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The Murder of Napoleon
by Ben Weider, David Hapgood
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0865530351
- ISBN 13
- 9780865530355
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Congdon & Lattes , 1982 Congdon & Lattes, New York. 1982. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light bumping to head and tail; scant shelfwear. DJ: Very Good : NOT Price Clipped ($14.95); slight wear to head, tail, and tips; slight suntoning to spine. Cream paper over boards with maroon cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 266 pp 8vo. 150 years later, modern forensic medicine discovers one of history's greatest crimes. Napoleon suspected that he would be murdered and even requested an autopsy. The crime was clever, murder could not be proven, and the killer escaped until now when a forensic detective, Dr. Sten Forshufvud, an expert on poison, came n the scene and proves that someone in Napoleon's entourage, posing as his friend, slowly poisons him. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014910
- Title
- The Murder of Napoleon
- Author
- Ben Weider, David Hapgood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0865530351
- ISBN 13
- 9780865530355
- Publisher
- Congdon & Lattes
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Napoleon Bonaparte, murder, poison, poisonings, St. Helena island, Dr. Sten Forshufvud, forensic science, arsenic poisoning, hair analysis, toxicology, toxicologist-detective,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Price Clipped
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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