Report of the Trial of Prof. John W. Webster, Indicted for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Holden at Boston, on Tuesday, March 19, 1850
by Stone, Dr. James W., Phonographic Report
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company. Front cover is loose and first few pages pulled away; top of spine worn. 1/2 black leather, marbled boards. vi, 314 pp plus publisher's ads and errata sheet. Considered a "classic" murder trial. John White Webster (May 20, 1793 - August 30, 1850) was an American professor of chemistry and geology at Harvard Medical College. In 1850, he was convicted of murder in the Parkman Webster murder case and hanged. . Fair. Hardcover. Original Edition. 1850.
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- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010944
- Title
- Report of the Trial of Prof. John W. Webster, Indicted for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman before the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Holden at Boston, on Tuesday, March 19, 1850
- Author
- Stone, Dr. James W., Phonographic Report
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Original Edition
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1850
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Law; Massachusetts; True Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Massachusetts;
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About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
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Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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