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hardcover, Condizione: Good, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, NY, c.1970, 6th.prtg., 8vo., cloth, 375pp., a little dampstaining to lower edge of spine & rear cover, ow G in torn dj $.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. First published 1974. Bugliosi was the prosecutor in the trials of Sharon Tate and Rosemary LaBianca's killers and was fascinated by the randomness of the killings, by the youth and middle classness of the accused and by Manson's sick mind. 502 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas more.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. G/none, used, stiff paper wraps, 676pp plus ads to rear. Interior clean, no marks, pages slightly toning. Binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, tiny tear to top edge of the upper, near center, scuffing to bottom edge of the lower near spine. slightest of wear to corners. 24th printing.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Solid binding. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Near fine stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass market paperback. Condizione: Good. 379 [5] pages. Cover has wear and soiling. Stamp on first page. Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 - August 1, 1977)-often referred to as simply Gary Powers-was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. He later worked as a helicopter pilot for KNBC and died in a 1977 helicopter crash. Powers was discharged from the Air Force in 1956 with the rank of captain. He then joined the CIA's U-2 program at the civilian grade of GS-12. U-2 pilots flew espionage missions at altitudes of 70,000 feet, supposedly above the reach of Soviet air defenses. The U-2 was equipped with a state-of-the-art camera designed to take high-resolution photos from the stratosphere over hostile countries, including the Soviet Union. U-2 missions systematically photographed military installations and other important sites. Derived from a Kirkus review: On May 1, 1960, Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Russia in a U-2 surveillance-equipped aircraft, captured and served up by Khrushchev in some elaborate summitry complete with trial, sentencing and imprisonment. Powers still smarts from what he considers to be a scapegoat's burden. What apparently rankled others was that Powers turned up alive and did not "self-destruct" and that he confessed his sins at the trial. "Confession" was the primary defense in the Soviet court system, and Powers faced possible execution. Powers recalls the events from his capture through his release and interrogation at home, where he was a political untouchable, with considerable bitterness. He has a good deal to say about messes in high Washington places. These revelations, skillfully transmuted by Mr. Gentry, are a moving study, with some pathos, of an earnest, unsophisticated, honest and wounded man who had been expected to perform as something more than human. Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good +. Cocked binding and some splotches. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 379 pp. Book/dust jacket condition: NF (mild cover wear; partial spine crease; pages mildly and evenly tanned)/na (paperback). 1st Ed, 1st Printing/First Edition, First Printing (NAP). All orders are processed and shipped from MI or WI, USA.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Book Club Edition. Octavo. Book Club Edition; facsimile of First Edition - no price on dust jacket, no number line. Gray paper boards with black cloth backstrip, black pictorial dust jacket. Text block starting to come away from backstrip. Moisture warping on most pages; moisture stain on top and bottom edges. Gutters stressed at several points but not cracked. Previous owner sticker on pastedown. Jacket has edge wear, creasing, tearing and chipping, most notably at head/tail of spine. Now in protective mylar. Text clean and unmarked. Solid reader copy in hardcover of this classic True Crime text.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 685 pages. May require extra postage. Size: Trade Paperback. Used.

Paperback. Condizione: Good - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Corners are bumped. The spine is creased. Unmarked pages. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). DJ unclipped but some moisture staining at top rear. Book good with minimal evidence of moisture at top of rear cover and endpaper. Text is clear ad bright. Inside front cover has "96" in black crayon otherwise no other marks noted. 452 PP. Block of B+W photos in text. Not ex-library. If The prologue is any indicator, this book promises to be an excellent read.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good/none, used, green cloth binding with silver text on spine, no dj, 375pp. Interior clean, no marks except large size former owners name on the ffep. Pages slightly toning, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to exterior, corners square. A small area of sunning at the top and bottom edge of the upper at spine.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Very Good-. Minor edgewear. Text clean and unmarked. "The true story of the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history: the U-2 incident. The U-2 incident wrecked a Summit Conference and created the credibility gap. Suppressed for years, the tremendously exciting report brings to light events that are important for all Americans today."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 5" x 7.75"; 502pp; paperback; creased to spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). First Edition. Hardcover, in dustjacket. Just a bit of VERY slight bumping at the corner tips. Else the binding is very clean. Sticker scar at the top corner of the front flyleaf. Else pages clean. DJ bottom front corner bumped, and with a bit of rubbing. A bit of light chipping at the DJ spine extremities, and just a bit of light edgewear to the DJ. The orange lettering on the DJ spine is a bit sun-faded. DJ price-clipped. Else the DJ is clean & bright. ; 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 452 pages.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Penguin Books Edition. The Manson murders.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. Hard cover book and DJ,Book is VG, DJ is Fair, with chipping and wear, now protected with an archival jacket. Green cloth boards with silver printing. Stated First Edition however this seems to be a Hong Kong bootleg copy with asian characters opposite the title page. SBN number: 03-083045-1. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good Condition, Illusatrated with B/W Photos. (illustratore). Covers and spine show reading creases. 676pp. Indexed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). 1st Edition. Book in black boards has minor shelf-wear, slightly cocked, tight and unmarked.Unclipped jacket in new mylar cover has minor wear to spine top and bottom. Inscribed legibly on flyleaf, 'To Sue and Jon F. Best regards Edward R. Murphy, Jr.' Bookplate with matching name inside back cover. Black and white photos.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1974. Stated First edition of the number one true crime best-selling of all time. Octavo, original half cloth. 502 pp. with index and B&W pictures. Grey cloth boards with black spine and faded gilt title to spine. Spine slightly cocked. Slight foxing to page edges and throughout. Very Good $39.00.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Illus. With Photos (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition stated. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in near fine plus, if not fine dust jacket ($8.95). Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket, primarily to lower edge of dust jacket.

