Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD. The Book of Executions in America
by Drimmer, Frederick
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0806511842
- ISBN 13
- 9780806511849
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Citadel Press/Carol Publishing Group, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A painstakingly researched history of legal execution in the U.S., including John Wilkes Booth, Nat Turner, Sacco and Vanzetti, Ruth Snyder, Ted Bundy, Gary Gilmore and many more, as well as those put to death and later found to be innocent; illustrated with many black & white photos and drawings; upper edge of text is lightly foxed, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket's front flap is creased, o/w only minor surface and edgewear. A somewhat unusual True Crime volume.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003861
- Title
- UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD. The Book of Executions in America
- Author
- Drimmer, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0806511842
- ISBN 13
- 9780806511849
- Publisher
- Citadel Press/Carol Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME, FIRST EDITION, EXECUTION, U.S., HISTORY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime; Crime; History;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise