The Life and Bad Times of Charlie Becker by Root, Jonathan - 1962

London: Secker & Warburg, 1962. Hardcover. First UK edition. Jacket is a little tanned, with a few minor marks - no notable shelfwear, however, and unclipped. Page block is slightly foxed; pages are clean and sound. Graded very good for age. TS. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

Secker & Warburg, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/Good. bibliography. Black coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "On a July night in 1912, a New York gambler, Hermann Rosenthal, was shot dead outside the Metropole Hotel on West 43rd Street. From this developed probably the most notorious murder trial in American history and revealed a whole city riddled with corruption, from Tammany Hall, the police Department, to the gamblers and thugs of the 'tenderloin' district in midtown. To New York's district attorney, Charles Whitman, corruption was personified in police Lieutenant Charles Becker. From the moment of the murder, Whitman determined, though Becker had not been on the spot, to pin it on the policeman as accessory before the fact. To that end he would use every means, a foul or fair, including as unsavoury collection of… Read More

New York: AMPHOTO, 1988 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Square 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 143 (1) pp, acknowledgments, introduction, with 78 color photographs and discriptions on facing pages.. First American Edition, 1988. "Conceptual photography, which includes special effects, is dependent on the confluence of unexpected ideas to create arresting images. With charm and wit, Tcherevkoff explains how he came up with each concept and how he executed it. The Previsualization that was necessary becomes clear. Specially constructed models, multi-colored and sequenced lights, and painted backgrounds are among the elements that transform a concept into a magical image on film." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped., Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Maroon cloth..

London. Secker & Warburg. 1962. . Hardback. 1st Ed. Black cloth with silver spine titles in worn, unclipped dustwrapper with several small tears to edge, now protected by a removeabl eclearview cover. 7.9" x 5.3". 288 pp. Wt: 0.5" Good (Poor).