THE GASLIGHT MURDERS: The Saga of Sidney Street and the Scarlet 'S'.
by Holroyd, James Edward
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket (some foxing to the back cover of the dj and edges of the textblock, offsetting to endpapers,/very good
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About This Item
London:: George Allen and Unwin Ltd,, (1960). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (some foxing to the back cover of the dj and edges of the textblock, offsetting to endpapers, but a straight, tight copy with a bright dust jacket.). First printing. A new investigation of the siege of Sidney Street where Russian anarchists/gunmen were hiding after a botched robbery that left three policemen dead, and the murder of a Russian on Clapham Common at the same time - one which links these crimes. Based on documentary and eyewitness material, and on police files not available to previous historians. Illustrated with photographs. 246 pp. plus colophon and one pp publisher ads.
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- Title
- THE GASLIGHT MURDERS: The Saga of Sidney Street and the Scarlet 'S'.
- Author
- Holroyd, James Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket (some foxing to the back cover of the dj and edges of the textblock, offsetting to endpapers,
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen and Unwin Ltd,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- (1960)
- Keywords
- anarchists, murder, trial,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Criminology and True Crime;
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