A MURDER IN WEST COVINA: Chronicle of the Finch-Tregoff Case
by Jones, James L., M.D
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0963710206
- ISBN 13
- 9780963710208
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
West Covina, California: Chaparral, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Edited by Lillian Biermann Wehmeyer, M.D. With a Foreword by Marie Anne Lidholm. West Covina, California: Chaparral, 1992. First edition. Documentary history of the murder of socialite Barbara Jean Finch in West Covina, then an agricultural suburb of Los Angeles, and the sensational Finch-Tregoff trials that ended with the conviction of R. Bernard Finch, M.D., the victim's wealthy husband, and his lover. Includes observations by investigators who worked on the case and members of the community, a review of the print media reports and court documents, and the account of Marie Anne Lidholm, the Swedish governess who testified against Dr. Finch. Original black cloth binding, with red titles. Some minor fading and wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise very good.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65392
- Title
- A MURDER IN WEST COVINA: Chronicle of the Finch-Tregoff Case
- Author
- Jones, James L., M.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0963710206
- ISBN 13
- 9780963710208
- Publisher
- Chaparral
- Place of Publication
- West Covina, California
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- True Crime, California, Western Americana, West Covina, Los Angeles, Famous Trials, Murder
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