THE CRIME by Longstreet, Stephen - 1961 first edition

Greenwich: Crest, 1961. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st printing thus. Crest#s423. 224pp. Corners bumped, a little chipped, some edgewear and creasing, some ink circles drawn on cover. Good+

crest, 1961 first edition . 423, good - very good, creases, , paperback,

crest, 1961 first edition . 423, very good, creases, , paperback,

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Book in Mylar cover. Dustjacket shows edge wear, some shelf wear as well. 1/2 inch piece missing from base of spine on dustjacket. end flaps shows spotting and discoloration. No remainder marks, no ink markings. NOT priced clipped. First edition..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. A clean, square, tight copy. Dust Jacket is not price clipped (3.50). Laid-in is a printed postcard from the publisher asking readers to provide comments on the book. This novel is based on the notorious Hall-Mills double murder case in New Jersey. In September 1922 the Rev. Edward W. Hall and his mistress, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, were found shot to death lying side-by side in a lovers' lane near New Brunswick. In real life, Longstreet actually covered this case as a cub reporter. This is a fictionalized version of 3 days of the crime's trial from the perspective of the prosecutor. In reality, the Hall-Mills case was a national media sensation. For months, front-page articles appeared daily in the New York Times and many other papers. Initially no one was charged, but four years later, in 1926, authorities reopened the case. Hall's widow and her two brothers were arrested and charged with the murders. Their trial was held in Somerville, N.J. and… Read More

Simon and Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Some wear on corner and edges of DJ. Very minimal wear on binding. Some lightening on spine. Mark on bottom edges of pages. Tight pages, good condition.

THE CRIME, S & S, 1959, first edition, vg+ in vg/vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight wear. This work of fiction is based on the actual sensational Hall- Mills double murder case that took place in New Jersey in the 1920's.

Simon & Schuster, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Simon & Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Original orange spine and black boards with $3.50 on flap. Tiny corner chip to top of jacket spine, else a fine jacket, clean and unmarked. In a Brodart jacket cover.