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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Second Canadian Edition By Publisher. 222 pages. "27 of the most bizarre crimes ever imagined. In South Africa in 1934, a detective investigated the brutal rape and murder of a young girl - a crime which he himself had committed. In early seventeenth-century Scotland, Sawney Beane and his family, using a cave as their headquarters, operated as highwaymen. They murdered scores of travellers whose bodies were never found. Reason: the ate their victims! The bizarre and the unique are featured in this group of astounding true stories of crime gathered from all over the world." CHAPTERS - (1) The Stone of Destiny; (2) Haydn's Head; (3) The People Eaters; (4) The Saga of the 'Santa Maria'; (5) One-Man 'Coup d'etat"; (6) Little Boy Lost; (7) Heart Failure; (8) Skeleton in the Pipe; (9) The Chancellor of the Exchequer; (10) The Artless Forger; (11) The Bogus Princess; (12) The Severed Hand;(13) The Art of Self-Investigation; (14) The Doll Lady; (15) The Cheat; (16) The Lost-Property Office; (17) The Train-Wreaker; (18) Arsenic Galore; (19) The Castro Impersonation; (20) He Got Away with Murder; (21) The Cigarette Vendetta; (22) Murder Without Motive; (23) The Fantasia Fantasy; (24) The Odd Prophet; (25) The Missing Link; (26) Operation Inflation; (27) The Posthumous Gangster; >> Cover scuffing & creasing; reading creases to paper spine; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Painted cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: FINE+, Near New. Second Canadian Edition By Publisher. 222 pages. "27 of the most bizarre crimes ever imagined. In South Africa in 1934, a detective investigated the brutal rape and murder of a young girl - a crime which he himself had committed. In early seventeenth-century Scotland, Sawney Beane and his family, using a cave as their headquarters, operated as highwaymen. They murdered scores of travellers whose bodies were never found. Reason: the ate their victims! The bizarre and the unique are featured in this group of astounding true stories of crime gathered from all over the world." CHAPTERS - (1) The Stone of Destiny; (2) Haydn's Head; (3) The People Eaters; (4) The Saga of the 'Santa Maria'; (5) One-Man 'Coup d'etat"; (6) Little Boy Lost; (7) Heart Failure; (8) Skeleton in the Pipe; (9) The Chancellor of the Exchequer; (10) The Artless Forger; (11) The Bogus Princess; (12) The Severed Hand;(13) The Art of Self-Investigation; (14) The Doll Lady; (15) The Cheat; (16) The Lost-Property Office; (17) The Train-Wreaker; (18) Arsenic Galore; (19) The Castro Impersonation; (20) He Got Away with Murder; (21) The Cigarette Vendetta; (22) Murder Without Motive; (23) The Fantasia Fantasy; (24) The Odd Prophet; (25) The Missing Link; (26) Operation Inflation; (27) The Posthumous Gangster; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light edge wear and small crease on bottom corner of the back cover which is a little discoloured. Three inch crease to the top corner of one page but otherwise only light browning to pages. Contains 'Subtle Victory' by Tubb, 'Highway i' by Maine, 'Blemish' by Christopher, 'Transition' by Wilcox and a two page letter by Aldiss. Cover illustration by John Richards under the name 'Davis.' Interior illustrations by Davis and Gerald. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Davis (Richards, John); Gerald (illustrator).…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. ----------13 science fiction pulp magazines, digest size. A COLLECTOR'S SPECIAL, included are ALL 11, THE COMPLETE SET, OF THE RARE CANADIAN EDITION, printed in the UK for the Canadian market. These issues have the same contents and covers as the identically numbered UK printings. They differ from the UK issues by having a 35¢ cover price, some Canadian wording on the copyright page, and are dated 2 months later than the UK printings. Condition is generally VG, there are some small cover pieces missing, small tears, creases, spine taped 1 volume. 2 UK issues are included as a FREE BONUS, #s 52 & 54. NOTE: the cover image scans show 2 different sizes for the issues. That is incorrect, scanner problem, all volumes are the same size. Davis (John Richards) (front covers) (illustrator).…