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Los Angeles Murders (Regional Murder Series)
by Booth, Charles G., Mary Collins, Guy Endore, Erle Stanley Gardner, et al. Edited by Craig Rice (Marie F. Rodell, Series Editor)
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- first
- Condition
- Fine in a very good dust jacket. Bound in tan cloth over boards with spine titled in dark brown. Jacket has chipping at head of
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. First printing. Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [vi], 249 pages. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Bound in tan cloth over boards with spine titled in dark brown. Jacket has chipping at head of spine but no loss of text. Jacket extremities show a few spots of minor rubbing. An excellent copy.. A collection of seven true crime stories from Los Angeles in the 1920s through 1940s, by prominent crime writers of the time (including Erle Stanley Gardner). Cases include those of Madalynne Obenchain, Clara Phillips, William Desmond Taylor, Winnie Ruth Judd, and Louise Peete. Also covered are the "Walburger" case and the so-called "rattlesnake murder." <br /> <br /> There are interesting descriptions of the scenes and localities around these murders, which range from Hollywood to Beverly Glen. Jacket photo is an aerial view eastward from Grauman's Chinese Theatre along Hollywood Boulevard. Includes a Preface by Ms. Rice. <br /> <br /> This was the fifth book in the 1940s "Regional Murder Series" edited for Duell, Sloan and Pearce by Marie F. Rodell.
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1509
- Title
- Los Angeles Murders (Regional Murder Series)
- Author
- Booth, Charles G., Mary Collins, Guy Endore, Erle Stanley Gardner, et al. Edited by Craig Rice (Marie F. Rodell, Series Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth hardcover. Octavo. [vi], 249 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a very good dust jacket. Bound in tan cloth over boards with spine titled in dark brown. Jacket has chipping at head of
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Los Angeles, California, true crime, homicide, detectives, William Desmond Taylor, Rattlesnake Murder, Louise Peete, Murder Club, criminology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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About the Seller
Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Annapolis, Maryland
About Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
We buy and sell quality used and out-of-print books, with an emphasis on Americana, Military and Naval History, and Nautical material. But we have many good books in a variety of subjects. We are located in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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