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Sins of the City: The Real Los Angeles Noir
by Heimann, Jim
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0811823199
- ISBN 13
- 9780811823197
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.: Chronicle Books, 1999. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Exposes the lurid truth about the City of Angels as it really was back in the days of noir, from the period after WWI to the beginning of the Cold War, roughly 1920s01950s. From "crime lords, corrupt cops, seers, mystics, & kooks, two-bit chippies & penny=ante gumshoes..." this book covers it all--murder, mayhem, & mischief...avishly illustrated on nearly every page with real black-and-white photos drawn from morgues (real & photo), newspaper archives, & personal collections. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1999, this softcover small 4to (7.5"x10") has colorfully decorated wrappers, French flaps, in 159 pages. Condition is Fine: looks & feels just a tiny bit less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, unopened, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022754
- Title
- Sins of the City: The Real Los Angeles Noir
- Author
- Heimann, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0811823199
- ISBN 13
- 9780811823197
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 144
- Keywords
- Los Angeles LA California true crime scandal murder homicide suicide Hollywood death celebrities gangsters unsolved film noir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime: True Crime; Photography-Photo Essays; Californiana;
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- Fine
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