FORENSIC MEDICINE.
Brisbane, The Jacaranda Press, 1962. First Edition. Royal 8vo.pp.xii + 468 illustrated with black & white photographs. Small previous owners name on endpaper. Very Good hardcover in chipped now protected dust jacket.
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THE QUEENSLAND POLICE FORCE. 100 Years 1864-1963.
Published by The Queensland Police Force , 1964. 4to.pp.95 + many black & white photographs. A few marks on the wrappers. Softcover See image. Internally fine. Scarce.
PRIVATE EDDIE LEONSKI. The Brownout Strangler.
Sydney, Published by Hale and Iremonger, 1982. 8vo.pp.xiv + 253.Illustrated in black & white.some colour. Original quality paperback. Some toning and use of covers. This book highlights the impact the three Melbourne murders had on Australian-American relations at a crucial stage of the war against Japan.
THE LONG ARM. A Biography of a Northern Territory Policeman.
A Roebuck Book, Canberra, 1974. First Edition.Royal 8vo.pp.viii + 84. Illustrated mainly with black & white photographs. Original blue hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper.Small discrete name on free front endpaper.[ The author James Porter]. This is the biography of a Northern Territory policeman Jack Stokes and his life in a......
STANDING GROUND.An Imprisoned Couples Struggle For Justice Against a Communist Regime.
New Holland, 2009. 8vo. pp.399 + black & white illustrations. A Very Good trade paperback. 'The true story of Kay and Kerry Danes, a couple working in Laos in their own security business when they are arrested and thrown into a Laoss prison. Accused of stealing gems from a business.....
THE ST HELENA STORY. An Illustrated History of Colonial Queensland's Island Prison.
Brisbane, Boolarong Press. 2010. 4to. pp.286 with black & white and colour illustrations, tables etc. Original illustrated wrappers with french flaps.Quality large softcover.
THE LONG BLUE LINE. A History of the Queensland Police.
Boolarong Publications , Brisbane , 1992. 4to.pp.x+ 400. Profusely Illustarted throughout . Very Good in original laminated hardcover.
MURDER IN THE BOONJIE SCRUB.
An Eacham Historical Society Publication ,Cairns , 1988. 8VO pp.59. Illustrations,maps.Original paper stapled wrappers with a little damage to the upper staple paper joint not at all bad and the overall condition is near fine. ISBN 0959533362 The fenzied murder of Frederick Charles Walter and the search for his work.....
NED KELLY. A Short Life.
Thomas C. Lothian. Port Melbourne, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. pp.x + 404. Index notes illustrations. Uniform tanning of pages. else very good hardcover in rear foxed dust wrapper. ISBN 0850916313. Ned Kelly: A Short Life. presents the man warts and all, in the most vivid portrait yet. Ian Jones shows.....
THE AIRMAN AND THE CARPENTER. The Lindbergh Case and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann.
Collins, London, 1985. First Edition .Royal 8vo.pp.x+ 438 .illustrations, some scarred pale foxing to foredges of book and endpapers. else Very Good hardcover in Very Good slightly chipped now protected dust jacket. ISBN 0002170604 The kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh 's baby and the determination to find the kidnapper at any.....
BOGGO ROAD AND BEYOND.
Brisbane: Privately published, 2007. Royal 8vo.pp.267 with illustrations in black & white. Very Good quality large format softcover. tom king was a Prison Officer in the Queensland prison system. This is his story.
LONDON CHARACTERS AND CROOKS.
Edited and Introduced by Christopher Hibbert. Woodbury plates taken from John Thomson's "Street Life in London 1877- 1878.' Royal 8vo. pp. xvii + 535 with black and white illustrations. Gilt decorated cloth hardcover in black slipcase. Near fine copy.
THE MAN WHO WAS STARLIGHT. The life and times of Harry Readford,stock thief, pathfinder and folk hero.
Allen & Unwin, Sydeney, 1987. Royal 8vo.pp.xiii + 171, index,Illustrated throughout in black & white.Very Good hardcover in very good dust wrapper. Australian bushranger along the Thomson & Barcoo River district of Western Queensland.
HARRY READFORD ALIAS CAPTAIN STARLIGHT.
Brisbane, Boolerong Press, 2015. 4to.pp.136 profusely illustrated throughout in colour.. Quality stiff wrappered pictorial soft cover with french flaps. Fine Copy. Signed inscription from the artist/author. The story of Harry Redford [Readford] whose infamous trial was the basis for Boldrewood's classic novel Robbery Under Arms.
JUST THE JOB. Some Experiences of A Colonial Policeman.
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1957. 8vo.pp.316 + 22 black & white illustrations and 2 line drawings. Original rust cloth hardcover in a partial facsiile dust wrapper. Previous owners discrete name on ffe. Internally very clean.
BEN HALL.The Definitive Illustrated History.
Tranter Enterprises, Katoomba,1996. Royal 8vo.pp. xx + 536. Many illustrations .Laminated pictorial hardcover , no dust wrapper as issued .A Fine Copy. Number 459 of 2000 signed copies.
Bushrangers, Bandits and Bastards. An Illustrated History of Colonial Crime 1850-1900
Tranter Enterprises, Katoomba,1994. Royal 8vo.pp. xiv + 166. Many illustrations .Laminated pictorial hardcover , no dust wrapper as issued .A Fine Copy. Number 1147 of 1500 signed copies There is also a signed inscription from the Author on the free front endpaper,
Troopers, Villians, Vipers & Vixens. An Illustrated History of Police & Colonial Crime 1850-1900.
Tranter Enterprises, Katoomba,1995. Royal 8vo.pp. xiv + 224. Many illustrations .Laminated pictorial hardcover , no dust wrapper as issued .A Fine Copy. Number 458 of 1500 signed copies.
LOST INNOCENTS: Righting the Record - Report on Child Migration, August 2001
The Commwealth of Australia. 2001. 8vo. pp.xix + 325 with black & white illustrations/ original quality printed wrappers. A Very Good Copy.
JACK THE RIPPER AND THE EAST END.
London, Published by Chatto & Windus in association with the Museum in Docklands & Museum of London, 2008., Introduced by Peter Ackroyd.4to. pp. 288.index, Illustrations in black & white and colour. map endpapers. Original black hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Very Good. A lavishly illustrated book on the dark period.....
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