Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper
by Burn, Gordon (1948-2009)
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
NZ$24.58NZ$22.13
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About This Item
NY: Viking Press, 1985. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_buckram spine. Fine/Fine. 5.75"x 8.5" 276 pgs. Black boards. Red buckram spine w/white letters. DJ #05384 designed by Joseph Scivoletto. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), unmarked. Minimal edge & shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Gift Quality. To his family in the small town of Bingley near Bradford in the north of England, he was known as "our Pete". To the police, who had hunted him for more than six years through the towns and cities of Yorkshire, he was known as the Yorkshire Ripper, the sadistic killer of thirteen women. In this study of Peter Sutcliffe, the man they finally charged, the author has given us one of the most incisive and revelatory books ever written about the life and times, the family and social milieu of a mass murderer.
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- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 15145
- Title
- Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper
- Author
- Burn, Gordon (1948-2009)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_buckram spine
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1985
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