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GAUTE, J.H.H & ODELL, ROBIN: : MURDER 'Whatdunit': An Illustrated Account of the Methods of Murder

LONDON.HARRAP,1982.

ISBN 024553878X.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour photographic upper panel of dw/dj,authors' b/w portrait photographic rear panel of dw/dj with minimal shelf-wear; with negligible creasing to dw/dj edges and minimal,light bumping to head+foot of spine/backstrip with miniscule loss to head of same.Top edge very lightly thumbed,and fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Red paper-covered bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xvipp+1-247pp includes title+half-title pages,contents list/table,a foreword, authors' preface,profuse b/w diagrams/ illus and contemporary b/w photographs, 10pp bibliography,2pp collections of cases +memoirs,1pp of individual cases, specialist bookseller list and an index. 'I focus not on whodunit,but on whatdunit.' - Dr MILTON HELPERN (1902- 1977) Chief Medical Examiner,New York City. Every murder has a cause and effect - a perpetrator and a victim.Linking them is the method - the poison cup,the dagger drawn,the pointed gun - the elements of 'whatdunit'.Among the questions asked when a murder occurs is,'What was the cause of death?' This may be readily answered if the murder weapon is conveniently to hand, but frequently,the question can only be dealt with by examining the effects of the violence on the victim's body.Determining 'whatdunit' brings together the pathologist,scientist and detective in solving some of the most fascinating mysteries governing the mechanics of murder.The authors of 'The Murderers' Who's Who' have compiled a companion volume which is an illustrated A-Z of murder intended to meet the crime reader's interest in understanding the mechanism of homicide,its investigation and detection. The 140 subject headings are listed alphabetically,with cross-references allowing the reader to pursue a particular interest or to divert to a piece of linking evidence.Morphine for example is cross-referenced to eyes because one of the giveaway signs of morphine poisoning is pin-pointing of the pupils.Entries also include accounts of murder cases chosen because they illustrated 'whatdunit' - thus Dr Robert Buchanan,the American murderer,is found in the entry on morphine because he thought he had discovered a means of concealing the effects of the poison.A substantial bibliography of some 950 titles allows the serious reader to chart a path through the maze of crime literature in order to follow a particular subject in greater detail. 'MURDER: 'Whatdunit' is rounded off with a comprehensive name index to ensure its completeness as a reference source.A book for the person fascinated by the mystery of murder and wants to know how it works. By drawing together many of the diverse threads on the subject - ballistics, fingerprints,missing bodies,blood, toxicology,time of death,ritual murder, hypnosis,myths,masochism,psychic detection,truth drugs and many others - the book also serves as a reference source for those professionally engaged in criminal investigation. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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