The Boston Strangler
by Frank, Gerold
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: New American Library, 1966. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. First definitive book on the case that terrified the Boston area in the 1960s, basis for the movie starring Tony Curtis as Albert De Salvo, the man never tried for the killings, but imprisoned for being a serial rapist, the "Green Man." & since linked by DNA to at least one of the stranglings, though it is doubtful that he committed all of them. 364 pages. A Book Club Edition from 1966, slightly smaller than the first edition, else identical. Hardcover 8vo with plain black boards lettered in red & blue to spine is in VG+ condition: completely clean inside, with light spotting to both upper & lower outside page edges. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with tanning to edges, unmarked. The unclipped DJ is VG: bright & colorful, with chipping to both ends of spine; protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--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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Details
- Seller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023177
- Title
- The Boston Strangler
- Author
- Frank, Gerold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition (BCE)
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- serial murder rape murderers true crime Boston Massachusetts true crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime: True Crime;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...