Malice Aforethought: The History of Booby Traps From World War One to Vietnam
by Jones, Ian
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0739447483
- ISBN 13
- 9780739447482
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
USA: The Military Book Club / Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited, 2004. Hardocver in dust-jacket. 270pp., Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Military Book Club issue. The author traces the design, development and effectiveness of these lethal mechanisms, before the coining of the term IED. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a near fine dust-jacket. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Malice Aforethought is a murder mystery novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox, using the pen name Francis Iles. It involves a Devon physician who slowly poisons his domineering wife so that he may be with the woman he loves. It is an early and prominent example of the "inverted detective story", invented by R. Austin Freeman some years earlier. The murderer's identity is revealed in the first line of the novel, which gives the reader insight into the workings of his mind as his plans progress.
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- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 010594
- Title
- Malice Aforethought: The History of Booby Traps From World War One to Vietnam
- Author
- Jones, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0739447483
- ISBN 13
- 9780739447482
- Publisher
- The Military Book Club / Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Limited
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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