Books published by publisher Dobson Books

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Good, 4th Impression. Tall Slim Royal 8vo. 61pp. Profuse drawings by the author. Very good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind, joints and hinges firm. Bound in beige matt pictorial boards featuring Spike's trademark illustrations to both upper and lower in blue, and text in black. Together with original unclipped like-pictorial matt dustwrapper, torn to upper leading corner and edge with loss (1") not intruding to title or images. Now housed and protected in transparent removable wrapper. A lovely whimsical volume for reader, scholar and collector alike, and a great gift for fans old and new.

"Talk about stranger than fiction. Selwyn Raab tells riveting, true tales of the fabled mob figures. It's 'The Godfather' annotated -- a classic piece of reporting by a man who knows the bloody, brutal, corrupt territory." -- Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' This extensively researched account of the fabled New York mob figures we alternately despise and glamorize provides the most comprehensive history of the city's criminal empires that have intimidated, killed and fleeced Americans and confounded law enforcement for over 100 years. From their New York headquarters, the Bonnano, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese crime 'familes' have created a vast domain with outposts along the East Coast, Florida, California and Las Vegas. With influence over everything from the price of fruit and vegetables, waterfront commerce in America's largest port, the construction industry, local and national government, the FBI, even refuse collection and the heroin trade, the Cosa Nostra's hold on everyday life is unprecedented. Selwyn Raab has managed to persuade mafiosi and their helpmates to talk candidly for the first time, and he unravels their mysterious codes and culture to elucidate the art of surviving in a volatile criminal environment. In the light of the success of John Dickie's bestselling 'Cosa Nostra' and the enduring allure of the Mafia in pop culture ('The Sopranos', 'The Godfather Returns'), this fascinating and definitive work is at once a history of the world's most sophisticated and lucrative underworld phenomena and an investigation into the pillage of New York's richest city and region. Selwyn Raab not only reveals where the bodies are buried, he brings them back to life.