irwin davidson richard gehman (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: DISCRETO USATO. IED. INGLESE Legatura vintage con aspetto stanco, copertina aggredita da umidità, maggiormente al dorso, con muffe e gore ai piatti e canaletti, sovraccoperta con seria alterazione e ingiallimento cromatico, patinato e bordo liso con carenze e strappetti, sbucciature diffuse, ombre di polvere e umido, fioriture alle guardie, fogli tono avorio ancora in buone condizioni, denso pulviscolo da umido con ombre scure ai tagli non totalmente allineati. N. pag. 308.

8vo. Pp: 303. First edition. Black and white illustrated dust jacket with black and red lettering. Khaki snake skin style boards with silver lettering. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. A very good copy with darkened top edge and faint spots to fore edge. Very good boards with small nick to top edge at rear board, with creased spine ends. Good dust jacket with price clipped front flap, sunned spine and small closed tears to top of spine.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition 1st Printing. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Moderate Yellowing Due to Age; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Illustrated. The inside narrative of one of history's most dramatic trials as revealed for the first time by the presiding judge: the facts behind a brutal murder, the personalities of the adolescent killers, and the sobering lesson it holds for all of us today. BOOK NUMBER: 8855A/8856A/5567. SYNOPSIS: The night on which Michael Farmer, a fifteen-year-old polio victim, was stabbed, beaten and kicked to death at a New York swimming pool set in motion an extraordinary police action, as well as the longest and possibly the most dramatic trial in the history of the state. Out of the eighteen who "jumped" Farmer and his friend, seven were old enough to stand trial for common-law murder in the first degree, with a mandatory death penalty if found guilty. Although the press gave full, sometimes hysterical coverage to the trial, none of the principals has given the behind-scenes, inside picture of this unprecedented case. Now the Judge himself, after collecting all the data available, has reconstructed the crime and the subsequent suspense-packed court action as only he could--from his own involved, often horrified and deeply human viewpoint. The seven defendants were represented by more than twenty lawyers, each making a considerable sacrifice and each determined to leave nothing undone in the interest of his client. Among the twenty were some of the most skillful and eminent minds ever to practice at the criminal bar. The prosecution was handled by two able and intelligent Assistant District Attorneys, determined to get justice. Spectators, many of them inflamed by vindictive and premature newspaper comment, jammed the courtroom each day of the three-month hearing. Two benches were regularly occupied by black-shirted, duck-tailed, sullen delinquents--gang colleagues of the defendants. Lives of witnesses and of the Judge were threatened by letter and in other ways. With his advantageous insight, Judge Davidson has been able to put a complex, appalling affair under the light of reason; to discuss a shocking event in intimate, frank terms; to dramatize not only a crime but the social and personal sickness it represents. He has written a book with outrage and compassion, a story with frightening significance for our times. Irwin D. Davidson was born in New York City, He attended the New York University Law School, receiving an LL.B. degree in 1928. In 1936 he was elected to the New York State Legislature, where he served for twelve years. Judge Davidson subsequently became a Justice in the Court of Special Sessions. He was elected to the 84th Congress from the 20th District of New York on November 2, 1954. In 1957 he was elected Judge of the Court of General Sessions, New York county. Judge Davidson lives in New York City with his wife and two sons. Richard Gehman is one of the most prolific and successful free-lance writers in magazine history. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1921, Mr. Gehman sold his first story at the age of seventeen. He came to New York determined to write and sell magazine articles. He did--and has had as many as thirteen articles in one month in national periodicals under his own name or one of the six other pen names he uses. Mr. Gehman is also the author of six books, including three novels. He now lives in Carmel, New York, with his wife, the former Betsy Holland. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. An account of the Michael Farmer murder trial in New York City. In 1957, Michael Farmer, 15 years old, who may or may not have been a member of the gang The Jesters, was attacked by 40 members of the Egyptian Dragons. The brutal murder of Farmer, who had polio when he was 10 and walked with a limp, shocked the city and the case garnered much media attention, in part because it occured just a month before West Side Story opened on Broadway. Seven gang members were prosecuted, he author was the trial judge. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, short tears to the spine ends. Hinges loose. This copy belonged to Detective Edward J. Griffin, the lead investigator on the case, and is inscribed to him by the author and judge, Irwin D. Davidson, as well as the prosecutors, Assistant District Attorneys Robert R. Reynolds and Howard Blank. A unique copy. Inscribed By the Author.