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A Murder in Paradise
by Richard Gehman
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Rinehart and Company, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing. Author signed on the first free end paper with a July 1954 date [the date of first printing]. This is about the Lancaster County murder of a Franklin & Marshall College secretary by a college student. Two Lancaster Sunday News clippings about the murder, and this book, are included with the book. This book is hard to find as a first edition, and even rarer when signed. Shelf-worn edges & corners, lean, bookplate on the first free end paper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- NWJBOOKS
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011683
- Title
- A Murder in Paradise
- Author
- Richard Gehman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Rinehart and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 278
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- nonfiction; murder; true crime; Lancaster County. signed
Terms of Sale
NWJBOOKS
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
NWJBOOKS
Biblio member since 2021
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About NWJBOOKS
Specializing in signed, rare and out of print books.
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