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Volunteers for the Gallows: Anatomy of a Show Trial
by Béla Szász
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No jacket
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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NZ$31.60NZ$23.70
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About This Item
Volunteers for the Gallows: Anatomy of a Show Trial by Béla Szász
Hardback, 1971, first UK edition (originally published in French and German 1963), published by Chatto & Windus, London, viii + 244 pages.
Measures around 8 3/4" by 5 5/8" by 1". No dust jacket. Red cloth binding, gilt lettering to spine. A little marking and scuffing to binding, a round dark mark to front board, but otherwise reasonably clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges and a little on hinges, a couple of small tears to bottom edge of rear board. Corners a little bumped. Binding quite firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and marked. Some staining to rear endpapers and pastedown, previous owner name written on title page. Page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.
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- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-426
- Title
- Volunteers for the Gallows: Anatomy of a Show Trial
- Author
- Béla Szász
- Format/Binding
- Hardback, cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition / First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Pages
- viii + 244
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
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