True Crime from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

Fredericton, N. B.: Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1984 Book. Illus. by Drawings By Alexander McGibbon. Very Good Minus. Trade Paperback. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orange trade paperback with black lettering. Wear to front cover. Spine sunned. Stain on back cover (coffee?). An account of the part played by New Brunswick in the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions, 2016 Book. Illus. by B & W Photos. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original pictorial trade paperback with red and black covers and white and red lettering. In the summer of 2011, a Saint John, New Brunswick millionaire was brutally murdered in his office. Four… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, 1989 Book. Illus. by Tom Barnes Cover Photo. Near Fine. Soft cover. First (Number Line Contains 1). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cream-coloured paperback with navy and red lettering, and aqua illustration of the Hopewell Cape courthouse on cover. The victim in this case was Mary Ann McAuley, the New Ireland parish… Saber más sobre este artículo

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Limited, 2005 Book. Illus. by B/W Photos, Cartoons. Very Good Minus. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 6 x 9 Inches. Original trade paperback. Slight creasing at bottom edge of front cover. No writing. In the summer of 2004, a truckload of 50,000 cans of beer destined for Mexico disappeared in New Brunswick, along with the truck… Saber más sobre este artículo

Woodstock, N.B.: Non-Entity Press, 1979 Book. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original beige softcover copy of a book originally published in 1910. Minor abrasions to covers. Bottom corner of one page folded. In July, 1814, a suave young man who gave his name as Henry More Smith was charged with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good Minus. Soft cover. First Printing Stated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Softcover paperback with photos on the front. Spine creased down the middle. An escaped murderer from the Miramichi terrorized New Brunswickers for seven months in 1989. In January, 2021, Allan Legere had a parole… Saber más sobre este artículo

Perthshire: Crossmount House, 1998 Book. Illus. by Maps, Photos, Drawings. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author discovers an ancestor to have died in a duel, the next-to-last one in Scotland. She sets out to tell the story, apparently without considering her story-telling ability or the value of the subject matter. What… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Free Press/ Macmillan, 1988 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Tiny repaired tear to DJ foot of spine. Personally, one of the most horrifying stories I have ever read. I was just four years older than he at the time, having just graduated from… Saber más sobre este artículo

Plainfield, N.J.: Logos International, 1977 Book. Illus. by Photos. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red paper boards. Free endpapers removed. Gift note. Susan Atkins was one of several young women influenced by Charles Manson to participate in robbery and murder in the San Francisco area in 1969. Convicted of murder in the first degree, she spent… Saber más sobre este artículo

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2016 Book. Illus. by Colour Photos. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Four years after it happened the case was finally brought to trial. Verdict: Guilty of second-degree murder. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal. Update: After a re-trial, Dennis Oland was acquitted of the charge in July, 2019. 255… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1962 Book. Illus. by Drawings and Document. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red paper boards. DJ has three small edge tears. Three men in a boat were all that were left after they ate the cabin boy. Two tins of turnips were long gone. It happened in 1884. 158… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Kroy Wen Publishers, Inc., 1932 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bright orange cloth on boards. No writing or damage. The only title published by Kroy Wen in 1932..

New York: William Morow and Co., Inc., 1982 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White paper boards backed in white cloth. Even in Hollywood taking other people's money is frowned upon. 544 pp..

Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1982 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Brief gift note. The man in charge of RCMP Security Service for nearly 20 years was sacked on suspicion alone, it seems. I was into the third chapter before I felt… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tal. Blue cloth on boards. Library card pocket. Clear plastic wrapper over unclipped DJ. Begins with the hiring of the first salaried provincial constable, John Wilson Murray, in 1875. Does not include the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2006 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tal. Original black cloth on boards. True account of a convicted doper and dealer. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, he ws paroled after 5. Gutter talk. 358 pp..

Toronto: Harper Collins Publishers Ltd., 1999 Book. Illus. by Photos. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black paper boards backed in black cloth. No writing or damage. 466 pp..