On this page are the 51 books about true crime and espionage that are in stock as of February 6, 2008, and here is how you can order any of them from Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire.
1. Anderson, Gerald, THE UFFDA TRAIL - BASED ON AN ACTUAL TRIAL: CLAY COUNTY, MINNESOTA IN THE LATE 20'S, Martin House Publications, Hastings, MN, (1994) 2nd ptg, 192pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0961343737, (Order No: 49779 ), $5.00
2. Andrews, William, OLD-TIME PUNISHMENTS, The Tabard Press Limited, London, c1970s, B&W illustrations, 251pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Originally published in 1890, this book is a treatise on the Punishments administered to offenders in less-enlightened times. These punishements were far from humane., (Order No: 8051 ), $5.00
3. Arm, Walter (with a foreword by Miles F. McDonald), PAY-OFF!: THE INSIDE STORY OF BIG CITY CORRUPTION, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc, New York, (1951) 1st ptg, 267pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), The exclusive story of the Brooklyn gambling investigation. It is the true story of an unholy alliance between gamblers and police., (Order No: 27641 ), $12.50
4. Astor, Gerald, HOT PAPER: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FANCY NEW YORK BANK IS RIPPED OFF FOR $13,000,000, Saturday Review Press, New York, (1975) 1st ed, 212pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0841504059 The story of the theft in 1969 of $13,194,000 in negotiable securities from the seventeenth floor of 23 Wall Street, which happens to be the "custody section" of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company., (Order No: 17973 ), $5.00
5. Brumberg, Joan Jacobs, KANSAS CHARLEY - THE STORY OF A NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOY MURDERER, Viking, New York, (2003) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 273pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 067003228X Orphaned at the age of six, Charles Miller spent his adolescence riding the rails under the self-styled moniker "Kansas Charley." On a September evening in 1890, when he was only fifteen years old, he shot and killed two young men in a boxcar headed for Wyoming. His trail lasted three days, ending in a death sentence that resulting in his controversial 1892 hanging in Cheyenne., (Order No: 49470 ), $4.00
6. Bugliosi, Vincent (with Bruce B. Henderson), AND THE SEA WILL TELL, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1991) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 574pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0393029190 A brutal crime on an eerily beautiful Pacific island; an incomparable legal mind grappling with the nuances of the law and the fatal quirks of human nature; a courtroom drama whose outcome is in doubt down to the last rap of the gavel--an unforgettable true crime story of our time., (Order No: 21807 ), $5.00
7. Campion, Daniel J. and Stearns, Myron M., CROOKS ARE HUMAN TOO - A FASCINATING POLICE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1957), 243pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The fascinating life story of Captain Daniel J. Campion, the World's greatest pickpocket detective, who has learned more about the habits and tricks of "hooks" and confidence men than any other man alive., (Order No: 53210 ), $10.00
8. Chester, Lewis; Fay, Stephen; and, Young, Hugo, THE ZINOVIEV LETTER, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1968, B&W illustrations, 219pp, good, light olive green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 39808 ), $7.50
9. Cooke, T. G., FINGER PRINTS, SECRET SERVICE, CRIME DETECTION, Finger Print Publishing Assn, Chicago, IL, (1930) 2nd ed, B&W illustrations, 78pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), The purpose of this book is to explain and demonstrate that criminal identification and modern scientific secret service methods are based on simple, common-sense facts which are easily mastered by any normal person of average intelligence., (Order No: 28199 ), $5.00
10. Cornwell, John, EARTH TO EARTH - A TRUE STORY OF THE LIVES AND VIOLENT DEATHS OF A DEVON FARMING FAMILY, The Ecco Press, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 174pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 088001069X In September 1975, the death of three people brough to an end six hundred years of rural solitude for the Luxton family of mid-Devon, England., (Order No: 50806 ), $10.00
