Mr. Mike's True Crime Books For Sale -- Compilations

[005612] Adam, Hargrave L.. Pritchard the Poisoner and Other True Tales of Suspense. London, England: Newnes, No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good No date. 128p, laminated wraps. Some cover wear. Also includes "The Escape of the Earl of Nithisdale" by Edgar Jepson, "The Hue and Cry for Walder" by H. Greenhough Smith and "The Love Story of Peg Woffington" by R.D.S. McMillan. $6.95

[000490] Balchin, Nigel. The Anatomy of Villainy. London, England: Four Square, 1961. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Average 160p. Browning, cover wear including tear on front, stain on upper corner. A look at 13 of the greatest criminals of all time, including Francis Charteris (rake and seducer), Marquis de Sade, George Joseph Smith (multiple murderer), Rasputin, Richard Parker (political agitator), Daniel Dunglas Home (charlatan and rogue) and Titus Oates (liar and perjurer). $3.95

[010605] Bean, J.P.. Verbals: The Book of Criminal Quotations. London, England: Headline, 1995. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0747248184. 312p. The definitive selection of what the gangster, murderer, mafioso, burglar, bank robber and even the hangman has said or written -- in his or her own words. $4.39

[012785] Bentham, Alan. Sex Crimes and Sex Criminals. New York, N.Y.: Wisdom House, Inc., 1961. Mass Market Paperback. Average 139p. Introduction by Dr. Albert Ellis. This book's manufacture is crappy ... it looks like it was typeset with an IBM Selectric typewriter and several pages near the beginning are detached. It also looks like the first 6 pages are missing, but this is not the case. There is browning on inside covers and some cover wear. Includes Fred Thompson, William Hierens, Albert Fish, Gilles de Rais, Fritz Haarmann ("the Butcher of Hannover") and Peter Kürten ("The Vampire of Dusseldorf") -- the names of the last two are spelled wrong on the back cover! $19.95

[012783] Chester, Graham. Berserk! Motiveless Random Massacres. London, England: Michael O'Mara, 1993. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 185479177X. 202p. Some dust jacket wear. A look at mindless mass killings, including those by Charles Whitman, James Huberty, Mark Essex, William Cruse, Patrick Sherrill, Joseph Wesbecker, Michael Ryan, Julian Knight, Howard Unruh, Laurie Dann and Marc Lepine. Book is shipped from the USA. $5.95

[010060] Colby, Robert. The California Crime Book. New York, N.Y.: Pyramid Books, 1971. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good 256p. Cover wear, browning, writing at top of first page. Weird and wild murder cases from California, including Charles Manson, Black Dahlia, Beulah Overell and Bud Gollum, Bugsy Siegel, Harvey Glatman, Barbara Graham, Dr. Finch and Carole Tregoff, the Zodiac Killer and the death of Ramon Novarro. $16.95

[003102] Colebrook, Joan. The Cross of Lassitude. New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, 1969. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good Printed in Canada. 307p. Cocked spine, browning, some cover wear, writing on first page. Five delinquent girls, victims of the hostile society that rejected them, tell their stories. $3.95

[000794] Deacon, Richard. Escape!. London, England: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0563177721. 192p, index, bibliography, numerous B&W photos. Compilation based on BBC TV series, includes Mogadishu Hijack, Donald Woods, Kim Philby, Lord Lucan, Alfie Hinds and Jeremy Cartland. $4.69

[000798] Deming, Richard. Famous Investigators. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1963. Hard Cover. Good 210p, illustrations. Browning, writing on front free endpaper. Kids' book -- compilation of 8 chapters including Robert Fabian, Alan Pinkerton, Francois-Eugene Vidocq and J. Edgar Hoover. Great cover! $4.39

[010707] Donoghue, Mary Agnes. Assassination: Murder in Politics . Chatsworth, CA: Major Books, 1975. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0890410127. 192p, 16p of B&W photos. Writing on inside front cover. Book focuses on assassination of Medger Evers, John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald, but the photo section includes several other brutal murders, some very gory. $6.95

