EDGAR LUSTGARTEN. — The Chalk Pit Murder.
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Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London, 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 156pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. A little discolouration to the board margins, and some light toning to the free endpapers. A very good copy in lightly rubbed and toned non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A reconstruction of the infamous 'Chalk Pit Murder' trial, which saw Australian politician Thomas Ley sentenced to death for orchestrating the torture and murder of barman John McMain Mudie (Ley's sentence was commuted after he was declared insane, and he died in Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane. He was said to be the wealthiest person ever imprisoned there)., Very Good, Very Good
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£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)