Wenzell Brown Beckhardt (12 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The stories of twenty-seven people convicted of felonies in New York City by a Bronx County Court Probation Officer. Bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Opens a bit too readily to the title page, where the binding is cracked but still solid. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, price intact with a faded sticker on the front flap, in Brodart.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with light wear on the covers.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Crease on spine with reading crease along spine on front cover and light cover wear. Nice pulp style cover art of some cigarette smoking punks bothering an attractive girl. "The confidential story of ordinary people who turned to crime.".

Paperback. first PB. 734, very good -fine, , reading crease (COLLECTION OF 23 STORIES), paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. VG+ in pictorial wraps with red & black lettering & cover art picturing three cigarette-smoking punks giving a blonde cutie a hard time.A collection of true stories of ordinary people who turned to crime. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1954 stated first edition. VG+/VG. Dust jacket chipped at corners and top of spine; light soiling to rear; now in a clear protective sleeve. Original $3.75 price intact on flap. Boards are clean. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Text is pristine throughout. No writing or markings of any kind. Photos are of the actual book you will receive. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Solid binding. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 253 pages ; (8º). Subjects: Crime, United States ; Case Studies. Criminals, United States ; Psychological aspects. True crime. 1 Kg. Item is Shipped from Ireland or US locations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine in Very Good Plus jacket.1st Edition.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 253 pages ; (8º). Subjects: Crime, United States ; Case Studies. Criminals, United States ; Psychological aspects. True crime. 1 Kg.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. True stories of "criminals" who might be one's next-door neighbours, from the files of a veteran Probation Officer of the Bronx County Court. The book tells the stories and traces the lives of 27 persons convicted of felonies in New York City. All were guilty of the crimes with which they were charged, from murders of blind passion as in "The Case of Adam Kale," to plain and not so plain robbery as in "The Case of the Fetishist." What were they like before they became felons? Were there extenuating circumstances for their crimes? As Probation Officer for nearly 20yrs in the Bronx County Court, the author had the duty of seeking the answers to these questions in order to report to the Court before the judge pronounced sentence. He learned, for one thing, that no two offenders are quite alike. Some, like lovely, wanton ex-model Mildred Pallister, were psychopaths who probably needed care in a mental hospital more than prison. Others, like narcotics victim Stephen Spence, Jr. came from "good" backgrounds; or like Air Force veteran Bobby Coons, who became an amazing swindler, seemed to have criminal careers thrust upon them. Whether narcotics offenders, rapists, murderers, abortionists, sex offenders, or swindlers - the author considers them, first of all, as human beings who went wrong and who conceivably might be put right. 253pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+ in Vg. sl. creased dw. which has a small closed tear.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, yellow title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 253 printed pages of text. Without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with a little tanning of the white paper to the lower cover, not price clipped. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. TRUE CRIME.