Death Don, Signed (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First in this Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 187pp. Signed by author in black ink to ffep 'To Ken. With best wishes. Howard Shaw. 26-11-05'. Not library copy, light indentation to front and rear dustjacket. (14/5). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback, 1st US edn. INSC. AND SIGNED. "Mo Mo" Giancana, a kingpin of the Chicago mob for many years, was a friend of such show business luminaries as Frank Sinatra, Phyllis McGuire and Keely Smith, became involved with the CIA in the plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, and was a figure in major crime operations from Chicago to Hollywood and Miami to Las Vegas. In 1975, in true gangland style, he was gunned down in a killing that is still officially unsolved. The author traces the story of Giancana's savage rise to power, his unsavoury connections and dealings in high places, and the circumstances surrounding his grimly appropriate end. Illus., Index. 341pp. 8vo. h/back. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM BRASHLER. Vg+ in frayed and shelf worn G. only dw. One of the rarer 'Mafia' titles. signed and inscribed by author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. All four volumes (12mo) are signed in ink at the top of the title page by Admiral Lord Collingwood (Cuthbert Collingwood). With their small size in mind, these four volumes had been bought by Collingwood to be taken onboard ship during his campaigns. There is more than a distinct possibility they were present on HMS Sovereign during The Battle of Trafalgar. An unique set of books, linked to a pivotal event in British Naval history. On the death of Nelson, Collingwood assumed his position as Commander-in-Chief, transferring his flag to the frigate HMS Euryalus. Without Collingwood the outcome of the 21st October 1805 might have been very different, as would the future of Britain. Collingwood was in command of the very first ship to break through the French line. All four volumes are Very Good+, bindings are tight, pages clean, no signs of cracking. Apart from the signature of Cuthbert Collingwood in each volume, there are no other inscriptions or bookplates. A superb set. Books are exempt from US tariffs.

Toole's entry in the Oxford DNB describes how 'Toole was desolate, and his health broke', after the Tooles' twenty-two year-old daughter Florence died from typhoid fever on in November 1888, contracted a week before when visiting her parents who were performing at Cork. Her mother, Toole's wife Susan, died three and a half months later, in February 1889. Both letter and card are in good condition. They are enclosed in a grubby envelop, with stamp and postmarks, addressed to 'David Cunningham Esq / Belmont / Antrim / Ireland'. Letter and envelope have thick mourning border. ONE: ALS. 1 March 1889. 1p, 12mo. Signed 'J. L. Toole'. He thanks him for his 'kind and sympathetic letter - the loss of my dear Wife and Daughter has been a terrible blow to me', and he is going abroad for a few weeks. TWO: Lithographic portrait of Toole in character, on 7.5 x 11 cm card. Publishers' slug at bottom left, in tiny capitals: '"INK PHOTO." SPRAGUE & CO. LONDON.' It depicts Toole dressed as a Victorian schoolmaster, with wing-collar shirt and mortar board, with right hand holding up pince-nez to his eyes. Beneath the photograph, in a facsimile of Toole's handwriting: 'Yours truly "The Don" / J. L. Toole'. See image.

6 volumes, set. First UK editions, first impressions. Original hardcovers. Volume 6 has a silk marker ribbon. Volumes 2 & 5 are signed and dated on the title pages. Volume 3 has a signed publisher's sticker loosely inserted. Fine in fine d/ws. Time to make your own mind up about this opinion-dividing sequence? Lots of time. A fine set.