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RICHARDS, STEPHEN: : CRIME THROUGH TIME. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.GATESHEAD.MIRAGE PUBLISHING,2003.

ISBN 1902578171.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten SIGNED+inscribed ink signature: 'Fight the good fight! Stephen Richards.' to slightly grubbed,thumbed ffe.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, b/w+colour photographic montage illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Light bumping with reciprocal creasing to both edges, all corners and both head+foot of spine/ backstrip.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean also. Bright,clean, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,x-xxvpp+1-524pp [paginated] includes foreword by John Blake,an introduction,16 chapters/ sections,profuse b/w contemporary photographs+newspaper cuttings,title page [unpaginated],contents list/table,8pp index,and 9pp publisher adverts to rear. Andy Jones is the founder owner and curator of the notorious black museum - Crime through Time.The museum opened in July 1988.It has since become one of the country's main tourist attractions - located in Newent,Gloucestershire - despite being shamefully boycotted and shunned by tourism chiefs. Having started out with a crime memorabilia collection that became too large to house in his home,Andy bought Nicholson House,a former police station and magistrate's court building. The museum has often been a subject of controversy and over the years Andy has fought planning constraints that regularly become interesting and bizarre news features. . . after all,not many museums have a guillotine and hanging body cages on open display in their garden! The Holocaust display has been secured by virtue of Andy travelling the world in search of gruesome displays as human skin lampshades,once prized by an evil Nazi death camp nurse.The museum has one of the most impressive hard-hitting,no-holds-barred Holocaust displays in the world, which gives rise to the ever-increasing popularity of the museum. Andy's contacts within the crime memorabilia world are extensive,but what is more interesting is the fact that he has become a confidante and is on first name terms with many of the world's more, some say,notorious figures.Regularly communicating with the likes of UK prisoner Charles Bronson has loaned credibility to the collection on display relating to gangland characters. Respected and legendary underworld figures,including Joe Pyle,Roy Shaw,Dave Courtney,Kray gang members and associates, regularly donate crime related memorabilia,which adds dimension and ensures the museum is up to date on current topical issues. Stephen Richards is an investigative journalist,contributing gangland news to over twenty websites.He has written many successful books relating to true crime and he has had his books serialised by the national press. Branded a maverick of the publishing industry he has made friends with many of the more notorious underworld figures from the UK and around the world.Now he is involved in publishing books based on true crime,as well as acting as literary agent for other up and coming investigative authors. A carnival of crime and terror! Full of sexual,celebrity,paedophile,sporting and other scandals.Rare signed celebrity photographs and holocaust memorabilia beyond your imagination! Please contact seller,because of the weight - in excess of 1.25Kg,unpackaged - of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or postage FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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