Goodman Jonathan Ed (56 results)

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Ex-library with usual stamps. Dust jacket with protective plastic cover. Bowing and weakness at spine but completely intact. Many classic 'car' murders including Arthur Rouse (the 'Blazing Car' mystery) on which the seller has written a lengthy book; Bonnie and Clyde; Alexander Campbell Mason, Glasgow policeman, James Robertson; Ernest Brown in 1933 (also guilty of the 'Burning' of Evelyn Foster in 1929?) etc. Illustrations. 218 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £6.60.…

1st ed. 13 classic true crime stories. Pages clean; binding tight Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. VG++, Shelfwear, bump/VG+, Edgewear, 2 tears, flake. "An intriguing collection of true-crime stories connected with the artistic and literary worlds, including the murder of playwright Joe Orton, the shooting of architect Stanford White and Oscar Wilde's portrait of Thomas Griffiths Wainewright, poet, painter and poisoner". Jacket design by Ken Leeder. Expanded condition report/scan on request. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Difficult-to-come-by collection of true crime 'supernatural' murders edited by a UK doyen of the genre. So many well-known cases: Gutteridge, Rasputin, witch burners, Bram Stoker etc. Plates. 187 pages. Quoted postage for UJK 2nd class. Overseas at least £5.85.

Hardcover. First US edition. Hardcover, near fine+ in VG DJ. DJ is laminated, rubbed along edges, with several small (under 1/2 inch) nicks and chips, starting to age yellow; price clipped. Book has prv own insc ptn, o/w tight, bright, clean, with paper still crisp.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has light toning. DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good pbk reprint. Damage to the back cover. ISBN 0749311266. 19595.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. Brady and Hindley, torturers and child killers. Michael Ryan goes berserk with a machine-gun in Hungerford. Jeffrey Dahmer, the real Hannibal Lecter. The Newall brothers kill for their inheritance. Thirty years of crime that have shocked a nation and the world. Here are the stories of some of the most notorious murder cases in recent times. From the calculated evil of the Moors Murderers, Yorkshire Ripper and Black Panther to the equally awful cries for help of Michael Ryan, who slaughtered a town, and Beverly Allitt who killed tiny babies. Gathered from the files of the 'Daily Telegraph', these contemporary accounts give a chilling insight into the depth of public feeling and shock as the crimes were committed or discovered and the murderers tracked and caught. Illus. + Index. 208pp. p/back. A companion volume to 'The Daily Telegraph Murder File'. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.…

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. The author explains the word 'vintage' refers to the tales of murder, not invariably the vehicles that play such an important unanimate part in these tales. 13 classic cases, some British and some American, which include : Rouse, Evelyn Foster, the murder of Frederick Morton by Ernest Brown, Valerie (Kim) Newell, Bonnie & Clyde, Baby-Face Nelson, James Ronald Robertson, Henry Wainwright, Nan Patterson etc. In 13 classic cases, the editor shows just how lethal the internal combustion engine is a lethal weapon. Illus. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 13 true crime stories. Good condition.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. 19 classic true murder stories by some of the best writers of true crime - stories that are unusual, notorious or classics of their kind. From the fiendishly clever to the madly macabre. Contents include : Kenneth Allsop on the Chicago wheeler-dealer whose bluff backfired; Richard D. Altick on the man who trained nude bicyclists; Jacques Barzun on Burke and Hare; Dorothy Dunbar on the legendary Lizzie Borden and her axe; the last words of Arthur Flegenheimer, better known as Dutch Schultz; Jonathan Goodman on the minds of Brady and Hindley; Edgar Lustgarten on a clever cross-examination in the Neville Heath trial; Edmund Pearson on the sob-sisters who saved a woman from the electric chair; Henry David Thoreau on multiple scalpings in Massachusetts; James Thurber on the killing of the clergyman and his mistress; Richard Whittington-Egan on the unsolved Bloomsbury horror; Alexander Woollcott on the murder of a bridge partner; the anonymous account of the murder of an oranges and lemons seller in Fig Lane, 1685 + much more. 208pp. 8vo. h/back. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+ in Vg+ dw.…

