True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
by Train, Arthur
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Exton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926 Embossed brown cloth, lightly soiled, edges rubbed, gilt lettered spine faded, top edge tinted, page edges toned, pages lightly toned. 348 pp with black and white frontispiece and 13 leaves of black and white illustration. Alain Train formerly Assistant District Attorney, New York County recounts the stories of some of the men and women whose cases he prosecuted.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Title
- True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office
- Author
- Train, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- True Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
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- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
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