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Lot of 47 Books on Mobsters, Criminals and Gamblers.

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Lot Of 5: Early Gambling Book Reprints: Including 1 - Faro Notes by Edward Marlo copyrighted 1958, printed 1987, 1 - H.C. Evans & Co. Catalogue 1918-19 reprinted by Gambler's Book Club Las Vegas, 1 - The Caille Brothers Company Coin-Control

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SEX CRIMINALS COMIC BOOK LOT: SEX CRIMINALS COMIC BOOK LOT

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The Criminal Recorder, 1804-09: 4 Volumes: Book Title: The Criminal Recorder or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters Author: J.R. Green Publishing: London: James Cundee, 1804-09 Please note that this lot has a reser

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Vintage Books About Crime and Criminals: A group of vintage and antique crime books in varying condition.

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Professional Criminals of America 1886 First Ed.: By Inspector Thomas Byrnes. NY 1886.433 pp. 4to. Over 200 photogravures of criminals from the late 19th century. Book is complete, but text is separating from binding. Age darkening to pages, some chi

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Batman (1940) #171 1st Silver Age Riddler Appearance: Batman (1940) #171. 1st Silver Age Riddler appearance (the question-marked criminal hadn't appeared in a Batman book since 1948). Cover pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Murphy Anderson. What's Wr

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1616 RARE French Law Jean Imbert Paris France Crime: 1616 RARE French Law Jean Imbert Paris France Crime Criminals Sexuality Torture A rare commentary on civil and criminal law from 17th-century France. Collected and supplemented by Jean Imbert, ‘La P

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1843 1st English ed Celebrated Crimes Alexandre DUMAS: 1843 1st English ed Celebrated Crimes Alexandre DUMAS Criminals Murderers “All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope” – Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo French w

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1872 American Criminals & Detectives Gambling: 1872 American Criminals & Detectives Gambling Necromancy McWatters Knots Untied George McWatters’ ‘Knots Untied’ is a late 19th-century narrative describing various societal aspects of criminals

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1661 English Criminal LAW Elizabethan Ferdinando Pulton Sundry Statutes FOLIO: 1661 English Criminal LAW Elizabethan Ferdinando Pulton Sundry Statutes FOLIO Ferdinando Pulton was a 16th-century writer known for his studies in English criminal law. He seemingly left no law untouc

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1802 RARE American Revolution Memoirs of a British: 1802 RARE American Revolution Memoirs of a British Officer The Gambler ‘The Gambler or Memoirs of a British Officer’ is an early 19th-century narrative account by an unknown author, describing the

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1585 LAW & JUSTICE of Nicolas Bohier Criminal Canon LAW: 1585 LAW & JUSTICE of Nicolas Bohier Criminal Canon LAW Jurisprudence Decisionum Aurearum Juris Nicolas de Bohier was a 15th-century French jurist known for his only surviving work ‘Decisionum Aurea

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1582 Venice LAW Manual Contracts Criminal Decisions: 1582 Venice LAW Manual Contracts Criminal Decisions Court Cases Enchiridion A rare and important 16th-century law manual gathered and edited by Giovanni Donato Fina. This work, ‘Enchiridion’ deals

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1791 1ed US LAW Reports Isaac Espinasse Nisi Prius: 1791 1ed US LAW Reports Isaac Espinasse Nisi Prius Digest Criminal Slander The Isaac Espinasse Reports is a collection of common law reports from the late 18th-century. These ‘nisi prius’ cases pe

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1855 INSANITY PLEA 1st Henrietta Robinson Veiled Murderess Criminal LAW Poison: 1855 INSANITY PLEA 1st Henrietta Robinson Veiled Murderess Criminal LAW Poison â€œHenrietta Robinson” by David Wilson delves into the intricate details of the 1854 trial of Henrietta Robinso

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1689 Carolo de Rosa Criminal LAW NAPLES Spanish: 1689 Carolo de Rosa Criminal LAW NAPLES Spanish Hapsburgs Italy NAPOLI A rare, late 17th-century Latin law book by Carolo Antonio de Rosa. This book was a teaching aid on the practice of criminal law

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Lot of 47 Books on Mobsters, Criminals and Gamblers.

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Lot of 47 Books on Mobsters, Criminals and Gamblers. 1960s – 2000s. Including Playboy’s Illustrated History of Organized Crime by Richard Hammer, Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life by Robert Lacey, One Of A Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey “The Kid” Ungar by Nolan Dalla and Peter Alson, Beyond the Mafia (autographed on title page) by Alan Balboni, Gambling and Organized Crime by Rufus King, The Mobs and the Mafia by Hank Messick and Burt Goldblatt, Gigi Bread, Gamblers, and Friends (inscribed by author) by Louis H. Cappelli, Vegas P.I. by Lake Headley, Capone by John Kobler, and Howard Hughes in Las Vegas (stain on flyleaf) by Omar Garrison, among others. Sizes and bindings vary. Overall condition very good.