New York: William Morrow and Company, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm). Turquoise cloth backstrip over orange paper covered boards; titled in blue on spine; blue endpapers; pictorial rear panel; dustjacket; 156pp. Small bumps to lower edge of boards, else Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.00); titles sunned on spine; panels lightly rubbed; coated flaps are toned; Very Good+. From the dustjacket: "A renowned expert on law enforcement gives his views on the present climate of violence in the United States...discussion of the death penalty, the lie detector, "citizen brutality", gun control, probation and parole." A somewhat uncommon late-career work by Gardner, creator of the Perry Mason mysteries.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 53254
Title: Cops on Campus and Crime in the Street
Author: GARDNER, Erle Stanley
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: William Morrow and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1970
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction; Sixties; Student Movements;

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Bumps: Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
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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...
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