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. Reprint. SIGNED. The startling facts behind a century's headlines. Bigamist drowns wives in bath. Mrs Rattenbury takes own life after lover is found guilty. Bentley's 'Let him have it' - cry of surrender or order to kill? Collected together in this book are nerve-jangling accounts from a century of murder. Taken intact from the 'Telegraph's' superlative domestic crime pages, they range from the lurid, through the chilling, to the touching and sometimes tragic. Linking these fascinating contemporary extracts is commentary by the author, a crime expert. He looks at the background to the murders and the evolving ways of reporting them and introduces us to some of the influential figures - from judges to executioners - responsible for their trial and sometimes capital punishment. Illus., Index. 202pp. trade size p/back. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Browned pp. o/w Vg+. signed and inscribed by author.…

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. Reprint. SIGNED. The startling facts behind a century's headlines. Bigamist drowns wives in bath. Mrs Rattenbury takes own life after lover is found guilty. Bentley's 'Let him have it' - cry of surrender or order to kill? Collected together in this book are nerve-jangling accounts from a century of murder. Taken intact from the 'Telegraph's' superlative domestic crime pages, they range from the lurid, through the chilling, to the touching and sometimes tragic. Linking these fascinating contemporary extracts is commentary by the author, a crime expert. He looks at the background to the murders and the evolving ways of reporting them and introduces us to some of the influential figures - from judges to executioners - responsible for their trial and sometimes capital punishment. Illus. + Index. 202pp. p/back. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name rubber stamp and green felt-tip date to inside back cover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO PAUL BY JON GOODMAN. Browned pp. and sl. sunned sp. o/w Vg+ with minimal creasing to covers. signed by author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. A little light foxing along foredge.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. The pages are browned, the cover is creased at the top and bottom corners.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. The pages are lightly browned, the cover has slight creasing at the front bottom corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good - Some Wear. 1st Edition. Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The dust jacket has minor wear. The edges of the book are somewhat tanned. The edges of the book have light tanning. 525 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size D: 7"-8" Tall (177-203mm).…

Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Book Club ed. A tidy copy in tight binding. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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x+278pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback. Reprint. 19 classic true murder stories by some of the best writers of true crime - stories that are unusual, notorious or classics of their kind. From the fiendishly clever to the madly macabre. Contents include : Kenneth Allsop on the Chicago wheeler-dealer whose bluff backfired; Richard D. Altick on the man who trained nude bicyclists; Jacques Barzun on Burke and Hare; Dorothy Dunbar on the legendary Lizzie Borden and her axe; the last words of Arthur Flegenheimer, better known as Dutch Schultz; Jonathan Goodman on the minds of Brady and Hindley; Edgar Lustgarten on a clever cross-examination in the Neville Heath trial; Edmund Pearson on the sob-sisters who saved a woman from the electric chair; Henry David Thoreau on multiple scalpings in Massachusetts; James Thurber on the killing of the clergyman and his mistress; Richard Whittington-Egan on the unsolved Bloomsbury horror; Alexander Woollcott on the murder of a bridge partner; the anonymous account of the murder of an oranges and lemons seller in Fig Lane, 1685 + much more. 208pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in Vg+ dw. …

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. This collection contains all the 'latest' information on the world's most notorious 'recent' murder cases, and includes an in-depth account of the crimes of Beverley Allitt - 'The Killer Nurse on Ward 4' - by Brian Marriner. Contents include : Christopher Gore and the Tetbury Axe Murders; John Gotti - The Teflon Don; Chikatilo - The Moscow Monster; The 'Fatal Attraction' Murder; The Exxon Kidnapping; Blind Jonah and the Glasgow Ice Cream War, plus Revised Versions of The A6 Case and Doubts About Hauptmann, and many more. 213pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp., with crime historian Jonathan Goodman's embossed stamp to fep. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TO WILF GREGG. Nr. F. with no creasing to covers. signed and inscribed by author. …

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 140 pages, 121 colour & b/w illustrations, cv, bibliography, signed by artist to title page, also includes als to supporter of the publication, signed by artist, laid-in. Minor wear, small tear to head of dustjacket spine. [767] Size: 255mm. x 215mm. Signed by Artist.…

Condition: Good. 8vo. Black Cloth. Mylar jacket. Dust Jacket Good with remnant of sticker inside cover, else Very Good, spine sunned. 278 pp. ISBN 0850315360.

Condition: Good. 4to. 140 pp. Soft, printed glossy wraps with French folds. Very good with marginal edgewear. Color plates.

Condition: New.