Introduction by Rt. Hon. the Lord Gardiner, Lord Chancellor 1964-70. Pp. xii+236, 8 plates, index; demy 8vo; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1984. Reprinted. *'In February 1973, Stanley Adams blew the whistle on illicit trading practices of the giant multinational drug company Hoffmann-La Roche, the world's..... More
b Pp. [viii]+372(last blank), frontispiece, plus 3 plates, title page printed in red & black, appendix; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, soiled and slightly flecked, with a couple of small damp stains, edges of boards a trifle rubbed..... More
His Life and Trial. Pp. xvi+222(last blank), frontispiece, 11 plates (2 folding), the title page printed in red & black, appendices, addendum, corrigendum; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g.; endpapers lightly offset and browned, a little light foxing, pencilled..... More
Pp. xii+402, frontispiece, plus 6 plates, 4 page facsimile letter, the title page printed in red & black; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in black, the cloth faintly soiled, bottom fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; inked gift inscription (dated 1941) at head of upper free endpaper, scattered light..... More
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In two volumes. Volume One: Edited and selected by Sir Norman Birkett. With contemporary engravings. Pp. [iv]+260, frontispiece, plus 7 plates; Volume Two: Edited with an introduction by Lord Birkett. Pp. [ii]+266(last blank), frontispiece, plus7 plates; marching qr. black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, brown papered boards patterned in gilt..... More
Pp. [xii]+210+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece, 9 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, fore-corners slightly bruised; t.e.g.; endpapers browned, scattered foxing, occasionally heavy; William Hodge & Company, Edinburgh, 1914. First edition. Notable British Trials series..... More
Edited with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter. Pp. [xii]+202, frontispiece, plus 9 plates, the title page printed in red & black, bibliography; later red cloth (bound in the series style), spine lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; later endpapers; scattered light foxing; William Hodge..... More
Pp. [xii]+218, frontispiece portrait, 14 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth lightly flecked, fore-corners slightly worn or bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers offset and browned, scattered foxing, occasionally heavy; Butterworth & Co..... More
Pp. xxxii+262(last blank), frontispiece, plus 8 plates, title page printed in red & black, appendices; rebound in the series style in red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; later endpapers, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; William Hodge..... More
(The Port-hole Murder). Pp. xii+256(last blank), 11 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the fore-corners of lower board and head of spine slightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges lightly rubbed..... More
The Life and World of Al Capone. Pp. 410(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 20 plates, title page vignette, appendix, sources, index; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in red, black cloth boards with facsimile signature in blind on upper board, the spine cloth slightly foxed; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn..... More
Pp. xiv+278, 12 plates, 2 folding plans, the title page printed in red & black, chronological table, appendix; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, the boards slightly canted, bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed and..... More
Edited, with an Introduction by H. Montgomery Hyde. Pp. clx+324(last blank), frontispiece, plus 16 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel a...... More
Pp. xii+246, frontispiece plus 10 plates (including a double sided facsimile letter), 3 full page facsimiles, title page printed in red & black, appendices; green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, edges lightly rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; inked ownership inscription on upper free endpaper..... More
Pp. xii+224(last blank), frontispiece, 10 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; ownership stamp and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, endpapers offset and browned, scattered foxing; Butterworth & Co. (Australia), Limited, Sydney, n.d.[1930?]. Australian edition. Notable British Trials series..... More
With a Foreword by the Earl of Birkenhead. Pp. xviii+282, frontispiece plus 13 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices, index; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, lightly flecked, edges a trifle rubbed; text block slightly browned, a couple of spots of foxing; Canada Law..... More
Jack the Ripper case closed. Pp. xii+388(last blank), black & white frontispiece, 48 sepia plates, coloured endpaper map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Little, Brown & Company, London, 2002. First U.K. edition, Australian issue. *Cornwell Argues that the perpetrator of the Whitechapel murders was the..... More
Pp. [ii]+762(last blank), 12 plates (within pagination), notes and sources, documents, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle marked, with slight bruise at head of spine; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle creased, minor production (creasing) fault pp. 565, edges of leaves slightly..... More
Pp. xii+264, 12 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, fore-corners lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, several splits and chips at head and foot of backstrip and flap folds; outer leaves lightly..... More
Pp. xii+208(last blank), frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded and browned, edges slightly worn; William Hodge & Company, Limited, London, 1923. First edition. Notable British..... More
Foreword by Luke North. Pp. [ii]+56, mounted frontispiece portrait; printed paper wrappers, stapled, upper wrapper lettered and decorated in red & black, foxed and slightly soiled, the edges and backstrip chipped, partial remains of small sticker near top fore-corner of upper wrapper, small hole in lower wrapper; uncut, a few..... More
Pp. xii+208, frontispiece portrait plus 5 plates, including map, title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board decorated in blind; t.e.g; dust wrapper, edges and folds lightly worn, chipped and split, backstrip browned; some scattered foxing; William Hodge & Company..... More
The life of Danilo Dolci. Pp. 256, 24 plates, map, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; occasional very light foxing; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1965. First edition. *The first full-length biography of the man described by Aldous Huxley as the ideal 20th century saint, also known as the 'Gandhi of Sicily'. More
Pp. 12 plates (one folding), the title page printed in red & black, appendices; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; demy 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly foxed; free endpapers faintly offset; William Hodge & Company, Limited, Edinburgh, 1953. First edition..... More
