George Dilnot Editor (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. First Edition: Geoffrey Bles- London. Very Good with light spotting to edges and light wear to cover. Nice! Y6B.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A day-by-day account of the 1877 trial of most of the Chief Detectives of Scotland Yard, accused of colluding with criminals. First U.S. printing. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine slightly sunned, with a damp stain to the upper corner of the rear board and text block.…

1929. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 274pp. Frontispiece, photographs. Previous owner's name, small tear to the top of the spine. Trial of Austin Bidwell, George Bidwell, George MacDonnell & Edwin Noyes. Publisher series: Famous Trials Series. Series: Famous Trials. (Law, Bank of England, Forgery, Trials--England). …

1st edition. 8vo. 269pp. B/w. portrait frontispiece and illustrations. Some occasional slight foxing. Original red cloth faded to spine. BEige d/w. lettered in black, soiled and torn with loss. Famous Trials Series. US$29.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 275 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on the ffep in pencil. Page edges are darkened. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles. Lightly faded on the spine. Lightly worn on the corners. VG/- -. Book.

Half title, front., illus.; fore edge of pp. 13/14 trimmed. Blue cloth; sl.chip to following hinge. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. The Blazing Car Mystery - murder in 1930 of an unknown man.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Presumed First Edition. No stated date c1927. Presumed first edition. 367pp., frontispiece and 6 other black and white illustrations. This is a volume in the publisher's 'Famous Trials' series. The general editor was George Dilnot (1883-1951), an English writer and novelist who specialized in crime novels and non-fiction criminology. It is an account of the trial of Norman Thorne (c.1902-1925), an English Sunday school teacher and chicken farmer who was convicted and hanged for what became known as the chicken run murder. Thorne murdered his fiancée Elsie Cameron (born 1898) on 5 December 1924 at his chicken farm in Crowborough, Sussex, and later dismembered and buried her body. The book is bound in the original dark purple cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some soiling to the boards. The spine has faded to a light brown colour and there is lighter fading on the top 2 1/2" of both boards. The spine ends are lightly bumped. The contents are tight and clean with some foxing to the first and last few pages, including a few marks on the title-page. There is no inscription.…

Half title, front., illus. Red cloth; spine sl. dulled. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. 1900 murder of his wife, her body discovered on the beach at Great Yaremouth.

Half title, front., illus. Blue cloth; dulled. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. 1923 murder in south west London.

Half title, front., illus. Blue cloth; sl. rubbed. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. Antwerp Murder, 1882. Armand Peltzer and his brother were found guilty of the murder of Guillaume Bernays following Armand's romantic involvement with Bernay's wife.

Half title, front., illus. Blue cloth; dulled. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. Barrister turned criminal forger; also included is the Gold Bullion Robbery trial of the same year, 1857.

Half title, front., illus., 3pp ads. Red cloth; spine sl. dulled. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. The disappearance of Madame Collomb in Paris, 1915, and her murder by Henri Desire Landru, a career criminal.

Half title, front., illus. Blue cloth; sl. dulled. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. Murder by a Harvard Professor of Chemistry, 1850.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Internally very good - evidently seldom read, binding frm, cover (red with black lettering) bright with hint of fading to spine, moderate spotting to edges of textblock Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trial of the Barrister and forger. Some foxing throughout otherwise VG.

Half title, front., illus. Blue cloth; dulled. From the library of the novelist, Beryl Bainbridge. The 1873 forgery case which cost the Bank more than £100,000.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published, May 1928. The first edition, first printing. Illustrated with 5 whole page photos including frontispiece. Ex library with stamps and plate but showing minor use. Little rubbing to spine ends. A little soiling to top edges. But the interior text block is bright and free from reading marks. Overall a well maintained book, tight, strong. Wide margin and quality thick paper. 16cm x 23cm, 302 pp.…

Charles Scribner's Sons. 1928. First US Edition. Hardback with no DW. 8vo. Illustrated with numerous plates. Beautifully rebound in quarter red morocco, with gilt motifs of Lady Justice to spine, red marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Page edges browned o/w contents clean and sound. A lovely copy. A fascinating item, documenting the trial of the second of "The Crumbles Murders" which involved a brutal murder and dismemberment.…

London: Geoffrey Bles, [1928]. Rhode, John, [1884-1964]. Constance Kent, [1844-1944], Defendant. The Case of Constance Kent. London: Geoffrey Bles, [1928]. viii, 278 pp. Frontispiece. Famous Trials Series. General Editor: George Dilnot. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt stamped spine and blind title to front cover. Moderate shelfwear. Fading to spine. Small nick to front board. Foxing to pages, otherwise internally clean. A good copy. $125. * Examines the infamous 1860 Road Hill House murder providing the details of the events surrounding the murder of three-year-old Francis Saville Kent, who was discovered with his throat cut in an outdoor privy on his family's property in Wiltshire, England. The local police were initially unsuccessful in their investigation, so Scotland Yard sent Detective Inspector Jack Whicher to assist. Rhode's account covers how Whicher's suspicions fell upon Francis's older half-sister, 16-year-old Constance Kent. Whicher built a case against Constance based on slender clues and had her arrested, but the public outcry and press agitation at the time led to the charges being dropped. Five years after the murder, Constance, under intense religious influence, confessed to the crime and was tried and convicted. The case became a sensation that fascinated authors like Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens, influencing their own work. Rhode's account revisits the case, delving into the police procedures and motivations of the key players. He expresses his contempt for the Victorian-era class privilege that shielded the Kent family and led to Whicher's humiliation. The book offers an analysis of the evidence and the social factors that complicated one of the 19th century's most notorious criminal cases. London: Geoffrey Bles, [1928]. (illustrator).…