Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors: Two hundred years of crime
by Chapman, Pauline
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0094656207
- ISBN 13
- 9780094656208
- Seller
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Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pauline Chapman, archivist to Madame Tussaud's, here recounts the stories of more than fifty murders whose perpetrators have been among many felons modelled in wax for the collection. She relates the fascinating history of the chamber of horrors, which began and continues with crowds eager to gaze at the wax representations of notorious criminals. A really interesting read.
An excellent copy. All pages intact, bright and unmarked with no noticeable signs of ageing at all. Cloth boards intact and spine tight. DJ is in an excellent state and unclipped, clean and bright with no noticeable tears, creases or shelf wear. All now protected in professional clear book wrapper.
257 pp with many B&W illustrations
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tom Heywood Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2195
- Title
- Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors
- Author
- Chapman, Pauline
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0094656207
- ISBN 13
- 9780094656208
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Madame Tussaud’s; notorious murderers, wax effigy, macabre, true crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
Terms of Sale
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