Gurr Tom (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. B00K: Fine/, $40.12 FAMOUS AUSTRALASIAN CRIMES GURR Tom; COX, H. H. FREDERICK MULLER LTD London * * * * * 1957 1sT Edition Sun Fading On A Red Spine With Title In Off White And Black Letters, Price Clipped Dust Jacket: Very Good/Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Edge And Corner Tears. Hard Cover Book: Fine/, 192 Numbered Pages That Are In Fine/ Condition, Appear To Be Lightly Viewed, And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine, Printed On Off White Paper, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Dusty On Top. Description, Applies To This BooK, ONLY. Acquired From The Estate Of Dolly Freund. This BooK Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped Carefully, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift. World Wide Shipping, Available. FREDERICK MULLER LTD. B00K: Fine/, 1957 (illustrator).…

Condition: Used - Good. First Edition. Bookshop stamp on front free end paper; page fore-edge foxed; binding tight. Dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with scuffing on spine Used - Good.

No Jacket. first edition 192pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. Some of the most fascinating cases in criminal history are included in this collection of notable Australian and New Zealand murders. Includes the story of motherly Caroline Grills, Sydney's one-woman crime wave, who was the first person in the world to commit mass homicide by the use of thallium. Here is the amazing case of Eugene Falleni, the woman who murdered her 'wife'. Also includes the pitiful story of Edward Williams, the broken-down musician who killed his 3 children from pity - but who himself was shown no pity by the Cabinet Minister who hanged him - and who later himself ordered a murder. Also features one of the crimes of the century - the case of the two schoolgirls of Christchurch, New Zealand, Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker. Illus. 192pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly foxed and browned edges. Vg. in chipped and frayed dw.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition, octavo. Publisher's green cloth boards with title to spine in gilt. Publisher's fully illustrated dust jacket, design by P. Morgan, unclipped. Rear panel advertises Compulsion by Meyer Levin, "a powerful psychological novel based on the notorious Leopold-Loeb murder case". Minor bumping to spine ends, though corners and edges remain sharp. Dust jacket has suffered some tears with the most notable wear to the spine panel, and a little foxing on the reverse. Internally bright and clean, with a contemporary ownership inscription dated November 18 1938 (taken to mean 1958, "The strangest, the most incredible, and the most terrible parts of this narrative are absolutely true." Novelisation of the Parker-Hulme murder in Christchurch, New Zealand, 1954, wherein two schoolgirls' obsessive relationship with each other resulted in matricide. Scarce.…

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R150004624: 1962. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Mors arrachés, Intérieur acceptable. 300 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 254pp, VG (v light staining to front board, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w Scruffy ( 7cm tear with loss & 3 cm tear with loss to spine extrems, creasing and light chipping to edges, moderate staining to upper rear corner, light rubbing to flap folds).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Paperback. Novel based on the famous New Zealand Parker-Hulme murder which involved lesbian love leading to the murder of one of the two girl's mother. Anne Perry, long before she took up writing, was one of these young girls. Photo of two girls embracing on front cover. Scarce British Ace.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The jacket is a bit marked and chipped. One ownership inscription. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

h/c + d/j, 254pp, 20.5x14cm,price clip, shop stamp, d/j has many small chips and tears, heavy 2cm scuff on d/j front fold, quite decent, quite scrce with d/j. Crime Fiction but firmly based on the true account of two New Zealand schoolgirls who, in June, 1954, murdered the mother of one of them believing that she was frustrating their unconventional happiness in lesbian love. This case was later a film by Peter Jackson entitled 'Heavenly Creatures'. One of the two girls later became a well-known crime writer.…

Condition: Used: Acceptable. Occasion - Etat Correct - Pliures, Dos un peu abîmé - Obsession (1962) - Grand Format.

Condition: Used: Good. Très rare exemplaire de ce roman traduit en français. Livre solide, intérieur propre, en grande partie non lu, non coupé, couverture frottée et coiffe inférieure coupée sur le mors.