Original Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket, as Issued. First UK Paperback Edition. A first impression of the first UK paperback edition, published in 1977. The book was first published in hardback in the UK in 1975 by Bodley Head. Illustrated with 18 monochrome photographic plates. ***Very good in colour photograph illustrated wrappers. Covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling [see scans]. Edges of wrappers slightly rubbed and creased. Light reading creases to the spine which is faded from orange to yellow. Back cover is slightly marked, scuffed and creased. No tears. No inscriptions. Internal pages clean, although the paper has browned slightly. ***623 pages including a detailed Index. 180mm x 110mm. ***'In August 1969 seven people died in Los Angeles - one of them the pregnant actress Sharon Tate - in brutally savage and bizarre circumstances. At the subsequent trial of Charles Manson and some members of his 'family' Vincent Bugliosi, whose brilliant and meticulous investigation and prosecution is the subject of this book, revealed the link between Manson's murderous thinking and the then current Beatles' song 'Helter Skelter', whose lyrics prompted Manson to order out his followers, many of them young girls, to butcher without mercy.' ***'A record of cruelty and mania unequalled in its grimness.' Sunday Times ***'A terrible but gripping document of the crazy, hippie-yippie, drug-orientated California society of the Sixties.' Daily Mail (Quote and review quotes from back wrapper). ***First impression of the first UK paperback edition. A fascinating history of the trial of the infamous cult leader Charles Manson, illustrated with some very evocative photographs from the period. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 Book; binding firm with mild lean to spine, modest fading to top and bottom edges else boards straight and clean; mild soiling to edges and to two pages else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($6.95) has moderate chipping and paper loss to spine and front flap fold ends with mild fading to spine and lengthy and 3 1/2" crease to front flap. Color sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. First Edition. 375 pages. Illustrations. Some wear, tears, chips, and creases to DJ edges. DJ spine creased, rear DJ soiled, front DJ flap price clipped. Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 - August 1, 1977)-often referred to as simply Gary Powers-was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. He later worked as a helicopter pilot for KNBC and died in a 1977 helicopter crash. Powers was discharged from the Air Force in 1956 with the rank of captain. He then joined the CIA's U-2 program at the civilian grade of GS-12. U-2 pilots flew espionage missions at altitudes of 70,000 feet, supposedly above the reach of Soviet air defenses. The U-2 was equipped with a state-of-the-art camera designed to take high-resolution photos from the stratosphere over hostile countries, including the Soviet Union. U-2 missions systematically photographed military installations and other important sites. Derived from a Kirkus review: On May 1, 1960, Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Russia in a U-2 surveillance-equipped aircraft, captured and served up by Khrushchev in some elaborate summitry complete with trial, sentencing and imprisonment. Powers still smarts from what he considers to be a scapegoat's burden. What apparently rankled others was that Powers turned up alive and did not "self-destruct" and that he confessed his sins at the trial. "Confession" was the primary defense in the Soviet court system, and Powers faced possible execution. Powers recalls the events from his capture through his release and interrogation at home, where he was a political untouchable, with considerable bitterness. He has a good deal to say about messes in high Washington places. These revelations, skillfully transmuted by Mr. Gentry, are a moving study, with some pathos, of an earnest, unsophisticated, honest and wounded man who had been expected to perform as something more than human.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. 1st Edition. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1974. Fifth (5th) Printing (number line to "5") of First Edition. Near Fine in Very Good- Dust Jacket. The Text Block is white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind other than some foxing to the edges. The Binding is black quarter cloth to grayish green boards (all colors consistent throughout, but with minor bleeding to top of rear endpapers) with gilt title, etc., to spine, all corners square and sharp, and prior owner's name and date ("2-19-75") on front endpaper. The Dust Jacket is bright intact with three tears at the top edge closed from behind with archival [pH neutral] materials, the original price ($10.00) intact on the front flap, some wrinkling the rear panel and some interior discoloration at top and bottom of spine panel and rear panel. See photos. 502 pages + 50 unnumbered pages of photographs. 6 1/4" x 9 3/8". Written by the prosecutor in the 1970 trial of Charles Manson and his followers for the gruesome murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others at her home followed the next night by the two LaBianca murders, this account of the case won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for the best true crime book of the year. NOTE: This is s a heavy book, weighing 960 grams / 2 lb., 2 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. ISBN 10: 039308700X / ISBN 13: 9780393087000.