THE AIRMAN AND THE CARPENTER: The Lindbergh Case and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann.
Pp. x+438, 16 plates, text illustrations, appendices, chronology, sources, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle scuffed; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse and flaps; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Collins, London, 1985. First edition. *'The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby son in 1932 shook not only America but the whole world - so famous was Lindbergh after his historic solo flight from New York to Paris. Four years later a German immigrant carpenter, Richard Hauptmann, was executed for the crime amid raging controversy, after a trial which dominated the newspaper headlines of the world' [wrapper blurb]. Item #182336
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