Jocko Thomas (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDFine.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Signed by the author on the half title page.this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages. Signed by Author.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. Nobody covers crime better than the legendary Jacko Thomas, police reporter with the 'Toronto Star' for more than 60yrs. The author ruled the big city crime beat from his perch at police headquarters. And he's seen it all, from the fast-talking con men to the larcenous politicians, including a good many corpses and hangings. Looking back over his colourful career, Thomas brings us face to face with some of Canada's most notorious hit men and thieves, men like the celebrated bank robber Red Ryan. It was Ryan who set the parole programme in Canada back two decades. The author tells how, and leaves egg on a lot of faces in doing so. He also writes about cops, the good ones and the bad - Cherry Nose, the police sergeant who turned out to be a Peeping Tom, and the infamous General Dennis C. Draper, chief of police. It was Draper who saw law and order as a matter of kill or be killed. The street was his battleground. The book also shows the lighter side of crime. You'll read how a gunman's moll named Kitty Kat MacDonald tried to put the move on a young court reporter by the name of John Bassett. You'll laugh at the operatic events surrounding the kidnapping of beer baron John Labatt. Counterpoint to the murder and mayhem is the author's own story, and the story of the razzle-dazzle days of newspaper reporting in the 40s, 50s and 60s when the scoop was still king and a reporter would do almost anything to get one. Illus. + Index. 218pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in F. dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. The book is inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the ffep. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear in a near fine dust jacket with light edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. The book is inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the ffep. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear and previous owner's name on the ffep in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. A bit of cover wear otherwise good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. The book is inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the half title page. The book is near fine with very slight edge wear in a near fine dust jacket with very slight edge wear. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 218 pp. Spine bumped. Jacket has light shelfwear. Jacket price-clipped. The legendary police reporter for the Toronto Star relates stories of some of Canada's most notorious criminals, and of the cops, good and bad, that he encountered. He also writes of his own career, and provides a fascinating look back at the heyday of newspaper reporting in the forties, fifties and sixties. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

256 pp.; 28.5 x 22.2 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, March 13 - May 23, 2004. Traveled to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, July 17 - October 3, 2004. Traveled to the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, February 5 - May 8, 2005. Exhibition organized and catalogue edited by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike. Essays by Aaron Rose, Christian Strike, Alex Baker, Thom Collins, Jeffrey Deitch, Carlo McCormick, Arty Nelson, James E. Walmesley, and Jocko Weyland. Artists include Thomas Campbell, Cynthia Connolly, Brian Donnelly, Cheryl Dunn, Shepard Fairey, Phil Frost, Mark Gonzales, Evan Hecox, Jo Jackson, Todd James (REAS), James Jarvis, Andy Jenkins, Chris Johanson, Spike Jonze, Margaret Kilgallen, Harmony Korine, Geoff McFetridge, Barry McGee, Ryan McGinley, Ryan McGuinness, Mike Mills, Stephen Powers (ESPO), Terry Richardson, Clare E. Rojas, Rostarr, Ed Templeton, and Tobin Yelland. Includes full page artists' pages on Raymond Pettibon, Clare E. Rojas, Jo Jackson, Craig R. Stecyk III, Chris Johanson, Thomas Campbell, Ed Templeton, and Barry McGee. Includes biographies of artists as well as of artists identified as roots and influencers including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Neil Blender, Henry Chalfant, Larry Clark, R. Crumb, Glen E. Friedman, Futura, Keith Haring, Wes Humpston, Ari Marcopoulos, Raymond Pettibon, Pushead, Craig R. Stecyk III, and Andy Warhol. Also includes contributor biographies. Very Good / Fine. Small bump to bottom right corner of publication and right side of recto. Light dusting of dust jackets. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to large size and weight additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.

Paperback. Condition: New.