Posts-Mortem: The Correspondence of MURDER
by Goodman, Jonathan
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: material from DJ stuck to boards, text clean, binding tight and square/good: edge wear and toning, NOT clipped, remnants of DJ stuck to boards (pictured)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
St. Martins Press, 1971. first edition. hardcover. very good: material from DJ stuck to boards, text clean, binding tight and square/good: edge wear and toning, NOT clipped, remnants of DJ stuck to boards (pictured). 8vo 164pp. Collection of letters associated with murder cases, with brief annotations by the author. from front flap: "Some of the cases in which letters played an important part are well known; others are remembered, if at all, only by a few students of criminology. The case of Edith Thompson, who was executed solely on the evidence of her love letters to her husband's murderer, is part of British social history--but hardly anyone will recall the case of Edward Oxford, whose letters proved not only that he was the attempted assassin of Queen Victoria but even more conclusively that he was hopelessly insane; the significance of the 'Rising Sun' postcard in the Robert Wood case of 1907 is still widely discussed, but few people are aware of the importance of the spelling mistakes in telegrams sent by the Bournemouth murderer, Thomas Allaway." #00779.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 696
- Title
- Posts-Mortem
- Author
- Goodman, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: material from DJ stuck to boards, text clean, binding tight and square
- Jacket Condition
- good: edge wear and toning, NOT clipped, remnants of DJ stuck to boards (pictured)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- St. Martins Press
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- letters, murder, crime, true crime, first edition
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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