Little Charley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom by Norman Zierold - 1967

Little, Brown, Boston, 1967. Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Dust Jacket w/ 1" tear. Near Fine/Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Category: true crime; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 367. .

LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY. Hardcover. USED Good.

Hutchinson, 1968. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hutchinson. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good+. Tanning; General shelf wear; 304 pages

Little, Brown, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. Price-clipped. .

Boston, Little Brown, 1967, stated 2nd printing hardcover, light brown cloth, fine square tight unmarked copy, 5-3/4""x8-1/2"", illustrated, no previous owner marks, very good bright dust jacket.

Hutchinson, 1968. hardcover. Good/Very Good Jacket. 8x6x1. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

hardcover. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston, (1967).<br/><br/>

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan boards, gilt on brown titles on spine, blind device on front board, brown endpapers, [vii], 304 pp, 4 ff b & w plates. Top edge dusty, tail of spine worn. DJ 2 cm tear top edge, tail of spine slightly tattered; in Brodart archival cover. Four-year-old Charles Brewster Ross was the first American child ever kidnapped for ransom, on July 1, 1874. The kidnappers were eventually identified, but were shot to death in a burglary without revealing where Ross had been hidden. Zierold tells the story of the abduction's aftermath, its effect on the boy's family, and the thousands of boys and, later, men who turned up claiming to be Charley Ross. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/VG+. 21½ X 15 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. Third Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. Sheridan Germann (dust jacket). 8vo. Pp. 304. Illustrated with a section of reproduced engravings and a manuscript facsimile. Tan cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine in a dark red cartouche, publisher's device in blind on the cover, red-brown art paper endpapers: light foxing to head edge, leaves otherwise crisp and bright, binding tight. In the two-color illustrated dust jacket with price $5.95 intact on the front flap: a few isolated spots of foxing. The object lesson that taught children to refuse candy from strangers. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.