Mcdade, Thomas M (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. NOT a library discard; Edward Gorey (illustrator). First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: W. B. Thorsen, 1971. New and unread copy of the FIRST EDITION. NO owner's name or address label. Very mild age toning. This copy is from the publisher's surplus inventory which we acquired along with the magazine's archives -- now housed at the John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Vol. XXI #7, May 1971. "Edward Gorey, An American Gothic" by Thomas M. McDade has 5 Gorey illustrations including one drawn especially for this issue. A Gorey bibliography describes nearly 50 items. There are other articles on the Flatey Book, J.-K. Huysmans, Hogarth Press, etc. Charles Heartman's American Book Collector lasted 36 issues before publication ceased in 1935. In 1950, William B. Thorsen began a new magazine called The Amateur Book Collector. However, he soon received permission from Heartman's widow to change the name to American Book Collector. There were 233 issues published before its demise in 1976. A third incarnation of the American Book Collector, unrelated to the others, appeared in 54 issues between 1980 and 1987. . First Edition. Softcover. New. Illus. by NOT a library discard; Edward Gorey. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 360pp. Silver titles and red decoration on spine of black boards. Slight bowing to boards, red speckled spray on page ends suggesting remainder copy. Slight foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket has wear at spine ends but retains its original price. McDade's expansive and entertaining bibliography, in the original dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 288 p. illus., facsimiles., ports. 29 cm. ; LCCN: 66-26186 ; OCLC: 264475 ; LC: HV6233; Dewey: 364.9 ; Symons published over thirty crime novels and story collections between 1945 and 1994. ; grey cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Up to 1900 -- In the beginning was organisation -- Does criminal man exist? -- 20th Century first half -- Into the fingerprint -- Murder, scandal and corruption -- The gangs and FBI -- Great cases of t he period -- In our time -- The march of science -- Modern police methods -- The march of crime -- Punishment or therapy? -- The mafia and labour rackets -- Sex criminals and kidnappers -- Great modern cases: The Rosenbergs, The Black Widow and Ronald Chesney, The case of William Coffin, An Australian mystery, The Great Train Robbery, etc ; 750 illustrations ; VG/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. First edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Gently used ex-library copy with minor wear to the boards and clean interior pages. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Good. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1961)., (1961). Good. - Octavo, 9-5/8 inches high by 6-3/8 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in black cloth, titled in silver and decorated in red on the spine, in a pictorial red & black dust wrapper with a black & white vignette on the front panel. Imitation blood drops decorate the book's edges. The dust jacket's price is clipped. The jacket is slightly rubbed & soiled with minor chipping to the edges. xl & 360 pages, with occasional full-page & textual black & white illustrations. Very good. First edition.

FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering with red decoration to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus title page, xl + 360pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, minor tape staining & residue to board edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light soiling & chafing, rear flap clipped- text impeded).

cloth, dust jacket. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xi, 360 pages. First edition. Chipping and rubbing to the dust jacket, with some fading to the spine, else a good copy. 1126 books bibliographically described.

Hardcover. 360p. Ex-library copy of a black cloth hardcover book in good condition. Library stamp and check-out materials on front endpaper. Marking on spine and stamps of title page and page v. Corners bumped. Otherwise clean and tight. A bibliography of publications devoted to information, news, execution sermons, and court cases for murder trials. Illustrated with reproductions of some of the pamphlet covers and title pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. DJ in protective mylar cover, which is scuffed. DJ under cover has some bumping. Inscribed by author to former owner. Light shelf wear to book with some age staining to flyleaf. Else clean and tight.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Three stapled leaves printed both side. Illustrated by Gorey. Slight age-toning, very near fine. Four of the six pages provide a bibliographical checklist of Gorey books.

Hardcover. First. The Annals of Murder is a bibliography of true crime stories focusing primarily on murders that took place in the 19th century. McDade presents detailed records of notorious and sometimes lesser-known murders, including how they were investigated and prosecuted during those early years before modern forensic science. It is a fascinating look into the early American criminal justice system. 8vo, in original black boards with silver-lettered spine and red "blood drops" on top edge and fore edge. In original dust jacket. 360pp. including illustrations depicting reproductions of announcements and pamphlets. Price clipped dust jacket has minor edgewear and sunning to the spine. Overall, a Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. .

Hardback. Condition: nrFine. Dust Jacket Condition: nrFine Pc DW. 1st Edition. Top and fore edge sprinkled with red dots (? as issued). Dw spine a trifle faded. Else Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pp: xl, 360, index; 12 illustrations from covers of pamphlets. Bound in black cloth, spine stamped in silver and red. 9.5" x 6.25" Contains 1,126 annotated entries.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tanning to paper spine label on Quorum; jackets price-clipped; chips to Detective Story jacket top of spine and one on lower front spine edge, with a half-inch closed tear top front edge. ; Cloth with dust jackets on Detective Story and Annals. Quorum and Annals are first editions; Detective Story a reprint. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

24,2 x 16 cm. XVII, 359 Seiten. Original-Leinen ohne Schutzumschlag. Am unteren Rand durchgehend mit schwachem Wasserschaden: Papier welliug und etwas gebräunt (geruchsfrei, ohne Verklebungen und Schimmel). Sprache: englisch.

McDADE, Thomas M. The Annals of Murder. A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on American Murders from Colonial Times to 1900. Original cloth, dust jacket. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1961]. First edition. A fine copy.