Traver Anatomy Of A Murder

TRAVER, ROBERT: ANATOMY OF A MURDER, NY ST MARTIN'S PRESS 1958
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437 PAGES; ANATOMY OF A MURDER; TRAVER, ROBERT; ST MARTIN'S PRESSW; 1958; NY; 20.00; LC 57-13115; A DOWN AND OUT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, OUT OF A JOB, REPLACED BY A RETURNING VETERAN; THE MURDER OF A LOCAL RESIDENT GIVES THE CHANCE TO RECOVER HIS REPUTATION BY KNOCKING OUT THE PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST THE ALLEGED KILLER CAUGHT RED HANDED AT THE SCENE; A CLASSIC TALE OF CRIME;TRIAL AND PUNISHMENT AS WRITEN BY A MASTER OF THE ART NOT SIGNED NOT FIRST Good Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Private Press

[SW: MURDER; TRIAL; LAW;LAWYERS; FICTION; JUDGE; JURY;MURDER PETER PAUL RUBEN PARIS, FRANCE 1890'S]

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Traver, Robert: Anatomy of a Murder, London Faber & Faber 1958
Good for Age Charles Mozley -- Dustwrapper

550 g; X, 438 pages, last page blank; illustrated dust jacket. Foxing of the end pages, darkening of the edges of the text block, rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket most prominently at the fold over corners and at the spine folds, with small splits. The darkening of the back strip colour of the dust jacket. Digital image available upon request. The author, once a public prosecutor himself and now a High Court judge, writes with authority and great narrative skill, and gives the reader a fascinating insight into what goes on behind the scenes before and during a big murder trial. First British Edition Ordinary Red Papered Boards 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Novel -- Crime

[SW: novel, Crime]

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Robert Traver: Anatomy of a Murder, Harmondsworth, England Penguin 1960

Softcover Good Reprint 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Paperback light wear to coverThe passions behind a big murder trial. The novel written by a high court judge....filmed by Otto Preminger. . A U.S. Army Lieutenant has been put in prison for suspected murder. His pretty and rather flighty wife claims that she was raped by the man her husband shot. This is the background to the case which confronts lawyer Paul Biegler when he agrees to take on the defence of the Lieutenant. As the days go by and Biegler delves into the lives of the wife, his client, and the man he shot, we see events and the motives of the killing taking shape. The climax comes in the trial itself where, presided over by a calm and wise judge, the prosecuting and defence attorneys struggle dazzingly for the life of the accused man. Slight crease to corner of front and back cover.

[SW: Fiction/Murder/Film Tie-In]

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Traver, Robert: Anatomy of a Murder, New York St. Martin's Press 1958
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Spine slightly slanted and darkened, corners slightly bumped, one chipped, owner's seal on title page. <p> After ten years as the prosecuting attorney for Iron Cliffs County, Paul Biegler was defeated by Mitchell Lodwick and is now struggling to make his way as a defense attorney. It seems like an open and shut case when he is called to defend an Army lieutenant whose wife was raped and beaten and who then shot and killed the rapist in front of a dozen witnesses. Biegler seizes the only chance - persuading the jury that Lt. Manion was acting on an 'irresistible impulse' - that he was legally insane. To do so, Biegler must pick his way through a maze of Michigan politics, deeply hidden secrets, jealousies, a reluctant Army, and a hot shot attorney general up from Lansing. Upon this case rests not only Lt. Manion's freedom, but Biegler's whole future as a defense attorney. 4th Printing No Jacket Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

[SW: : Fiction mystery, murder mystery, Paul Biegler (fictitious character), Frederic Manion (fictitious character), Laura Manion (fictitious character), Parnell McCarthy (fictitious character), Mitchell Lodwick (fictitious character), Michigan, Upper Peninsula, Thunder Bay, trial lawyers, insanity defense, insanity, Chippewa (imaginary place), Claude Dancer (fictitious character), courtroom Drama]

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