[010221] Fido, Martin. Deadly Jealousy. London, England: Headline, 1993. 2nd PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0747242208. 306p, 16p of B&W photos, index. Some cover wear, bookstore stamp. Includes Elvira Barney, Ruth Ellis, Jean Harris, Betty Broderick, Janes Snook, Joe Lippart, Leonard Tyburski and Nicholas Hall, Geza de Kaplany, Paul Snider, Harry Kendall Thaw, Thomas Ley, Frederick Emmett-Dunne, Sheila Garvie and Brian Tevendale, Susan Christie, Carolyn Warmus, Ruby McCollum, Yvonne Sleightholme, John Tanner, John Kerr and Morris Brewer, Pamela Smart and Margi Dunbar. $6.95

[012169] Furneaux, Rupert. Courtroom U.S.A. 2. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1963. Mass Market Paperback. Good Book is made in England. 156p. Some cover wear. British take on 4 famous U.S. cases: Leopold and Loeb, Ruth Snyder/Judd Gray, Harry Hoffman and Alger Hiss. $3.95

[009784] Gaute, J.H.H. & Odell, Robin. The New Murderer's Who's Who. London, England: Headline, 1989. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0747232709. 382p, 8p of B&W photos. Some cover wear, price sticker on back cover, minor writing on first page. Comprehensive list of murder cases spanning 150 years, including several "lesser known" ones. $4.95

[012683] Glyn Jones, Richard (ed.). Solved! Famous Mystery Writers on Classic True-Crime Cases. London, England: Xanadu Publications Ltd., 1987. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good / Good. ISBN: 0947761292. 318p. Some dust jacket wear, perhaps ex-library but only evidence is remnants of a date due card on front endpaper. Authors include Ellery Queen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John D. MacDonald, Damon Runyon, Edgar Wallace, Erle Stanley Gardner, Robert Graves and Harlan Ellison ("The Prowler in the City on the Edge of the World"). $4.39

[008727] Goodman, Derick. Crime of Passion. London, England: Pan Books, 1960. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good 222p. Some cover wear. Eight sensational crimes that shocked France, including Yvonne Chevallier, Pauline Dubuisson, Marcel Hilaire, Michel Gelfand, Simone Soursas, Leone Bouvier, Henri Demon, Denise Labbe and Jacques Algarron. $3.95

[000875] Goodman, Jonathan. The Railway Murders. London, England: Sphere Books, 1986. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0722138717. 175p. Browning, writing on first page. Compilation of crimes with railroad connections. $3.95

[010728] Goodman, Jonathan. Murder in Low Places. London, England: Headline, 1989. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0747232083. 217p, 8p of B&W photos. Binding cracked in photo section, front cover is worn, small tear on outer edge of a few pages in the middle, old price stickers on back cover. A collection of many of the most infamous, vicious and cruel, and the most widely discussed cases of "low-life murder." $3.95

[010775] Goodman, Jonathan (ed.). The Pleasures of Murder. London, England: Sphere Books, 1991. 5th PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0722138709. 247p. Some cover wear/creasing. Includes Richard D. Altick on the main who trained nude bicyclists, Dorothy Dunbar on Lizzie Borden, Arthur Flegenheimer, better known as Dutch Schultz and Edmund Pearson on the sob-sisters who saved a woman from the electric chair. $3.95

[000431] Goodman, Jonathan (ed.). The Seaside Murders. London, England: Sphere Books, 1989. 2nd PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0722138695. 183p. Pen mark on bottom, bookstore stamps. Compilation of astonishing and macabre true murder cases from the coasts of Britain and Ireland. $3.95

[010744] Gribble, Leonard. They Shot to Slay. Bath, England: Chivers Press, 1988. Hard Cover. Large Print Edition/Ex-Library. Good / No Jacket, Printed Cover. ISBN: 0745106749. 222p. Library stamps/labels, front endpaper is cut out. $4.95

[008030] Haines, Max. True Crime Stories. Toronto, Canada: Prospero Books, 2003. 2nd PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 1552673596. 330p. Previously issued under the titles Bothersome Bodies and The Murderous Kind. $4.95

