Smith Sydney Sir (178 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Tight, clean binding. Jacket has tape-closed tear but is now protected in a clear mylar cover. Experiences of a forensic medicine specialist. Black and white photos, Index.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Smith, Sir Sydney. Mostly Murder (New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1959). Foreword by Erle Stanley Gardner. Price clipped dj; black cloth with gilt spine title; 318 pp; illustrations from photos; index. Book and dust jacket are in Near Fine condition. [M] In his forward, Erle Stanley Gardner states that Sir Sydney Smith, born in New Zealand, was an expert forensic pathologist and medical detective who had written one of the most fascinating autobiographies he had ever read. Some of the titles of the twenty-one chapters hint at the incredible career of the man who appeared before numerous courts helping to solve some of the most complex and mysterious murder cases of the early 20th century: Three Small Bones; Dr. Bell and Sherlock Holmes; Murder as a Business; The Murder of the Sirdar; The Strangling of Chrissie Gall; The Jersey Abortion Case; Accident, Suicide, or Murder?; Clues in Clothes; and the Auckland Arsenic Mystery. Smith (1883-1969) was born in New Zealand, studied at Edinburgh, went to Egypt during WW I where he was appointed Principal Medico-Legal Expert to the Ministry of Justice, and in 1928 returned to Edinburgh, Scotland as Professor of Forensic Medicine. His career in forensic pathology is a delightful read into the fascinating work of solving crimes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First American Edition. Autobiography of Britain's noted forensic examiner, highlighting his work in Egypt before & after WWI, work as professor of forensic medicine at Edinburgh University, & court battles with the renowned Sir Bernard Spilsbury. Foreword by Erle Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason author). In 318 pgs + Index, with lots of black & white crime scene photos. Orig. published in Britain, this is the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, same year (1959). Hardcover with black cloth-covered boards is Near Fine: completely clean & tightly bound, minor page tanning commensurate with age. Endpapers more heavily tanned. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black boards have minor edgewear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Prior owner name on beb. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex Libris.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. David McKay, 1959, 8vo, 318 pages. Book and jacket in very good+ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. True crime autogiography, by one of the earliest experts in the field of forensic medicine. Preface by Erle Stanley Gardner. Crisp and clean, lacking the jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. owner's name to ffep. foreword by erle stanley gardner.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. David McKay Company, Inc., New York, 1959. Hard Cover. Condition: Good with a poor jacket. (CK).

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (true crime, forensic science, autobiography).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. NY: David Mackay. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. A very good book with light edge wear, light foxing to endpapers in Dust Jacket with edge wear light creasing tiny chips and small closed tears along top edges. See Photos clph.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No DJ. No dust jacket. Board covers with gilt titles. Light wear to covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good + +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. 318 pp, b&w frontis, forward by Erle Stanley Gardner, preface, 1. Three Small Bones; 2. Dr. Bell and Sherlock Holmes; 3. The Hopetoun Quarry Murder; 4. Adventures in Egypt; 5. Murder as a Business; 6. Mobs and Riots; 7. The Murder of the Sirdar; 8. Bullets, Bones and Fingerprints; 9. Return to Edinburgh; 10. The Case of Sidney Fox; 11. The Case of Annie Hearn; 12. The Strangling of Chrissie Gall; 13. The Jersey Abortion Case; 14. Child-Murder in Aberdeen; 15. The Sydney Shark Case; 16. The Ruxton Case; 17. Clues in Clothes; 18. Accident, Sucide, or Murder?; 19. War and Ballistics; 20. A Murder in Ceylon; 21. The Auckland Arsenic Mystery; index with b&w illustrations throughout. First American Edition, 1959. "This classic autobiographical masterpiece describes the early day in New Zealand, and the author's student days at Edinburgh, where after graduating, he became assistant to Harvey Littlejohn, Professor of Forensic Medicine. Sir Sydney went to Egypt during the First World War, and stayed on with the appointment of Principal Medico-Legal Expert to the Minsitry of Justice. His name became world-famous in connection withthe murder of the Sirdar, Sir Lee Stack Pasha. In 1928 Sir Sydney returned to Edinburgh as Professor of Forensic Medicine, and from his unique knowledge and experience wrote brilliant chapters in the annals of the British courts for many years." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Slightly soiled rear panel dj with 2 small closed tears bottom edge, and age-toned spine of same. Age-tone text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Black cloth first edition in near fine condition, clean, tightly bound and unmarked. Dust jacket is very good with intact price, a bit of edgewear, especially at the flap folds and one very short closed tear ot the top back panel. Autobiography of an important figure in the history of forensic medicine. 318 pp. Autobiography, Crime, Forensics, History, Science.…

VG/VG. The dust jacket has some rubbing, creasing and closed tears particularly at the bottom edge of the back cover. ; Foreword by Erle Stanley Gardner. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover. Publisher's promotional material laid in. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo.; 318 pages. First Edition. Binding is Hardcover.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. (1959) 318 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to edges. Price clipped. Illust. w/ b/w plates. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. VINTAGESTAN BOOKS Title: Mostly Murder by Sir Sydney Smith. 1959 Author: Sir Sydney Smith Publisher: The Companion Book Club. London Year Published: 1959 Edition: Original Dimensions: 19cm x 12.5cm Binding type: Hardcover ISBN: Notes: SKU: VSS / 187 / G / 3398 / 2379 / C Condition Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Rubbing, chips, closed tears, creasing, handling marks, marks. Book condition: Fair. Age toning, foxing, handling marks, marks. Binding: Intact Pages: 320 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by DAVID McKAY COMPANY, INC., 1959. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good, with some shelf/edgewear.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Magazine. Printed wrappers. Octavo. 59pp. Rubbing, edgewear, and a long tear on the rear panel, good. This issue features Hugh MacDiarmid, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Sir Compton Mackenzie, Naomi Mitchison, Douglas Young, A.V. Stuart, Alexander Buist, William Kean Seymour, David Low, C. Day Lewis, Sir Francis Meynell, Canon Adam Fox, John Smith, Lady Margaret Sackville, Vernon Scannell, and Margaret Stanley-Wrench. Additional contributors include Gilbert Thomas, Paul Selver, Ilko Iliev, Paula Nelson, Phyllis M. Scott, Canon Adam Fox, Mary Field, Rita Spurr, M. Shand Smith, Evelyn D. Bangay, Stephen Graham, Kathleen Valmai Richardson, Joan Forman, Geoffrey Johnson, Geoggrey Dearmer, Herbert Palmer, Robert Armstrong, and Kennedy Williamson.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. Foreword by Professor Keith Simpson. Fine in fine dust jacket. An early authority on the forensic sciences.

Book Club Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 318 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Subjects; Medical jurisprudence ; Case studies. Forensic pathologists ; Biography. Chemistry. Investigation. Post mortem. Evidence history. 1 Kg. …