Light blue cloth with black and bright gilt titles on spine. Illustration to front in black, blue and bright gilt. Previous owners sticky label with inscription on FFEP. Stories selected by Geraldine Beare with an introduction by H. R. F. Keating. Black and white illustrations by David Eccles. 350 pages. Clean and tight. (Book ref. 106997) £4.00
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London: Folio Society, 1993. Illustrated by H. R. F. Keating. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. 8vo No slipcase. Light blue cloth with black and bright gilt titles on spine. Illustration to front in black, blue and bright gilt. Previous owners sticky label with inscription on FFEP. Stories selected by Geraldine Beare with an introduction by H. R. F. Keating. Black and white illustrations by David Eccles. 350 pages. Clean and tight. (Book ref. 106997) £4.00
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