Mcdade J (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. First Edition. Washington D. C.: American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), 1989. Very Good condition. Pages are bright white and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Essays by Estella Mara Bensimon, Marian L. Gade, and Joseph F. Kauffman. Foreword by Theodeore J. Marchese. Resource Guide by Sharon A. McDade. Ink stamp of the President's Office, State University College, Geneseo, NY. With the compliments slip of American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) stapled to the front cover. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bound in the original blue wraps. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. vi, 71pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 288 p. illus., facsimiles., ports. 29 cm. ; LCCN: 66-26186 ; OCLC: 264475 ; LC: HV6233; Dewey: 364.9 ; Symons published over thirty crime novels and story collections between 1945 and 1994. ; grey cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Up to 1900 -- In the beginning was organisation -- Does criminal man exist? -- 20th Century first half -- Into the fingerprint -- Murder, scandal and corruption -- The gangs and FBI -- Great cases of t he period -- In our time -- The march of science -- Modern police methods -- The march of crime -- Punishment or therapy? -- The mafia and labour rackets -- Sex criminals and kidnappers -- Great modern cases: The Rosenbergs, The Black Widow and Ronald Chesney, The case of William Coffin, An Australian mystery, The Great Train Robbery, etc ; 750 illustrations ; VG/VG. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Tennant, Dudley; Reynolds, Warwick; Evison, G. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa - part 2 - tales from the log book of an R.A.F. officer during the campaign in German East Africa - article with interesting photos; Torn by Starving Jackals in Macedonia - Private James McDade of the 6th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers recounts his experience - with photo of McDade; Death-Struggle with An Alligator - what happened to Van Campen Heilner when he was photographing an alligator in a Florida swamp - photo-illustrated article; The Thrills of Parachuting - early and marvelously photo-illustrated article on this topic; Photo of tourist party in Solomon's Quarry, the world's most ancient quarry; My South African Adventures - part 1 of Jack West's incredible recollections, including photo of him aged 17; Ship Built By One Man - Liberian missionary, the Rev. James E. Lewis - photo-illustrated article of him, his wife and "The Coloured Missionary Yacht"; John A. Jordan and his African Leopard-Hunting Adventures; Our Trip to Catch Murderers - the rough and ready methods of achieving justice in Bolivia; An Exciting Night Drive - 35 miles in a South African Cape Cart; Relief Workers' Adventures - part 2 of this superb photo-illustrated article on thrilling experiences among the War Victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; With a Caravan in Corsica - photo illustrated article which relates the primitive life of the people; A Mountain of Gold - photo-illustrated article about the discovery made by the Fisk Expedition - Captain James L. Fisk and Dr. William Denton Dibb; In the Wilds of Siberia - part 2 - fascinating article with great photos document the explorations of Harry Somerset-Lister; The Adventures of a Newspaper-Man - part 4 - Exploring New York - article with nice photos and fascinating observations of the people; A Butterfly Farm in France - French Entomologist M. Andre's farm near Macon - article with photos; Fascinating photo of flume in British Columbia, by which logs are carried to the sawmills; Photo of amber mine on the coast of Samland in the eastern Prussian peninsula. Somewhat above-average external wear. Openings and loss at each end of backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this marvelous issue.

Richmond, Va., 1887. McDade 194 (illustrator). Richmond, Va., 1887. McDade 194. Cluverius Defended by a Family Friend: McDade 194 [Leigh, Phillip]. [Cluverius, Thomas J. (1861-1887), Defendant]. Lillian Madison's Marriage and Murder: Cluverius Did Not Kill Her. The Sequel Told. Richmond, VA: Patrick Keenan, Printer, 1887. 29 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Light soiling and faint staining to wrappers, some offsetting to rear wrapper, light edgewear, lower corner lacking from rear free endpaper and wrapper. Light toning to text, a few tiny dampspots to title page. $350. * Only edition. Dedicated to Willie Cluverius, this is a defense by a friend of the Cluverius family. Cluverius had a secret romantic relationship with his cousin, Lillian Madison. "He finally had her come to Richmond, where he murdered her and threw her body into the reservoir. He was quickly traced, tried, and executed" (McDade). OCLC locates two copies (at the New-York Historical Society and the University of Michigan, Clements Library). McDade, The Annals of Murder 194.