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The Ultimate Evil: An Investigation into America's Most Dangerous Satanic Cult
by Terry, Maury
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 038523452X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385234528
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dolphin Books / Doubleday, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. First edition. Signed by Maury Terry on the half title with an early inscription to the former owner, dated 5/18/88. xiii, [1], 512 pp. Publisher's red cloth and black paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Good+, slightly scuffed and soiled boards, faint tidemark to bottom of pages at beginning of book and slight wrinkling to bottom edge of first half of book. In Very Good dust jacket, wear and a few short tears to edges, dampstain to verso of foot. Rare signed.
A controversial investigatory book linking the Son of Sam murders with Charles Manson and a nationwide network of clandestine satanic groups including the Process Church. This year Maury Terry's story was dramatized in the Netflix documentary Sons of Sam.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941635
- Title
- The Ultimate Evil: An Investigation into America's Most Dangerous Satanic Cult
- Author
- Terry, Maury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 038523452X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385234528
- Publisher
- Dolphin Books / Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- occult, son of sam, Process Church, Satanism, conspiracy, signed, Satan, cult, cults
- Bookseller catalogs
- Conspiracy;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Social Sciences Conspiracy
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