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Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner
by Donald A. Cabana
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 1555532640
- ISBN 13
- 9781555532642
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$43.79A$30.66
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Northeastern University Press, 1996 Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA. 1996. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to upper tips. DJ: Very Good +; light bumping to head and upper tips; light rubbing to panels. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 200 pp 8vo. This book is a provocative tale of prison warden Donald Cabana's moral awakening to the evils associated with the death penalty, and of the special relationship forged between a young black prisoner condemned to die and Cabana, the middle-aged white warden condemned to execute him. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015578
- Title
- Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner
- Author
- Donald A. Cabana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555532640
- ISBN 13
- 9781555532642
- Publisher
- Northeastern University Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- capital punishment, death row, murderers, killers, condemned to die, executions, gas chamber, electric chair, lethal injection, hanging, firing squad. prison life, maximum security prisons, execution chamber, death penalty,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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