MASTERPIECES OF MURDER. An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader. Edited Together with an Original Essay on the Borden Case by Gerald Gross. With an Introduction by Miriam Allen deFord.
by Gross, Gerald (Editor)
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Little, Brown, 1963. 1st ed. Light soiling at page edges else near fine in dust jacket lightly rubbed. Starts out with several definitive essays Pearson wrote on the nature of crime and criminals, followed by a group of his most fascinating cases, including the Lizzie Borden case. Introduction by veteran crime writer Miriam Allen de Ford, a Preface by Gerald Gross, and an argument-fanning essay on the Lizzie Borden crime wherin Mr. Gross puts forth a new theory on the case. 285 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013526
- Title
- MASTERPIECES OF MURDER. An Edmund Pearson True Crime Reader. Edited Together with an Original Essay on the Borden Case by Gerald Gross. With an Introduction by Miriam Allen deFord.
- Author
- Gross, Gerald (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Mystery, True Crime, Lizzie Borden, Essays, Anthology, Short Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRUE CRIME; Lizzie Borden; Anthology;
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About Murder By The Book
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