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HELTER SKELTER - An Investigation Into Motive

Original Wraps. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No Jacket, as Issued. First UK Paperback Edition. A first impression of the first UK paperback edition, published in 1977. The book was first published in hardback in the UK in 1975 by Bodley Head. Illustrated with 18 monochrome photographic plates. ***Very good in colour photograph illustrated wrappers. Covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling [see scans]. Edges of wrappers slightly rubbed and creased. Light reading creases to the spine which is faded from orange to yellow. Back cover is slightly marked, scuffed and creased. No tears. No inscriptions. Internal pages clean, although the paper has browned slightly. ***623 pages including a detailed Index. 180mm x 110mm. ***'In August 1969 seven people died in Los Angeles - one of them the pregnant actress Sharon Tate - in brutally savage and bizarre circumstances. At the subsequent trial of Charles Manson and some members of his 'family' Vincent Bugliosi, whose brilliant and meticulous investigation and prosecution is the subject of this book, revealed the link between Manson's murderous thinking and the then current Beatles' song 'Helter Skelter', whose lyrics prompted Manson to order out his followers, many of them young girls, to butcher without mercy.' ***'A record of cruelty and mania unequalled in its grimness.' Sunday Times ***'A terrible but gripping document of the crazy, hippie-yippie, drug-orientated California society of the Sixties.' Daily Mail (Quote and review quotes from back wrapper). ***First impression of the first UK paperback edition. A fascinating history of the trial of the infamous cult leader Charles Manson, illustrated with some very evocative photographs from the period. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Nº de ref. del artículo: PB184

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