[008888] Haines, Max. Multiple Murderers. Toronto, Canada: Signet Books, 1994. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0451187199. 305p. Some cover wear, writing on first page. A collection of very nasty characters, including Lee Andrews, Dieter Beck, David Berkowitz, Ken Bianchi/Angelo Buono, Arthur Bishop, lan Brady/Myra Hindley, Ted Bundy, Dale Burr, Richard Chase, Andrei Chikatilo, Dean Corll, Jeffrey Dahmer, Laurie Dann, Albert De Salvo, Mark Essex, Larry Eyler, John Wayne Gacy, Gerald Gallego, Belle Gunness, John George Haigh, H.H. Holmes, Carl Isaacs, Reverend Jim Jones, John Joubert, Steve Judy, Edmund Kemper, Henri Landru, Allan Legere, John List, Henry Lee Lucas, The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, Charles Manson, Luis Monge, Wayne Nance, Charles Ng, Dennis Nilsen, Susi Olah, Joel Rifkin, Danny Rolling, Michael Ryan, Arthur Shawcross, Gene Simmons, Peter Sutcliffe, Wayne Williams, Aileen Wuornos and Zodiac Killings. $4.39

[010473] Haines, Max. Murder Most Foul: Crimes from Canada and Around the World. Toronto, Canada: Viking, 1999. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0670882925. 240p, 8p of B&W photos. Some dust jacket wear. $3.95

[012358] Haines, Max. Murder Most Foul: Crimes from Canada and Around the World. Toronto, Canada: Signet Books, 2000. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0451200470. 299p. Some cover wear. $3.95

[012763] Haines, Max. The Collected Works of Max Haines, Volume 4 (1993-1995). Toronto, Canada: Penguin Books, 2000. First Printing. Heavy Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0140295151. 641p. Some cover wear. Contains the following books: Doctors Who Kill, Multiple Murderers, Multiple Murderers II. $13.95

[010391] Haines, Max. True Crime Stories. Toronto, Canada: Signet, 1990. 5th PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0451164520. 241p. Compilation by Canadian newspaper columnist, including D.B. Cooper, Amityville Horror, the Charlie Chaplin court case, among others. $3.95

[009090] Hale, Leslie. Hanged in Error. England: Penguin Books, 1961. Mass Market Paperback. Good 160p. Tape on last page, title/copyright page is missing, some cover wear. Cases of injustice including Elizabeth Fenning, Hannah Russell and Daniel Leany, Edmond Pine, Edith Thompson and Freddy Bywaters, Walter Graham Rowland and David John Ware, Timothy Evans and Reginald Christie, Edmund Galley, Serafino Pelizzoni, William Habron and Charles Peace, Oscar Slater and Dr. Smethurst. $3.95

[006974] Halper, Albert (ed.). The Chicago Crime Book 1. London, England: Tandem Books, 1970. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 042604343X. 192p. Bookstore stamp, some cover wear, lower front corner is creased, binding fragile for first few pages, tape at bottom of spine. $3.95

[004121] Hirsch, Richard. Rasputin and Crimes That Shook the World. Winnipeg, Canada: Harlequin Books, 1952. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good Harlequin #154. 190p. Cover wear, browning. Story of the Russian "mad monk" Rasputin as well as Sun Yat-sen's kidnapping, the assassination of Dollfuss and Alexander of Yugoslavia, the death of the Romanovs in the House of Special Purpose and more. This book has a very cool cover! $8.95

[008041] House, Jack. Murder Not Proven. Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing, 1984. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 0862670659. 190p, B&W photos. Slight smudging on outer edge and top. Four notorious murder cases -- includes the Goatfell case, the Ardlamont mystery, John Donald Merrett and the Portencross murder. $3.95

[010703] Hynd, Alan. Brutes, Beasts and Human Fiends. New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, 1970. 2nd PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good 160p. Some cover wear. A collection of 10 twisted tales, including a ghoul who fed his victims to crocodiles; another who sent folks for swims in cement blocks; and a discontented husband who stirred up his wife so much she just disappeared in a vat of boiling oil. $3.95

