Convict No (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pages a little tanned with foxing to edges, binding a little slack, hinges cracked, frontispiece loose; cover worn and rubbed, with faded backstrip, front cover has some ink scribbling. A sound, if scruffy, copy. No wrapper.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Contains 'It Had No Face' by Philips; 'Say it with Flowers' by Dunn; 'Murder in the Crimson Light' by Cummings; 'Skull and Bones' by Curry; 'The Lure of Long Whites' by Phillips; 'Hard to Kill' by MacIsaac (Part 5 of 6); 'The Passenger for Waco' by O'Liam; 'Illustrated Crimes' by Berdanier; 'They Play Both Ends Against the Middle' by Convict 12627; a narrative crossword puzzle by Tingley; and 'Solving Cipher Secrets' by Ohaver. Chipping around the edges of the front and rear covers with discolouration to the rear cover. The surface of the spine has largely been lost but the binding is secure. Small book shop exchange flyer bound into the pages somehow. Browning and a few light stains and marks to the pages through the magazine and a few edge tears. Illustrations at the beginning of each story. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Good. Condition Notes: A touch faded at the spine. The contents lightly toned with age, blanks more heavily so; Hardback. Orange boards with black titles to the spine & upper board; Measures 7½" x 4¾" (0.8 kg); pp (x) 250 (2 ads.); No publishing date stated, estimated from references. Includes: Line drawings; Frontispiece; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #188653 ||.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Brock, H. M. (illustrator). No date, c 1920/30"s (probably first edn) Terracotta boards, black titling to front cover and to spine, spine slightly faded, corners and head/tail of spine bumped, few spots to spine. Slight offsetting, small Name/writing on front endpaper. Photo frontis and 11 black and white illus by Brock. 250pp. Foxing mainly to page edges. Overall internally CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT. Hinges sound. ; 105614; 8vo.

Hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covers, black lettering to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 250, 2 [pp]. Monochrome photographic frontispiece, 11 monochrome illustrations. Light pencil lines to margins, sporadic foxing to end papers and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. TRUE CRIME.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Over the Wall, Duncan, Lee (Ex-Convict No. 9256 Oregon State Prison), E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1936, 368p, hc no dj, boards bumped/scuffed, clean text, solid binding, gift inscription front fly, nice solid copy---bio of Oregon prison escapee--70.00.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Hardcover. 8vo. The University of Cincinnati Press, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1927. Xi, 177 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A first-hand account of prison life by Clark (convict 5126) who tells of his life from 1866 to 1935, with thirty-five years spend in 9 prisons for various crimes committed in Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. There is an interesting appendix offering a glossary of criminal jargon; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.