Murder Casebook Magazine Issue 115 Anarchist Gangsters Bonnot Gang 1991 SKU 1478

Original vintage Murder Casebook – Issue 115, from the Marshall Cavendish weekly true-crime partwork series “Investigations into the Ultimate Crime.”

This issue is titled “Anarchist Gangsters” and focuses on The Bonnot Gang, the notorious early-20th-century French criminal/anarchist group. The cover describes them as a group of idealists whose extremist beliefs developed into violent criminal activity, making this issue particularly interesting for collectors of historic European crime, anarchist history and vintage true-crime publications.

Issue 115 is confirmed in surviving Murder Casebook indexes as “Anarchist Gangsters – The Bonnot Gang.”

The front cover has the classic Murder Casebook design: a predominantly black background, enormous white CASEBOOK masthead and ochre/yellow-orange detailing. A large period black-and-white portrait sits centrally inside a matching ochre frame, with the issue number 115 prominently printed alongside.

The main headline reads:

ANARCHIST GANGSTERS

with THE BONNOT GANG highlighted beneath it.

This is a Marshall Cavendish weekly publication, originally sold in the UK for £1.50. The series was designed as a collectable true-crime reference partwork, with individual issues concentrating on particular murders, criminals, investigations or historically notable cases.

Magazine Details

• Publication: Murder Casebook
• Issue Number: 115
• Issue Title: Anarchist Gangsters
• Main Subject: The Bonnot Gang
• Series: Investigations into the Ultimate Crime
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
• Publication year: 1991
• Format: Vintage weekly magazine / true-crime partwork
• Original UK price: £1.50
• Period archive photography and historical crime coverage
• Collectable early-1990s true-crime publication

Collector Interest

Especially suitable for collectors interested in Murder Casebook, Marshall Cavendish partworks, The Bonnot Gang, French criminal history, anarchism-related history, historic organised crime, vintage crime magazines and early-1990s printed ephemera.

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition. Please study the supplied photograph carefully, as it forms an important part of the condition description.

From the image:

• Front cover remains complete, flat and strongly presented overall.
• Main black background retains good colour and contrast.
• Large masthead and issue lettering remain clear and highly legible.
• Central archive photograph appears clean and undamaged.
• There is light surface rubbing/scuffing across the black cover, more noticeable under direct light.
• Small white specks and fine handling marks are visible in places.
• Left/spine edge shows light rubbing and minor edge wear, particularly around the staple positions.
• Bottom-left corner has some minor wear and softening.
• Bottom edge shows light shelf/handling wear.
• Upper corners have slight rubbing but no obvious major loss.
• Right edge appears generally clean with only light age-related wear.
• No obvious major tears, heavy creases, writing, stickers or large stains can be seen in the supplied image.
• Overall this appears to be a good, presentable vintage example with normal cosmetic wear consistent with its age.

SKU 1478