Hellcatraz by Gardner Roy, Signed (5 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. signed by author on cover, tanned.

[CALIFORNIA]. First edition. 8vo. Inscribed by the author. Pictorial wrappers, 109 pp., author's note, foreword, illustrated. The author spent 25 months of his 18 years imprisonment on "The Rock," where he witnessed riots and killings and attempted breaks and mingled with the most dangerous and desperate men of the day. He wrote this little book and sold it as he did his job as a guide on Treasure Island that was converted for the Golden Gate International Exposition. He knew many of the criminals of the day and has much to say about Alvin Karpis, Al Capone, "Machine Gun" Kelly, and others. Six Guns 806 says, "Scarce." "These little books on life in Alcatraz were sold by the author while he was serving as a guide at the Golden Gate Exposition. He was a latter-day train robber." Covers lightly used else a very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., 109 pp., plates, portraits, stiff pi. wps., 6-Guns #806 Recollections of a latter day train robber. Scarce. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Self-published. nd. circa 1939. SIGNED FIRST EDITION SOFTBOUND in NEAR FINE Condition. SIGNED on title page: "Sincerely your-- Roy Gardner,-- Sept, 10, 1939," otherwise clean, tight, unmarked. This copy has the rare pasted-in pseudo-newsclip on inside front cover headlined "Fans Make Find." Approx 5 1/4" by 7 3/4," 109 pp. w/ rear panel showing minor soil. An extraordinary collectible copy. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Self-published. No date, circa 1939. Staple-bound soft cover inscribed, signed and dated by one-time "Most Wanted" gangster, Roy Gardner. Good condition. Small, missing piece at upper front corner of cover, with previous owner signature just below. A newspaper article glued inside has left a shadow on title page where Gardner signed. Gardner, a former inmate at Alcatraz, was a notorious mail robber who was once dubbed, "King of the Escape Artists". A rare and absorbing booklet. Signed by Author(s).