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THE WORLD'S STRANGEST CRIMES
by Maine, C.E
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good to Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0671754610
- ISBN 13
- 9780671754617
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Pocket Books, 1970. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage paperback, Pocket Book 75461; a collection of strange and simply weird true crime stories including the 17th century Scottish family that, over a 25-year period, robbed, murdered and ate their victims and the South African police detective who investigated the rape and murder he, himself, had committed; top edge of last dozen pages and back cover very lightly water-stained o/w text is clean, tight, age-toned, with a slight spine lean in black pictorial wrappers showing minor surface and edgewear. Scarce true crime collectable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002564
- Title
- THE WORLD'S STRANGEST CRIMES
- Author
- Maine, C.E
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671754610
- ISBN 13
- 9780671754617
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME, FIRST EDITION, MURDER, VINTAGE PAPERBACK, ROBBERY, PIRACY, CANNABALISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime; Vintage Paperback; History;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...