11. Deriabin, Peter and Gibney, Frank, THE SECRET WORLD, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1959 1st ed, 334pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The terrifying report of a high officer of Soviet intelligence whose conscience finally rebelled., (Order No: 37661 ), $5.00
12. Duncan, Martha Grace, ROMANTIC OUTLAWS, BELOVED PRISONS: THE UNCONSCIOUS MEANINGS OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, New York University Press, New York, (1996) 1st ptg, 272pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814718809 This book portrays upright citizens who harbor a "strange liking" for criminal deeds, and criminals who conceive of prison in positive terms: as a nurturing mother, an academy, a matrix of spiritual rebirth, or a refuge from life's trivia., (Order No: 19732 ), $10.00
13. Finch, Heneage (Earl of Nottingham), AN EXACT AND MOST IMPARTIAL ACCOMPT OF THE INDICTMENT, ARRAIGNMENT, TRAIL AND JUDGEMENT (ACCORDING TO LAW) ..., John Berkenhead, London, 1660 1st ed, 287pp, very good, 3/4 19th century leather binding (hardcover), "...OF NINE AND TWENTY REGICIDES, THE MURTHERERS OF HIS LATE SACRED MAJESTY OF MOST GLORIOUS MEMORY: BEGAN AT HICKS-HALL ON TUESDAY, THE 9th OF OCTOBER, 1660 AND CONTINUED AT THE SESSIONS-HOUSE IN THE OLD-BAYLEY UNTILL FRIDAY, THE NINETEETH OF THE SAME MONETH. TOGETHER WITH A SUMMARY OF THE DARK, AND HORRID DECREES OF THOSE CABALLIFTS, PREPARATORY TO THAT HELLISH FACT. EXPOSED TO VIEW FOR THE READER'S SATISFACTION, AND INFORMATION OF POSTERITY." Please note, I have replaced "f's" with "s's" for ease of reading. The extremely uncommon first edition of the trial of the regicides in October, 1660. Ten were condemned to death and publicly hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross or Tyburn, London., (Order No: 51680 ), $450.00
14. Fisher, Jim, THE GHOSTS OF HOPEWELL: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT IN THE LINDBERGH CASE, Southern Illinois Univ. Pr., Carbondale, IL, (1999) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 201pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0809322854 In this illustrated examination of the Lindbergh kidnapping case, Jim Fisher seeks to set the record straight regarding Bruno Hauptmann's guilt in the crime of the century., (Order No: 43207 ), $12.00
15. Friedman, Allen and Schwarz, Ted, POWER AND GREED: INSIDE THE TEAMSTERS EMPIRE OF CORRUPTION, Franklin Watts, New York, 1989 1st ptg, 284pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0531151050 "The Brotherhood of Teamsters is the most amoral and criminal union in the history of American labor. Its tentacles have a stranglehold on all business and politics. It was not always so pernicious, nor so influentila. In its growth and corruption there is a shocking story of the excesses that labor, business and politics have visited upon 20th century America.", (Order No: 9120 ), $3.00
16. Frost, Richard H., THE MOONEY CASE, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 1968, 60 B&W photographs, 563pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing of 1916 and its aftermath-one of the most sensational radical-labor prosecutions in American history., (Order No: 13785 ), $7.50
17. Hale, Clarence E., THE STONE HOUSE MURDER AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND TALES, The Pequot Press, Chester, CT, (1977), B&W ill. by Buff Elting, 178pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871060906 In this book you will "taste the flavor of rural New England life in the 1890s and the tang of Yankee temperament. Your host on this delightful reading journey writes from first hand knowledge.", (Order No: 15611 ), $7.50
18. Harrison, Shirley (narrative by), THE DIARY OF JACK THE RIPPER, Hyperion, New York, (1993) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 323pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1562827049 Includes the full text of the diary and the arguments for and against its authenticity., (Order No: 2840 ), $6.00
19. Indiana, Gary, THREE MONTH FEVER: THE ANDREW CUNANAN STORY, Cliff Street Books, New York, (1999) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 254pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060191457 In this volume, his first book-length work of nonfiction, Gary Indiana presents the 1997 killing spree of Andrew Cunanan as a peculiarly contemporary artifact, an alloy in which reality and myth have been inseparably combined., (Order No: 29730 ), $3.00
