The Execution of Justice by Durrenmatt, Friedrich - 1989

Random House (NY), 1989. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York. 1989. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0394578023. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. 216 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Literature Translated Germany Switzerland. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In 1935 Dr Isaak Kohler, a distinguished Zurich councilman, walks into a restaurant full of well-known politicians, businessmen and artists, and shoots a university professor in open view. For his crime, Kohler is sentenced to twenty years in prison. Dr Kohler, happy as a lark and infectiously content behind bars, sends for Spat, a young, down-on-his-luck lawyer and asks him to re-investigate his case on the supposition that he is innocent. Spat does the seemingly impossible - he manages to have the murderer acquitted - and in the process is driven to madness. The lawyer becomes obsessed with his intellectual enterprise and, seduced by the notion of justice, decides to murder the murderer. Durrenmatt tells the final part of the story in his own voice, and reveals the sorry… Read More

Random House. Very Good+. 1989. Hardcover. ...; Very Good Book, some use wear, ships fast; 8.3 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 216 pages .

New York: Random House, 1989. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Here are the terrifying ambiguities between the law and justice are explored in a novel of conspiracy, revenge, and obsession. 216 pages. CONDITION: A VERY GOOD PLUS book in FINE dust jacket. The book is bright, tight, and square, with minimal shelf-wear (just sunning to the top cover edges), unmarked but for the previous owner's signature on the front paste-down (American composer Richard Cameron-Wolfe). The dust jacket - now in a clear, protective, removable Brodart cover - is vivid, complete (not price-clipped), unmarked and uncreased, with no apparent shelf-wear.

VG. Jacket in mylar. 1st printing. Light fox to top edge, board edge fade

NY: Random House, 1989. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Random House. HARDCOVER. 1989. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in gray and brown with gold titles in brown pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Smll push to top points and thin band of toning to board edges. Dust jacket has very light edge wear. Translated from the German by John E Woods. Jacket photograph by Christine Rodin. ' ..... the terrifying ambiguities between the law and justice.'. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Random House, 1989-07-08. Hardcover. New. 0.8000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.6000 in.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Random House. New in New dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394578023 . ; Brand new. Publisher's price of $17.95 on DJ flap. DJ is protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty or improve its appearance. Pictured here without the mylar cover for an accurate visual of it's condition. ; 8.3 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 216 pages .