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THE GIRL WITH THE SCARLET BRAND: Seventh in a Series of Classic Murder Trials
by Boswell, Charles and Lewis Thompson
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1954
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 20.95
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N.Y.: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1954. 1st edition, March 1954, so stated. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Gold Medal #384, 7th in a series of Classic Murder Trials. Vintage Paperback. Reading crease, spine edge rubbed, rear cover lightly soiled, cover very slightly offset, else very good. Re-creates the pri Victorian England that unleased all its anger at the young American girl… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 20.95
TRUE POLICE CASES; Vol 1, No. 1
by (True Crime)
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1936
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 327.31
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Greenwich: CT: Country Press Inc., 1936. Volume 1, #1, 1936. Near fine copy with two small creases at lower corner. Digest size, stapled covers, paper lightly age toned at edges else a remarkably fine copy. Ten stories, 130 pages. Very scarce. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 327.31
MIDNIGHT IN PEKING: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunte the Last Days of Old China **EDGAR AND CWA AWARD WINNER**
by French, Paul
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- As New
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- First Printing
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- 2013
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- Paperback
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- 9780143123361
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 16.37
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N.Y.: Penguin Books, 2013. 1st pbk printing of the revised edition. A fine copy of the trade paperback. WINNER OF BOTH THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME and the CWA NON-FICTION DAGGER AWARD. Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 16.37
THE LIZZIE BORDEN SOURCEBOOK
by Borden, Lizzie} Kent, David in Collaboration with Robert A. Flynn [SIGNED BY BOTH]
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- Limited/Numbered
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780828319508
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 85.10
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Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1992. 1st ed. Fine, un-read copy in dust jacket. One of 1,000 numbered copies SIGNED by both Flynn & Kent on laid in plate, in shrinkwrap as issued. Until this sourcebook, no one has been content to present the chronicling of events as they unfolded and leave the verdict to the reader,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.10
THE GIRL IN MURDER FLAT: A True Account of the Sensational Lonergan-Burton Murder Case **Tenth in a Series of Classic Murder Trials**
by Heimer. Mel
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1955
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 19.64
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N.Y.: Gold Medal, 1955. 1st edition, January 1955, so stated. Gold Medal #458. Spine lightly darkened, price on cover is crossed out, paper is brownig. Somewhere in the elegance of Beekman Place, the stone refuge of the very rich, she lay naked and sprawled across an heirloom of a bed in the grotesque position of sudden and violent death.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GIRL IN POISON COTTAGE ( Fifth in Classic Murder Trials Series.)
by Hoffmann, M.D., Richard H. And Jim Bishop
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1953
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 18.98
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N.Y.: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1953. 1st edition, November, 1953. Paperback Original. Gold Medal #351. Cover by Barye Phillips. The Everett Applegate - Frances Creighton case. 166 pages + 6 pages of ads at rear. Reading crease, lightly soiled, paper is age toned. A very nice copy. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 18.98
THE GIRL IN THE BELFRY (Gold Medal Classic Trials #12)
by Jackson, Joseph Henry and Lenore Glen Offord
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1957
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 19.64
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Greenwich: CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1957. 1st printing, July 1957, Gold Medal #s688. [.35 cover price] Vintage Paperback. Cover by Richard Powers. Although there are others that try to cast doubt on Theo's Durrant's conviction, this is the only one that explains exactly why the jury found him guilty. Based on the lead detective's notes -- the discovery… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 19.64
LIZZIE!
by Haskell, Owen
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 32.73
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Providence, Rhode Island: Lazarus Press, 1993. 1st ed. A play in 2 acts. . Fine in dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 32.73
THE GENTEEL MURDERER
by Norman, Charles
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1956
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 32.73
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N.Y.: Macmillian Publishing Co,, 1956. 1st edition, so stated. Fine in dust jacket with some minor wear at folds, very light chipping at head and foot of spine, lightly soiled at rear. Although both corners of front flap are clipped, the $3.75 price is intact. Includes a frontis portrait plate. In this unique biographical adventure, Charles Norman… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 32.73
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THE GASLIGHT MURDERS: The Saga of Sidney Street and the Scarlet 'S'
by Holroyd, James Edward
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1960
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 32.73
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London, United Kingdom: George Allen & Unwin, 1960. 1st edition, so stated. Fine in near fine dust jacket, not price-clipped, 21s net price intact, lightly rubbed and soiled at rear and at spine. Study of two of the most bizarre and baffling London murder mysteries of the century. With photo illustrations. Black cloth covers. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 32.73
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AFTER THE BIG HOUSE: The True Adventures of a Parole Officer
by Berson, Fred
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Printing
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- 1953
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 13.09
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N.Y.: Popular Library, 1953. 1st priniting, March 1953. Popular Giant G-122. " His (Fred Berson's) experience reads like a succession of capsule melodramas, replete with pistol-play, tough hoodlums, loose women and parole officers who perform in current private - eye fashion." New York Times. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 13.09
THE BORDEN MURDER MYSTERY In Defence of Lizzie Borden **LIMITED EDITION / SIGNED**
by Philips, Arthur S.