[011347] Jackman, Ian (ed.); Wallace, Mike (intro). Con Men: Fascinating Profiles of Swindlers and Rogues from the Files of the Most Successful Broadcast in Television History . New York, N,Y: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First Printing. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / Good. ISBN: 0743224485. 203p, B&W photos. Dust jacket covered with adhesive plastic and taped to cover, library stamps/labels. An exposé of swindlers and rogues originally aired on the TV program 60 Minutes. Includes Kirby Hensley, Clifford Irving, Reverend R.J. Rudd, Sante and Kenneth Kimes, John Ackah Blay-Miezah. $3.95

[003863] Jacobs, David (edi.). Sex Sadists. New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, 2001. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0786010819. 396p, 16p of B&W photos (some are gross). Bookstore stamp. From the files of True Detective Magazine: they love to hear their victims scream! Includes Jim Red Dog, Richard Allen Davis (Polly Klaas), Jerome Dennis, Danny Rolling, Charles Lord, Dennis & Delton Dowthitt, and more. $3.95

[012251] Jones, Frank. True Murder Stories. Toronto, Canada: Prospero Books, 2004. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 1552678660. 291p. Some cover wear. Eighteen gruesome crimes -- includes Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo. $6.95

[000721] Jones, Frank. Murderous Women. Ontario, Canada: Signet, 1993. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0451178130. 178p. Label on back. True tales of women who killed, by Canadian newspaper columnist, including Jean Harris, Lizzie Borden, Christine Edmunds and Gladys Pound. $3.95

[003430] Lane, Brian. The Encyclopedia of Occult and Supernatural Murder. London, England: Headline, 1995. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0747246955. 242p, 16p of B&W photos. Cover wear, back cover crease. $9.95

[008612] Lane, Brian. The Murder Book of Days. London, England: Headline, 1995. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0747247374. 498p, index, 16p of B&W photos. Some cover wear. A year-long journey through the bloody history of murder. From January to December, the book catalogues a major forensic event for every day of the year. $8.95

[008732] Lloyd, Georgina. The Evil That Men Do: Twenty Man-Made Murders. London, England: Bantam Books, 1990. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Average ISBN: 0553400746. 189p. Covers are worn and creased, writing on first page. In this international collection, the author investigates the motives and methods of men who kill. Includes George Joseph Smith, Matushka and others. $3.95

[010017] Mandelsberg, Rose G. (ed.). Crimes of Passion. New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, 1993. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 1558176845. 432p, B&W photos. Writing on last page, cover wear. Obsessive love drove them to kill. Includes Pamela Smart, Betty Broderick and Missy Avila cases. $3.95

[007829] Mandelsberg, Rose G. (ed.). Mass Murderers. New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, 1993. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 1558177779. 435p, 12p of B&W photos. Includes George Hennard and Gang Lu. Author's name is "Rose G. Manselsberg," unlike other volumes in this series. $4.95

[000611] Mandelsberg, Rose G. (editor). Cop Killers (From the Files of True Detective Magazine). New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good ISBN: 1558176039. 435p, 12p of B&W photos. Compilation of nasty criminals who gun down police in cold blood. $3.95

[008708] McPhaul, John J.. Chicago: City of Sin. Beverly Hills, CA: Book Company of America, 1962. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Originally published under the title 'Deadlines and Monkeyshines.' 249p. Some cover wear, small tear-like indent on front cover, binding is very tight. Chicago, City of Sin, is the colorful picture of this fantastic turbulent city, and seen and told by an all star cast of writers and reporters including Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Carl Sandburg, George Ade, Theodore Dreiser and Finley Peter Dunne. $4.95

[000845] Moger, Art (ed.). Pros and Cons. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1975. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good 160p. Some cover wear, prices blacked out. Collection of tales about famous con men, frauds, hoaxers and swindlers. $3.95

[002481] Nash, Jay Robert. Bloodletters and Badmen, Book 3. New York, N.Y.: Warner Paperback Library, 1975. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0440706301. 448p, B&W photos throughout. Cover wear, bookstore stamp. Who's who compilation of vile men and women, ranging from Lucky Luciano to Charles Manson. $4.95