20. Jacobs, Timothy, THE GANGSTERS, Mallard Press, New York, (1990), B&W illustrations, 87pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0792452690 Contents include: Al Capone and His Underworld; Lucky Luciano and His Underworld; Infamous Rural and Suburban Outlaws; John Dillinger; Pretty Boy Floyd; Baby Face Nelson; Ma Barker and Her Boys; Machine Gun Kelly; Bonnie and Clyde., (Order No: 45274 ), $10.00
21. Johnson, David R., ILLEGAL TENDER: COUNTERFEITING AND THE SECRET SERVICE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., (1995) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 222pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1560983590 With colorful vignettes of criminals and their gambits, the author explores the evolution of counterfeiting as a peculiarly urban crime, detailing its markets, advertising, and distribution networks--as well as such schemes as the "green-goods game," which netted some outfits $40,000 a month in profit., (Order No: 27086 ), $10.00
22. Jones, Louis C. (introduction by Theodore Corbett), MURDER AT CHERRY HILL: THE STRANG-WHIPPLE CASE, 1827, Historic Cherry Hill, Albany, NY, (1982), drawings by Ron Toelke, 125pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0943366046 The story centers on a love affair between Elsie Whipple, daughter of a leading Albany family, and Jesse Strang, a mere hired hand. The affair culminates in the murder for which Jesse Strang was convicted and hanged, the last public execution in Albany., (Order No: 45452 ), $10.00
23. Kahn, David, HITLER'S SPIES: GERMAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE IN WORLD WAR II, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1978) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 671pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025606107, (Order No: 1582 ), $8.50
24. Krajicek, David J., SCOOPED! MEDIA MISS REAL STORY ON CRIME WHILE CHASING SEX, SLEAZE, AND CELEBRITIES, Columbia University Press, New York, (1998) 2nd ptg, 230pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231102925 This book explores the development and history of both crime policy and crime reporting, which the author says is held to a lower standard than other news beats., (Order No: 35099 ), $12.50
25. Lemann, Nancy, THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1987 1st ed, 165pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 039456037X The New Orleans adventures of a young novelist covering the trials of the Governor of Louisiana, with digressions on smoldering nightclubs, jazz-crazed bars, and other aspects of life in the tropic zone., (Order No: 44777 ), $5.00
26. Lesser, Wendy, PICTURES AT AN EXECUTION: AN INQUIRY INTO THE SUBJECT OF MURDER, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1993, B&W illustrations, 270pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0674667352 At the center of the author's investigation is a groundbreaking legal case in which a federal court judge was asked to decide whether a gas chamber execution would be broadcast on public television., (Order No: 18197 ), $3.00
27. Lewis, Arthur H., MURDER BY CONTRACT: THE PEOPLE V. "TOUGH TONY" BOYLE, Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, (1975) 2nd ptg, 323pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0025705202, (Order No: 3608 ), $4.00
28. Lewis, D. B. Wyndham, THE SOUL OF MARSHAL GILLES DE RAIZ: WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES, HIS ABOMINABLE CRIMES, AND HIS EXPIATION, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1952, B&W illustrations, 209pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Marshal Gilles de Raiz (1404-40) is one of history's most eminent infanticides. The book is based chiefly on the documents pertaining to Gilles de Raiz's trial at Nantes in 1440, printed in their entirety in 1886 and providing a mass of evidence which speaks for itself., (Order No: 50832 ), $10.00
29. Lewis, O. F., THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN PRISONS AND PRISON CUSTOMS 1776-1845, Prison Association of NY, (1922) 1st ed, 350pp, good+, olive green cloth (hardcover), "With Special Reference to Early Institutions in the State of New York." The uncommon first edition., (Order No: 51666 ), $125.00
30. Lustgarten, Edgar, THE WOMAN IN THE CASE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1955 1st ed, 218pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Four famous murder trials examined by the foremost British crime expert." Contents include: The Acquitted: Alma Rattenbury; The Witness: Helen Lambie; The Victim: Harriet Staunton; and, The Enigma: Madeleine Smith., (Order No: 50811 ), $7.50
