Harrap, 1987, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First, Illustrated By: Photographic and Illustrations

acknowledgements and index. Illustrated endpapers, showing map of New York with the various places of interest highlighted. The text is illustrated with both contemporary black-and-white photographs, cartoons and illustrations. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with orange coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. "The Slaying of Joseph Bowne Elwell is a brilliant reconstruction and analysis of the events leading up to the crime and of the investigation. But the book is far more than a true-life whodunnit. The author paints a picture of a Manhattan high-society at the advent of the Jazz Age; cast a critical eye upon certain American investigative procedures; describes what befell those involved in the case when it was no longer front-page news. His extensive research has leading to a solution to the riddle that, though more dramatic in shocking than most fictional denouements, is entirely convincing." -- from the front panel blurb. Softening of the backstrip edges and rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges. Rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], 8 - 224 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; 1920s; ISBN: 024554481X. ISBN/EAN: 9780245544811. Inventory No: 0116373.