Murder by Roughead William (55 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. These are old fiction murder tales called The Enjoyment of Murder, copyright 1938, hard cover, dust jacket, written by William Roughead. The book and its dust jacket are in fair condition with inside front and back covers with some brown stains, pages browning due to age, dust jacket has some chips and tears but in a new archival mylar, tight binding and 310 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Nothing But Murder. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. Within lie twelve vintage tales of true crime by master essayist William Roughead. Henry James himself once urged Roughead: "Keep on with them all please, and continue to beckon me along the gallery that I can't tread alone and where, by your leave, I link my arm fraternally in yours: the gallery of sinister perspective just stretches in this manner straight away."Here you will find such Roughead classics as My First Murder: Featuring Jessie King, the crime that fortuitously set Mr. Roughead's steps toward matters criminous, Locusta in Scotland, a familiar survey of poisoning as practiced in the realm. The Fatal Countess, a Jacobean royal flush of didoes in high places; Physic and Forgery: A Study in Confidence, and many more capital crimes old and new, but all revealed with that dry wit and mellow artistry that is the mark of fine wine or writing.Above all you must not miss Mr.Roughead's ensemble by the entire company entitled, An Academic Discussion wherein his best known murders sit in judgment on the qualities of their crimes and discuss the artistry of their chosen métier.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Pages unmarked. Covers moderately worn. Binding square & firm. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. 310 pages. Some soiling to the covers; pages are yellowed; bookplate inside; a solid book. No jacket. Contents are The Enjoyment of Murder; The Wolves of the West Port: A Tale of TError; Death in Cuddies Trip: A Tale of Three Handkerchiefs; The Merrett Mystery: Accident, Suicide, Murder?; The Sandyford Mystery or Which was the Murderer?; The Slater Case: A Retrospect; To Meet Miss Madeline Smith: A Gossip on a Wonder Heroine of the Fifties. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 181420.…

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Later Printing. 525 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a single crease on the spine; no interior markings. This collection contains: Rules for Murderesses by Edmund Pearson; Scenes from a Murder Trial by William Cooper; The Business Methods of Alphonse Capone by Frederick Lewis Allen; Robert and Ruby by Jonathan Goodman; Death Scene by Walt Whitman; A Prevalence of Victims by David Bowen; The Killer in the Rye by Jeffrey Bloomfield; A Liverpool Tryptych by Richard Whittington-Egan; The Case of the Ragged Stranger by Alexander Woolcott; The Eternal Suspect by Albert Borowitz; Death by Laser Beam by Rayner Heppenstall; Warner's Warning by William Roughead; Arnold Rothstein's Final Playoff by Damon Runyon; Going to See a Man Hanged by William Makepeace Thackery; Farewell Performances by Jonathan Goodman; A Baking at Sing Sing - Anonymous; The Beheading of Bluebeard by Webb Miller; The Culprit by A. E. Housman; Blood Carnival - Anonymous; The Late Mr Ellis by Charles Duff; Three Lifers by Horatio Bottomley; The Affair at Villa Madeira by F. Tennyson Jesse; Judd's Story by Judd Gray; Remarks on Ripperology by Jonathan Goodman; Charles the Ripper by Ivan Butler; The Bloodthirsty Butler by H. B. Irving; Major Armstrong Master of Arts by Robin Odell; The Lizzie Borden Song by Michael Brown; A Spin Across London Bridge by Richard D. Altick; The Death of a Desperado - Anonymous; The Fatal Barney by Peter Cotes; Harvard and Homicide by Thomas M. McDade; Circuit Murders by Lord Cockburn; 41313 NY by Jared L. Manley; The Secret of Moat Farm by Edgar Wallace; Old Man Bender's Orchard by William Bolitho; and The Wallace Case by Jonathan Goodman. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Grey cloth binding withmaroon title box on apine. Some light soiling spots on font cover. Red tinted headfedge. Some light foxing on endpapers. Vwey sound and unmarked. 367 pages. Collection of essays about real murder trail.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dj has heavy edgewear with several tears (some taped), light rubbing & light soiling. Book lightly cocked. Lightly bumped corners. Light soiling. Light wear. Light browning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Grey cloth over boards with blue lettering to spine. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1938. 310 pages. Good condition. Covers clean but toned and have some minor wear to corners. Binding is strong. Pages clean but toned, only marks are former bookseller marks in pencil on end pages.…

Very good condition. Spine tips and cover corners are lightly bumped. Small light smudge near top of spine. A little light spotting on front and back endpapers. Top corner of pages 17 to 24 is bumped. 367 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 310 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. Gray cloth covered boards, stamped red on spine. No dj. Sig at ffep, lightly tanned at spine, mild foxing at endpapers and inside covers, minor bumping at corners and spine.

hardcover. Condition: Very good. Octavo, cream cloth covers with titles on a maroon background on spine. viii + 367 pages. Top edge of book block tinted red. Cover corners lightly bumped, else near fine. No dust jacket. An anthology of true crime. As Alexander Woollcott noted, in an introduction to a Reader's Club edition of Roughead, even US President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a special shelf just outside the Oval Office, labelled "The President's Shelf", with the "rarest of brews" being Roosevelt's personal selection of Roughead. -- Wikipedia. 082504B.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 367 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. Top corners and top of spine are bumped, otherwise very good with no markings, no bookplate. One leaf has a diagonal crease. Mild toning to paper. In very good dust jacket with some wear along top edge. Not price-clipped, no jacket chips. Collection of true crime essays.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Later Edition. Crime. Foreword by Alexander Woolcott Dj minor edgewear. Crime.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 367 pp. Twelve studies in true crime. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Light grey cloth boards with red print on spine are lightly soiled and bumped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Includes dust jacket. Wear and tear to the jacket. Pages are tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Good+ overall with light wear only and small previous owner name. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. cloth hard cover large 8vp.367 pages Near fine in Near fine dust Jacket.Scarce.