31. Marton, Kati, THE POLK CONSPIRACY: MURDER AND COVER-UP IN THE CASE OF CBS NEWS CORRESPONDENT GEORGE POLK, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, (1990) 1st ed, B&W photos, 369pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0374135533, (Order No: 6389 ), $3.00
32. McDonald, Douglas (with the assistance of Betty J. Bernstein), THE PRICE OF PUNISHMENT: PUBLIC SPENDING FOR CORRECTIONS IN NEW YORK, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, (1980), B&W tables and figures, 160pp, very good, rust color cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0891589120 This study presents a comprehensive description and analysis of how much money was actually spent in New York in 1977-1978, at all levels of government, for each of the control systems that incarcerate or supervise criminal offenders/defendants., (Order No: 38664 ), $35.00
33. Moran, Richard, EXECUTIONER'S CURRENT: THOMAS EDISON, GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ELECTRIC CHAIR, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2002 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0375410597 The amazing story of how the electric chair developed not out of the desire for a method of execution more humane than hanging but through an effort by one nineteenth-century electric company to discredit the other., (Order No: 47807 ), $7.50
34. Odell, Robin (with a foreword by W. Lindesay Neustatter), JACK THE RIPPER: IN FACT AND FICTION, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, (1965), B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), In a new and well-documented study, Robin Odell first gives a careful, factual reconstruction of the crimes and then describes each murder from the contemporary evidence. After this, he makes a critical analysis of some of the better known theories put forward in books over the years., (Order No: 46447 ), $85.00
35. Owen, David; Mendez, Antonio J. (foreword by former CIA Agent), SPIES: THE UNDERCOVER WORLD OF SECRETS, GADGETS AND LIES, Firefly Books, Ontario, Canada, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 1552977951 Packed with over 20 case studies and hundreds of photographs, SPIES is an exhilarating journey into the cloak-and-dagger reality of spy technology and the spies themselves., (Order No: 53285 ), $10.00
36. Parker, Theodore, THE TRIAL OF THEODORE PARKER, Theodore Parker, Boston, MA, 1855, 223pp, good, brown cloth (hardcover) some mottling to cloth, THE TRIAL OF THEODORE PARKER, FOR THE "MISDEMEANOR" OF A SPEECH IN FANEUIL HALL AGAINST KIDNAPPING, BEFORE THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, AT BOSTON, APRIL 3, 1855, WITH THE DEFENCE., (Order No: 50914 ), $40.00
37. Petrie, Janice S. C., PERFECTION TO A FAULT: A SMALL MURDER IN OSSIPEE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1916, Seatales Publishing Company, Topsfield, MA, (2000), 152pp, good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0970551002 When Florence Small's smoldering body rose to the surface of the basement water, local folks immediately suspected her husband, Frederick Small, of the crime., (Order No: 52260 ), $12.50
38. Reik, Theodor (translated from the German by Dr. Katherine Jones), THE UNKNOWN MURDERER, The Hogarth Press, London, 1936, 260pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "There is hardly a question connected with crime that the author does not consider in this interesting book. He analyses the interest we all take in crime, and the qualifications possessed by various officials concerned with it, and he discusses their value and limitations.", (Order No: 49579 ), $15.00
39. Roy, Jules (translated from the French by Robert Baldick), THE TRIAL OF MARSHAL PETAIN, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1968) 1st US, 264pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), On July 23, 1945, Marshal Petain went on trial for his life and the honor of France. The charge was treason. This dramatic and moving re-creation of the trial is the result., (Order No: 38115 ), $5.00
40. Rudolph, Robert, THE BOYS FROM NEW JERSEY - HOW THE MOB BEAT THE FEDS, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, (1999) 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 435pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0813521548, (Order No: 53576 ), $4.00
41. Schneir, Walter and Schneir, Miriam, INVITATION TO AN INQUEST: A NEW LOOK AT THE ROSENBERG-SOBELL CASE, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1965, B&W illustrations, 467pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) previous owner's inscrip., (Order No: 4557 ), $4.50
