First edition, first printing of Ann Rule's landmark true-crime account of serial killer Ted Bundy, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1980.
Rule knew Bundy personally, having worked alongside him at a Seattle crisis hotline before she discovered that the friend she knew as "Ted" was the man being sought in connection with a series of murders. The Stranger Beside Me became one of the defining works of modern true crime and remains Rule's best-known book.
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Year: 1980
Binding: Hardcover with original dust jacket
Pages: 350
ISBN: 0-393-01399-5
Condition: Near Fine book in Very Good+ dust jacket. An exceptionally well-preserved copy. The original dust jacket retains the $14.95 publisher's price on the front flap. Jacket shows only minor surface rubbing and slight edgewear/chipping, principally along the lower rear edge. Lower corner of the front flap is clipped. See photographs for exact condition.
First edition, first printing of Ann Rule's landmark true-crime account of serial killer Ted Bundy, published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1980.
Rule knew Bundy personally, having worked alongside him at a Seattle crisis hotline before she discovered that the friend she knew as "Ted" was the man being sought in connection with a series of murders. The Stranger Beside Me became one of the defining works of modern true crime and remains Rule's best-known book.
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Year: 1980
Binding: Hardcover with original dust jacket
Pages: 350
ISBN: 0-393-01399-5
Condition: Near Fine book in Very Good+ dust jacket. An exceptionally well-preserved copy. The original dust jacket retains the $14.95 publisher's price on the front flap. Jacket shows only minor surface rubbing and slight edgewear/chipping, principally along the lower rear edge. Lower corner of the front flap is clipped. See photographs for exact condition.