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RATTLING THE CUP ON CHICAGO CRIME
by Sullivan, Edward D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus / Poor
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Poor. Erskine Nicol. Octavo, 8.4 in. x 5.6 in., pp. xiv, [2], 214.. Green cloth boards with yellow title to front and spine. Rubbing to edges. Light sunning to top-edge and spine. Large chips to top and bottom of front (obscuring title), and to spine of dustjacket. Several tape repairs to backsideof dustjacket. "This is the first and only complete inside story of the reign of crime in Chicago. It is a thorough exposure of the crooked politics and the dishonest police methods that have made that city notorious. It chronicles the various phases of the gang wars that have racked the Lake Michigan battlefront, and is notable for anecdotes, never published before, about Scarface Al Capone, Dion O'Banion, the Gennas, and the other mighty barons of the new feudal system that is taking form beneath our eyes...." (from the dustjacket's front flap).
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87560
- Title
- RATTLING THE CUP ON CHICAGO CRIME
- Author
- Sullivan, Edward D
- Illustrator
- Erskine Nicol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus / Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- MYSTERY;
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- Cloth
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- Poor
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- Spine
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