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Soft cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A mid 1940s 1st thus of a mid 1940s collection of "true crimes and real detectives". Bantam 127. Light wear at the edges. Light foxing/soiling to the covers. Mild browning to the pages. A good or slightly better copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition ("War Edition"). (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy with only light shelfwear, front endpaper torn out but otherwise intact]. (Regional Murder Series, Vol. II) Various writers offer their analyses of notorious Chicago murder cases. Contents: "1880--The Chicago Career of Dr. Cream" by Vincent Starrett; "1886--The Rock Island Express Murder" by Elizabeth Bullock; "1894--The Case of H.H. Holmes" by John Bartlow Martin; "1916--The Orpet-Lambert Case" by Otto Eisenschiml; "1933--The Wynekoop Case" by Craig Rice; "1936--Joseph Bolton, the Almost Indestructible Husband" by Nellise Child; "1936--The Peacock Case" by Leroy F. McHugh. (The H.H. Holmes case was featured prominently in Erik Larson's 2003 book "The Devil in the White City."). …

Paperback. First Edition. Bantam Books 127. Collects seven true crime stories. A fine copy. Cover art by Hy Rubin. ; Small octavo.

213 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. A few pages roughly opened; small sticker removed from rear pastedown where there are two tiny ink notations; minor shelf wear; in a jacket with several internal tape repairs and a few chips, including a 1" deep one at the top of the spine and front panel. Signed on the front free endpaper by the editor and five of the seven contributors. Regional Murder Series.…