A COMPANION TO MURDER: A DICTIONARY OF DEATH BY POISON, DEATH BY SHOOTING...1900-1950 by Shew, E. Spencer - 1961

alfred a. Knopf, 1961. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . 303 pages. Light wear; pages yellowed; a sound binding; good shape. The jacket is heavily torn, chipped and soiled. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; Inventory No: 180204. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VERY TIGHT BOOK WITH NO MARKINGS. DJ HAS SLIGHT RUBBING ALONG THE EDGES. SOME DISCOLORATION TO WHITE ON BACK. A FEW SMALL TEARS ON HEAD AND TAIL OF SPINE EDGE..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. First am. Very good hardcover with similar dustwrapper. First American edition. Light browning to edges of pages. Dustwrapper rubbed with some creasing and browning. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1961. The jacket has a three inch long tear on the front bottom edge. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. 1st American Edition. With a note on the British judicial system. [xix] 303p., dj.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 303pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first U.S. edition.

London: Cassell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 303 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding in black cloth-covered boards. A couple of minor soil spots to the boards. Text block edges are a bit dusty. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with very light age toning. Dustwrapper has some rub wear to the corners and spine ends. The top edge of the rear panel and the flap folds are somewhat darkened. Price clipped. Subtitled: "A Dictionary of Death by Poison, Death by Shooting, Death by Suffocation and Drowning, and Death by the Strangler's Hand 1900-1950". An alphabetically arranged descriptive and biographical guide to murders, murderers, trials, and judges and counsel associated with murder trials in the first fifty years of the 20th century. Includes a Table of Murders which classifies the type of murder and refers to individual cases within the book. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. A Dictionary of Death by Poison, Death by Shooting, Death by Suffocation and Drowning, Death by the Strangler's Hand, 1900-1950. 303 pp. White endpapers. Green cloth with gilt titles. Corners lightly bumped. Brown DJ, not price-clipped. Small chips, wear along the edges. VG/VG. First American Edition.

London: Cassell, 1960. 303 pages. Table of murders. Reference book. Pages good condition. Previous owner's name top of ffep. Black cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges show light wear. Black and white dust jacket worn at all edges and corners. VG+/VG. 1st UK Edtion. Hard Cover.