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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light signs of wear to the soft cover, including faint sunning along the spine, but the binding remains firm and the spine uncreased. Pages are clean with no inscriptions or annotations. Size: 8" - 9" tall. Weight: 240g.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxviii, 131 pages. 21.5 cm. Illustrated card cover. Illustrated with b/w photographs and maps. Notes (extensive). Appendices. Index. Previous owner's name and address on half-title page. Else a tight, fresh and bright book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Small pen name to fep. Light fading to the very tips of the boards. The scarce jacket has some dulling down and light edge wear. Landru stood trial on 11 counts of murder in November 1921. He was convicted on all counts, sentenced to death, and guillotined three months later in Versailles. During his trial, Landru drew a picture of his kitchen, including the stove in which he was accused of burning his victims, and gave it to one of his lawyers; he had written on the back, Ce n'est pas le mur derrière lequel il se passe quelque chose, mais bien la cuisinière dans laquelle on a brûlé quelque chose ("It is not the wall behind which a thing takes place, but indeed the stove in which a thing has been burned"). This has been interpreted as a confession. (Wikipeadia). …