NO DEADLY DRUG: The Anatomy of a Celebrity Murder Trial
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Novelist John D. MacDonald's foray into True Crime resulted in this painstaking, 656-page account of the first murder trial of Dr. Carl Coppolino in New Jersey in 1966. This story, which covers every detail of the trial from jury selection to the final verdict without passing judgement, is in many ways, MacDonald's best work; text is clean, tight, very slight spine lean; boards show minor rubbing at corners and edges; white dustjacket is basically whole but shows some slight yellowing and soiling, with minor chipping and tearing on edges and corners and two closed tears at upper corner of back panel. Collectable.
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- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003265
- Title
- NO DEADLY DRUG: The Anatomy of a Celebrity Murder Trial
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME, FIRST EDITION, MURDER TRIAL, NEW JERSEY, F. LEE BAILEY
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime; History; Law;
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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