George Dilnot General Editor (11 results)

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

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.

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]. (illustrator). 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.