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MURDER AT SAN SIMEON
by Hearst, Patricia & Biddle, Cordelia Frances
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684804239
- ISBN 13
- 9780684804231
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hearst and her co-author, Biddle, use the real, 1924 murder of movie producer, Thomas Ince, aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst, the author's grandfather, as the basis for this mystery-crime novel, with much of the story's action at San Simeon, the millionaire's castle on the California coast. The story features Catha Burke, a history professor with a very personal interest in the woman wrongly charged with Ince's death. Burke, becomes, 70 years after the crime, determined to find the truth. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only a touch of edge wear, no creasing, no tears or chipping, not price-clipped. The author's own history as a 1974 kidnap victim and hostage of the Symbionese Liberation Army, gives the novel an extra interest. Collectable copy.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005178
- Title
- MURDER AT SAN SIMEON
- Author
- Hearst, Patricia & Biddle, Cordelia Frances
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0684804239
- ISBN 13
- 9780684804231
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, CRIME, CALIFORNIA, ROARING TWENTIES, 1924, WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST,
- Bookseller catalogs
- California; Crime; Amateur Sleuth;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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