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780961481117
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 58.92
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Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1986. 1st ed, A fine, unread copy. Red cloth, bright gold spine and front cover lettering. Printed on light tan paper. LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR OF THE INTRODUCTION on the limitation page at rear. 31pages. "This is a First Facsimile Abstract Edition". ."Acknowledgment… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 58.92
THE BORDEN MURDER MYSTERY In Defence of Lizzie Borden **LIMITED EDITION / SIGNED**
by Borden, Lizzie} Philips, Arthur S.
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780961481117
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 58.92
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Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1986. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy. Red cloth, bright gold spine and front cover lettering. Printed on light tan paper. LIMITED EDITION, one of 750 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER AND AUTHOR OF THE INTRODUCTION on the limitation page at rear. 31 pages. "This is a First Facsimile Abstract Edition".… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 58.92
THE LIZZIE BORDEN SOURCEBOOK
by Kent, David in Collaboration with Robert A. Flynn [SIGNED BY BOTH]
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- Limited/Numbered
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780828319508
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 85.10
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Portland: ME: King Philip Pub. Co., 1992. 1st ed. Fine, un-read copy in dust jacket. One of 1,000 numbered copies SIGNED by both Flynn & Kent on laid in plate, in shrinkwrap as issued. Until this sourcebook, no one has been content to present the chronicling of events as they unfolded and leave the verdict to the reader,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.10
MURDER PLUS True Crime Stories from the Masters of Detective Fiction
by Gerald, Marc (ed) Incl Hammett, Jim Thompson, Robert Bloch, Craig Rice, Erle Stanley Gardner
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1992
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- Paperback
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- 9780886876623
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.18
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N.Y.: Pharos Books, 1992. From the Golden Age of Pulp Magazines the book features 21 cases, some of which proved to be the basis for future novels. The include : Robert Bloch - The Shambles of Ed Gein; Leslie Ford - The Scar-Faced Fugitive and the Murdered Maid; Erle Stanley Gardner - The Case of the Movie… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 26.18
LIZZIE! [Signed Copy]
by Borden, Lizzie) Haskell, Owen
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 32.73
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Providence, Rhode Island: Lazarus Press, 1993. 1st ed. A play in 2 acts. . Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED and Dated June 20th, 1993 the day of publication.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Private Press. Item Price
SGD 32.73
LIZZIE! **SIGNED COPY**LIMITED EDITION**
by Haskell, Owen
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 163.66
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Providence, Rhode Island: Lazarus Press, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dj in slipcase as issued. A play in 2 acts. 1 of 26 LETTERD copies [ This being " J " ] SIGNED by the author and Illustrator, Ted Beargeon, on Limitation page and dated June 20, 1993 the day of publication. The play follows closely the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 163.66
LIZZIE! [Signed Copy]
by Borden, Lizzie) Haskell, Owen
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 85.10
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Providence, Rhode Island: Lazarus Press, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dj in slipcase as issued. A play in 2 acts. 1 of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. The play follows closely the facts of Lizzie Bordens trial and the day of the murders. The front cover there are 41 axes hidden in the picture and the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 85.10
FAMOUS TRIALS
by Hodge, Harry & Hodge, James H. (eds)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Published
- 1986
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- ISBN
- 9780880290807
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 15.71
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NY: Dorset, 1986. 3rd printing. Small stain at foreedge, else near fine in dust jacket. Selected and introduced by John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole. Later Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 15.71
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PAINFUL DETAILS: TWELVE VICTORIAN SCANDALS
by Harrison, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 45.82
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London: UK: Max Parrish & Co., 1962. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, small tear along head, light wear along edges, else near fine. Not only were the Victorians as capable of folly as we are, but they were just as capable of reporting it to their newspapers and journals. They hinted at… Read more about this item Item Price
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