Resultados de búsqueda: Crime & Prisons from Bytown Bookery

Harper & Row. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Paperback. Trade Paperback in very good condition. Tightly bound, a few pages of highlighting with the previous owner's name written on the front free end paper . Some discoloration and edgewear to the covers. ; Tables & Graphs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 290 pages .

Harper & Row. Very Good. 1967. Paperback. 0404624294 . Trade paperback, very good, unmarked with previous owner's name written on the front free end paper. ; Tables & Graphs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 290 pages .

New York: Detective Book Club. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hard Cover. (As Issued) Very good, two small rust looking stains on the top of the front cover. Part of the Detective Book Club editions. Very clean text, tight copy. Also includes 3 more stories from Erle Stanley Gardner. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 164 pages .

London, England: Mayflower. Very Good. 1971. Mass Market Paperback. Good+, tightly bound and unmarked with age yellowing to the pages. Protected by a clear plastic covering." A definitive volume on the world's major cases of violent murder. He traces the history of violence from its beginning." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 253 pages .

RIVAGES. Near Fine. 2009. Mass Market Paperback. 2869306121 . A Near Fine Mass Market . An uncreased spine, a few numbers written on the back end paper, otherwise a bright, unmarked book. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 352 pages .

New York: Antheneum. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. 0689118317 . Grey hard boards / red spine covering / silver lettering on the spine. Book Club Edition. Previous owner's blind stamp and name on front free-endpaper. Light spine bumping, clean interior with a solid binding. DJ has some edgwear and 1/4 inch tear on the back cover at spine joint. A story of a true-life romance gone very wrong. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 346 pages .

Les Editiond Sociales Francais. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1965. Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback with heavy wear to the spine hinges, creasing to the front upper right hand cover, scuffing and the upper spine is a little loose from the book, an unmarked interior. The text is in the French language. ; Tables; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 188 pages .

Penguin Books, Limited (UK). Very Good. 2004. Paperback. 0140173951 . Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. Tightlyh bound and unmarked with tanning to the interior page edges, a crease to the front free end paper. "Fully updated and revised, Donald Rumbelow's classic work is the ultimate examination of the facts, theories, fictions and fascinations surrounding the greatest whodunit in history. "The Complete Jack the Ripper" lays out all the evidence in the most comprehensive summary ever written about the Ripper. Rumbelow, a former London Metropolitan policeman, and an authority on crime, has subjected every theory - including those that have emerged in recent years - to the same deep scrutiny. He also examines the mythology surrounding the case and provides some fascinating insights into the portrayal of the Ripper on stage and screen and on the printed page. More seriously, he also examines the horrifying parallel crimes of the Dusseldorf Ripper and the Yorkshire… Leer más

McClelland & Stewart. As New. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771039611 . SIGNED by the author on the half titles page. Black textured covers with silver titles to the spine. First Edition. Tight, bright, unmarked. The DJ is unclipped, As New condition. "Michael Harris's book about life inside prison is hard-hitting, hair-raising, and certain to be hugely controversial. "Con Game" shows us that Canadian penitentiaries are effectively run by their inmates. Behind bars, gangs control the booming drug trade and mete out their own rough justice to inmates who break their rules." ; 9.10 X 5.90 X 1.30 inches; 371 pages; Signed by Author .

Toronto, Ont.: McClleland & Stewart Inc.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0771039611 . Like new. Wonderful copy in an unclipped DJ with very light rubbing. Michael Harris’s book about life inside prison is hard-hitting, hair-raising, and certain to be hugely controversial. Con Game shows us that Canadian penitentiaries are effectively run by their inmates. Behind bars, gangs control the booming drug trade and mete out their own rough justice to inmates who break their rules. Guards sit by, prevented from interfering by a succession of court rulings that have limited their authority. Wardens and bureaucrats at Corrections Canada, intent on keeping their desks clean, allow prison murders to be written off as suicides. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 371 pages .

Boston, Mass: Little, Brown. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1980. Trade Paperback. 0316757756 . Very well bound with an unmarked text. The previous owner's name is written on the front free end paper, the covers have corner creasing and the spine hinge shows wear, light scuffing. "Here, Rothman explores the origins and consequences of the programmes that have dominated criminal justice, juvenile justice and mental health in the past century. He also casts new light on the modern effort to reform the asylum and devise alternatives to it. Rothman aims to further our understanding of the fundamental character of social order - and disorder - in the United States. A new epilogue assesses prison conditions in America over the past two decades and the more recent failed attempts to reform them. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 464 pages .

Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Publishing Company (OH). Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1999. Trade Paperback. 0870843222 . A Trade Paperback with glossy covers, light scuffing to the covers, edgewear and light bumping to the front cover corners. Tightly bound with some highlighting throughout the book. ; Tables; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 213 pages .

Fleming H Revell Co. Very Good. 1975. Paperback. 0800707397 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Tightly bound and unmarked with moderate cover scuffing and edgwear. "The deeple-moving letters that were the only ties between Corrie, her beloved ones and the outside world war during her time of trial and triumph." ; 6.90 X 4.20 X 0.60 inches; 129 pages .

Viking Adult. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670872490 . White / burgundy hard covers / gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound, unmarked text with light spine end bumping. Inscription to the previous owner on the front free end paper. First Edition, First Printing. DJ is Very Good, unclipped, tiny indent to the side of the front spine hinge. "Winner of the 1996 Sakharov Peace Prize, "The Courage to Stand Alone" collects the powerful and poignant writings of Wei Jingsheng, China's charismatic symbol of the struggle for democracy and human rights--including his eloquent and fearless letters of dissent to Deng Xiaoping and other Communist leaders." ; B&W Photographs; 1.2 x 10.5 x 7 Inches; 283 pages .

Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 1573929859 . Black hard covers, tight, bright, unmarked in As New condiiton. The DJ is unclipped in As New condition. "This engrossing book takes readers through the entire investigative process of five murder cases, with Dr. Lee as the gruesome tour guide." ; Color Photographs; 0.91 x 9.52 x 6.18 Inches; 316 pages .

University of Ottawa Press. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. Four Periodicals in Very Good condition. Tightly bound copies with unmarked interiors. The august copy has a number written on the front cover. French / English language. ; 10 "; 76 pages .

University of Ottawa. Very Good. 1976. Paperback. Two periodicals in Very Good condition. Tightly bound copies with unmarked interiors. The august copy has a number written on the front cover. French / English language. ; 10 "; 218 pages .

New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Cloth. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles to the cover and the spine. Stated First Printing. Light spine end bumping, with the previous owner's name written on the front free end paper. Tightly bbound with an unmarked interior, this copy is in very good condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 346 pages .

Holt McDougal. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Paperback. 0030912539 . Trade Paperback in very good condition. An unmarked copy with a solid binding, covers have scuffing and edgewear with two creases to the back cover. "Contents - Types of Criminal Behavior; Violent Personal Criminal Behavior; Occasional Property Criminal Behavior; Public Order Criminal Behavior; Conventional Criminal Behavior; Political Criminal Behavior; Occupational Criminal Behavior; Corporate Criminal Behavior; Organized Criminal Behavior; Professional Criminal Behavior." ; 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 Inches; 274 pages .

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Trade Paperback. 0131929550 . A Trade Paperback with suffing, edgewear, a crease on the spine. The previous owner's name is written on the title page, also a blind imprint on the same page. A clean (unmarked) interior with a solid binding. "This collection of first-hand accounts of under world and prison life penetrates to the source of the raw material that must be at the heart of any effective anti-crime research." ; 0.6 x 8.8 x 5.9 Inches; 228 pages .