Twenty Mortal Murders by Miller, Orlo - 1978

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1978. Book. Good Only. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xiii) 226 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white plates. Ex-library copy in reasonable condition; light wear on the corners of the dustjacket with some rubbing on the lower left of the front panel where a label was removed; normal interior library markings. The Chapters are: The Berserker - Erik the Red; Jean Duval's Head - Jean Duval; Mutiny on the Discovery - Henry Hudson; Ramsay the Trapper - David Ramsay; Twice Is Enough - Constable Timothy Conklin Pomeroy; A Most Atrocious Crime - Henry Sovereign; For Honour's Sake - Canada's Last Fatal Duel; An Identity Crisis - John Hamilton Nelles; A Cry of Agony - Marcus Gunn; Silence Is Golden - Blackjack and Lemon; A United Family - Katist-chen - Swift Runner; Murder by Committee - The Black Donnellys; A Society Murder - Reginald Birchall; Strychnine and Sympathy - Dr Thomas Neill Cream; Holmes' Sweet… Read More

Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 226 p. : ports. ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes bibliography (p. 210-215) and index. Subjects: Murder, Canada ; Case studies.