crime of passion a de stanley loomis (5 resultados)

Pbk. Condición: Fine. 1st Pbk Edition. The true story of the murder of the Duchess de Praslin in 1847, a blood thirsty and scandalous crime that rocked Paris. In the grey dawn of August 18, the Duc de Praslin bloodily murdered his Duchesse in her father's Paris 'hotel particulier'. The crime was premeditated, but stupidly executed. A Paris policeman, viewing the murder scene, said : "This was not the work of a professional; this was the act of a gentleman." This crime - one of the events which sparked the revolution of 1848 - has been the subject of novels and articles ever since. But for half a century no-one seemed to have studied thoroughly the actual evidence and letters in the French Archives; the author was the first. We know what happened. The bloody reticule, the battered candlestick, the knife, the rope, the Duc's stained 'robe de chambre' are all visible evidence still in the Archives, if one is permitted to see them. Now we can at least give an educated guess at a conundrum which has fascinated writers, dramatists, lawyers, and laymen for more than a century. 303p. bibliography, index, Crisp unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Hardback in fair condition- with jacket. Glassine cover on jacket. Cover is marked. Pages in good clean condition, marks on the edges of pages. Ex library copy with the usual markings. Stamps to inside front cover and endpaper. Foxing to front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Hard cover book in good- condition. No dust jacket. Bumps to head and foot of spine and to corners of boards. Fading to head and foot of spine. Spotting to all edges of text block. Foxing to front and rear endpapers and to edges of lightly tanned pages throughout. Reading copy. 8vo. 301pp.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. 301pp. Paperclip impression on topedge of first few pages, foxing on page edges, corners lightly bumped, very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with spine lightly dampstained, short nicks on spine ends and corners. The murder of the French Duchess that lead to the French Revolution of 1848.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. True AMERICAN FIRST EDITION. FIRST PRINTING. A Chilling tale of murder in upper class society in Paris, France. Solid Book. US Edition Scarce.