[002971] Odell, Robin. Landmarks in 20th Century Murder. London, England: Headline Books, 1995. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0747243107. 505p, 8p of B&W photos. Bookstore stamp, some cover wear. The book demonstrates a century of evolution in murder, and looks at the nature of violence, methods of murder, scientific investigation, the impact of murder on society and the phenomenon of social violence. The focus is on English crime, including Frederick Browne and William Kennedy; Dr. John Adams; James Hanratty; John Duffy and Colin Pitchfork. $3.95

[012256] Pearl, Jack. The Dangerous Assassins. Derby, CT: Monarch Books, 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Good 157p. 16p of B&W photos. A comprehensive account of assassinations and assassination attempts, from Caesar's time to the present, ending with the murder of President Kennedy. $3.95

[007893] Pearson, Edmund; Gross, Gerald (ed.). Masterpieces of Murder. New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, 1966. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good Printed in Canada. 286p. Some cover wear, bookstore stamp. Compilation of narratives by true crime writer from the 1920s and 1930s. $3.95

[000804] Short, James F.. Modern Criminals. Trans-action Books, 1970. Hard Cover. Ex-Library. Good / No Jacket. 192p. Card pocket. Essays which originally appeared in Trans-action Magazine on topics such as delinquency, gangs, the respectable criminal, abortion laws, and the assassination of J.F.K. $4.39

[008646] Sifakis, Carl. A Catalogue of Crime. New York, N.Y.: Signet Books, 1979. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good Printed in Canada. 183p. Some cover wear, bookstore stamp, browning. Intriguing and offbeat facts, anecdotes and revelations. $3.95

[004110] Singer, Kurt (ed.). My Greatest Crime Story. Winnipeg, Canada: Harlequin Books, 1959. No Stated Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good Harlequin #465. 192p. Cover wear, bookstore stamp, browning, old price visible on front cover. Police chiefs from all over the world recall their greatest cases. $6.95

[010396] Taylor, Bernard; Knight, Stephen. Perfect Murder: A Century of Unsolved Homicides. London, England: Grafton Books, 1987. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good ISBN: 0586055878. 336p, index, 8p of B&W photos. Some cover wear. Includes cases involving the following: William Saunders, Georgina Moore, the Luards, Weldon Atherstone, Tony Mancini, Charles Walton and Helen Davidson. Foreword by Colin Wilson. $3.95

[000750] Wild, Roland. Crimes and Cases of 1933. London, England: Rich & Cowan Ltd., 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good / No Jacket. 291p. Wear on cover, top edge. 11 chapters, including Haigh, the "Acid Bath Murderer" and the fire at the Reichstag. $6.95

[009782] Wilkinson, Burke (ed.). Cry Sabotage!. New York, N.Y.: Laurel Leaf Library, 1975. 1st PB Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good 272p. Some cover wear, minor wear on outer edge. True stories of 20th century saboteurs from Lawrence of Arabia to a British patrol on the streets of Belfast. $3.95

[007512] Williams, Roger M. (ed.). The Super Crooks. Chicago, IL: Playboy Paperbacks, 1974. Mass Market Paperback. Average 255p. Title page missing, binding cracked in a couple of places. The most infamous scoundrels of all time, including Moll Cutpurse, Jonathan Wild, Jesse James, Cassie Chadwick, John Dillinger, Paddy Barrie, Willie Sutton, The Brink's Robbers, Georges Lemay, Xavier Richier, The Great Train Robbers, Billie Sol Estes and Izzy Schawarzberg. $3.95

[012326] Wilson, Colin; Seaman, Donald. Encyclopaedia of Modern Murder: 1962-1982. London, England: Pan Books, 1986. 1st PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0330282999. 376p, 8p of B&W photos. Front cover says "1962-1983." Creasing and wear on front and back covers. $3.95

[012688] Wilson, Richard. Scotland's Unsolved Mysteries of the Twentieth Century. London, England: Robert Hale, 1991. 2nd PB Printing. Trade Paperback. Good ISBN: 0709038283. 191p, Some cover wear. Whatever happened to the three vanished keepers of the Flannan light? Why did an ex-RAF pilot take off into the Christmas Eve darkness of Mull ... never to return? Who fired the bullet that killed SNP activist William McRae? These and many more 20th-century Scottish mysteries are covered in this book. $6.95