Caryl Chessman (363 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: acceptable.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 9812638. 1780597149. 6/4/2026 6:19:09 PM.

paperback. Condition: LikeNew. 1960 First Gold Medal Books Edition s1002.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Grey cl. w. red lettering, black design to cover and backstr. 309pp. Nice copy.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Kid Was a Killer. Book.

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Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chessman, Caryl, The Kid Was A Killer, Gold Medal #s1002, NY, 1960. first edition, near fine condition.

Paperback. first edition. M-4063 very good, creases paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Second Printing. Hardcover with a dust jacket, second printing, chips on spine, edge wear and small tears to dust jacket, pages age tanned, binding tight, a good copy.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Printing. s1002. Light creasing and wear; pages toned, a very good copy of a vintage paperback. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Vintage Paperbacks; Inventory No: 223279.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1st Printing. Crime novel written from death row by the inmate whose own sentence was the rallying point for anti-capital punishment protestors. Gold Medal S1002.

Paperback. reprint. M-4063 almost near fine, paperback.

paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: New.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has light shelving wear to the edges and corners, along with very light rubbing to the covers. The spine looks to be carrying a few very minor reading creases, and the pages have some age to them as well. Aside from the very minor items detailed, this is a very good copy that remains well-bound with bright pages that are crisp and unmarked.…

PAPERBACK. Condition: Good. No Jacket. first printing Perma paperback August 1956 as stated, former owner name and address inside front cover, age tone to pages, no wrinkles to covers, chip to lower edge of spine.

Paperback. 2nd. M-4063 near fine, unread paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 309 pages. Light wear; pages yellowed; a solid binding; good shape. The jacket is chipped, torn and stained. "The author of the famous Cell 2455, Death Row tells the terrifying story of his years under sentence of death." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 230702. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This is a mass market paperback book. (PBO). The book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping and rubbing, especially to the spine ends and corners. There is some light darkening to the spine of the book. The inside front covers of the book have noticeable darkening and foxing. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though there is a bit of generalized toning. "Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber, kidnapper and serial rapist who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area. Chessman was charged with 17 counts and convicted under a loosely interpreted "Little Lindbergh law" later repealed, but not retroactively that defined kidnapping as a capital offense under certain circumstances. His case attracted worldwide attention, and helped propel the movement to end the use of capital punishment in the state of California. While in prison, Chessman was considered vexatious, with one judge writing in 1957, "playing a game with the courts, stalling for time while the facts of the case grow cold." Chessman wrote four books, including his 1954 memoir Cell 2455, Death Row. The book was adapted for the screen in 1955 and stars William Campbell as a character modelled after Chessman. " (from Wikipedia).…

Condition: Very good. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, (1975)., (1975). Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in red boards titled in black on the spine, in a printed black dust wrapper, titled in violet, white & red. The covers are bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed. The jacket's edges are lightly chipped and the edges of the rear flap are darkened. xiii. [i] & 230 pages, with a portrait frontispiece. Very good. First edition.…