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The FBI Story
by Whitehead, Don; Hoover, J. Edgar (Foreword)
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- fair
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Random House, 1958. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A journalist's account "behind the scenes" at the FBI, tracing its origins & development, focusing on J. Edgar Hoover's long career as director. In 459 pages with Index, Foreword by Hoover. Orig. published in hardcover in 1956, this is the First Mass Market Paperback, a Cardinal Giant Edition from Pocket Books (GC-45) from Marc. 1958. Condition is Fair, downgraded because a few pages in front matter (to Table of Contents) are loose; spine is cracking & book is fragile. Modest edgewear & rubbing, light soil. Pages tanned around edges, but completely unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022375
- Title
- The FBI Story
- Author
- Whitehead, Don; Hoover, J. Edgar (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DIRECTORS J. EDGAR HOOVER, CRIME FORENSIC LAW ENFORCEMENT GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks; Crime: True Crime;
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- Rubbing
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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