Murder Squad by Joyner William (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. the boards are edge worn and shelf rubbed. sunned. a bit cocked. a bit marked. tanning. a bit bumped on the edges. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.][RF18]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 216 pages (complete). Jacket worn, has some small edge tears, marked. Boards shelf rubbed and marked. Tanning, foxing. Still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. jacket is worn, torn and creased. edge wear and knocking on boards. foxing and marks. old tape residue. ownership inscription. fair copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Insect damaged on bottom page edges and boards- not affecting the text. the jacket is torn, worn and chipped on the spine. creased. shelf rubbed. spine sunned. a bit cocked. tanning. marked. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Hardback. The author was Ex-Detective Head Constable Johannesburg Murder Squad, and was the first in the Murder and Robbery Squad to be awarded the Queen's Medal - the highest decoration in the Police. He retired to farm in 1959. Chapter headings include : Plot to Kill Dr. Malan; Episode of the Nude Women; My First Murder Case; Riddle of the Locked Door; Nearly a Lynching; Murder on the Mine Dump; Honeymoon Murder Case; The Case Without a Clue; Two-Hundred-and-Twenty-Five Arrests in One Day; Prisoner of War and All That; The Bandits Who Crossed the Colour Line; Clue of the Cloth Cap; How the Murder and Robbery Squad Was Born; The Man with the Diamond-Treaded Shoes; Death of a Detective; Homicide at the Neptune Dry Cleaners; Letters From the Death Cell; Life and Death of the Msomi Gang. 216pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With gift insc. to fep, browned and sl. foxed edges. Vg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Slight Tears. First Edition. Ex-Detective Head Constable "Bill' Joyner was, without doubt, one of the most dedicated and therefore successful of the many crack detectives that made up the famous Johannesburg "Murder Squad". After a long series of particularly vicious crimes, which had the detectives and staff in Johannesburg working at full stretch for weeks on end, Joyner was, at his suggestion, charged with the responsibility of forming and bringing into operation this specialist section, in an effort to check the crime wave and to apprehend those responsible. Almost immediately results were forthcoming. Bill, with his intimate knowledge of the criminal mind and an extraordinary flair for Bantu languages soon got on to the track of a number of badly wanted men. With his devotion to duty exercised as never before, and the help of his loyal team of experts, he soon began to bring before the judiciary many criminals who finally had to pay the penalty required by society. At all times the humanity and understanding of this outstanding detective paid off, and, as is unfolded here, Bill could always obtain informa tion where others failed. Hardened criminals, White or Bantu, would trust him explicitly. A wide selection of his most famous cases, taken from his diary, are recounted here to make a most enthralling book for crime connoisseurs of all ages. This book is a taste of how it was in the Witwatersrand mining towns - Johannesburg, Benoni, Germiston and so on - in the 1950s and 1960s. 216 pages. Black-and-white photograph of Joyner. Cover somewhat discoloured. Otherwise a good, tightly bound copy ------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover, Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex-Detective Head Constable "Bill' Joyner was, without doubt, one of the most dedicated and therefore successful of the many crack detectives that made up the famous Johannesburg "Murder Squad". After a long series of particularly vicious crimes, which had the detectives and staff in Johannesburg working at full stretch for weeks on end, Joyner was, at his suggestion, charged with the responsibility of forming and bringing into operation this specialist section, in an effort to check the crime wave and to apprehend those responsible. Almost immediately results were forthcoming. Bill, with his intimate knowledge of the criminal mind and an extraordinary flair for Bantu languages soon got on to the track of a number of badly wanted men. With his devotion to duty exercised as never before, and the help of his loyal team of experts, he soon began to bring before the judiciary many criminals who finally had to pay the penalty required by society. At all times the humanity and understanding of this outstanding detective paid off, and, as is unfolded here, Bill could always obtain informa tion where others failed. Hardened criminals, White or Bantu, would trust him explicitly. A wide selection of his most famous cases, taken from his diary, are recounted here to make a most enthralling book for crime connoisseurs of all ages. This book is a taste of how it was in the Witwatersrand mining towns - Johannesburg, Benoni, Germiston and so on - in the 1950s and 1960s. ---------------- 216 pages with a photo of Joyner ---------- Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5¾" - 8¾" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good, Slight Tears. First Edition. Ex-Detective Head Constable "Bill' Joyner was, without doubt, one of the most dedicated and therefore successful of the many crack detectives that made up the famous Johannesburg "Murder Squad". After a long series of particularly vicious crimes, which had the detectives and staff in Johannesburg working at full stretch for weeks on end, Joyner was, at his suggestion, charged with the responsibility of forming and bringing into operation this specialist section, in an effort to check the crime wave and to apprehend those responsible. Almost immediately results were forthcoming. Bill, with his intimate knowledge of the criminal mind and an extraordinary flair for Bantu languages soon got on to the track of a number of badly wanted men. With his devotion to duty exercised as never before, and the help of his loyal team of experts, he soon began to bring before the judiciary many criminals who finally had to pay the penalty required by society. At all times the humanity and understanding of this outstanding detective paid off, and, as is unfolded here, Bill could always obtain informa tion where others failed. Hardened criminals, White or Bantu, would trust him explicitly. A wide selection of his most famous cases, taken from his diary, are recounted here to make a most enthralling book for crime connoisseurs of all ages. This book is a taste of how it was in the Witwatersrand mining towns - Johannesburg, Benoni, Germiston and so on - in the 1950s and 1960s. 216 pages. Black-and-white photograph of Joyner.------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.