42. Semyonov, Julian (translated by Charles Buxton), TASS IS AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE ..., John Calder/Riverrun Press, London/New York, (1987), 352pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0714541206 A Soviet political thriller., (Order No: 22418 ), $5.00
43. Sharkey, Terence, JACK THE RIPPER: 100 YEARS OF INVESTIGATION, THE FACTS, THE FICTION, THE SOLUTION?, Dorset Press, New York, (1992), B&W illustrations, 144pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0880297298 Here is your chance to succeed where Victorian forces of law and order failed. Can you solve the mystery of Jack the Ripper?, (Order No: 31361 ), $8.00
44. Shew, E. Spender, A SECOND COMPANION TO MURDER, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, (1963) 1st ed, 293pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), A Dictionary of Death by the Knife, the Dagger, the Razor, the Axe, the Chopper, the Chisel; death by the Iron File, the Marline Spike, the Hammer, the Poker, the Bottle; Death by the Jemmy, the Spanner, the Tyre Lever, the Iron Bar, the Starting Handle; Death by the Sandbag, the Sash Weight, the Mallet, the Half-brick, the Stick, the Stone; Death by the Fire Tongs, the Butt End of a Revolver, the Metal Chair, etc., 1900-1950., (Order No: 26837 ), $7.50
45. Soubiran, Andre, THE GOOD DOCTOR GUILLOTIN AND HIS STRANGE DEVICE -- (ON DUSTJACKET - THE GOOD DR. GUILLOTIN AND HIS STRANGE DEVICE), Souvenir Press, London, (1964), B&W illustrations, 224pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Believe it or not, Dr. Guillotin did not invent the hideous machine that bears his name. In fact, he only narrowly excaped execution himself and his sole motive in suggesting the use of the guillotine was the prevention of further suffering to the victims of the French Revolution., (Order No: 3390 ), $17.50
46. Stevens, C. L. McCluer, FROM CLUE TO DOCK, Duffield & Company, New York, n.d., 256pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) a few pencil marks, Collection of short stories. Part I--Small Clues To Big Crimes; Part II--Mysteries That Have Puzzled The World; When "Justice" Has Blundered, Innocent People Who Have Been Wrongfully Convicted; Bygone Perils Of The Road, Murder Inns, Smugglers, And Highwaymen; Murder By Post; Historical Crimes And Mysteries; Crimes Of Love And Passion. GREAT BOOKPLATE OF MEN HANGING FROM GALLOWS AND TIED TO ELECTRIC CHAIR., (Order No: 41670 ), $15.00
47. Travers, Robert, ROGUES' MARCH: A CHRONICLE OF COLONIAL CRIME IN AUSTRALIA, Hutchinson of Australia, Victoria, Australia, (1973), B&W illustrations, 222pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 09118990X "A social history with a difference: it is an account of the times and crimes of certain of Australia's more colourful villains, the anti-heroes of colonial days.", (Order No: 52910 ), $12.50
48. Walker-Smith, Derek, LORD READING AND HIS CASES: THE STUDY OF A GREAT CAREER, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1934, B&W frontis, 400pp, good, purple cloth (hardcover) light fray top of spine, (Order No: 34610 ), $7.00
49. Whaley, Barton, CODEWORD BARBAROSSA, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (1973), B&W illustrations, 376pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0262230623 A case study of the decisive role of secret intellignece, code breaking, and counter-espionage at one of the turning points of history. Given all the relevant secret information available in early 1941, the reader is challenged to match wits with Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, and the international masters of intelligence of that time., (Order No: 15048 ), $8.50
50. Wolkovich, William, BAY STATE "BLUE" LAWS AND BIMBA, Forum Press of Brockton, Brockton, MA, n.d. c1970s, 141pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A Documentary Study of the ANTHONY BIMBA TRIAL for Blasphemy and Sedition in Brockton, Massachusetts, 1926., (Order No: 45876 ), $15.00
51. Wyndham, Horace, FEMININE FRAILTY, Ernest Benn Limited, London, 1929, B&W illustrations, 352pp, good w/chipped & soiled dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE, Among the cases included are those of Mrs. Gordon-Baillie, Laura Bell, Edith Carew, Mary Ann Clarke, Maria Manning, Lola Montez, Cora Pearl, Lavinia Ryves, Henrietta Strangway, and Catherine Walters. CONDITION NOTE Cont: light foxing to endpapers, and loss of small loss of cloth in gutters (not seen under jacket)., (Order No: 45821 ), $20.00