Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders.

BUGLIOSI, Vincent with Curt Gentry.

$450.00

Item Number: 127632

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1974.

First edition, early printing of the number one true crime best-selling of all time. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Claudia, Happy 40th birthday. It was a real pleasure meeting you. U2 really stole it from me. My warmest wishes always, Vince Bugliosi.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket, bookplate. Jacket design by Edward P. Diehl.

Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. It went on to sell over seven million copies. "[A] social document of rare importance" (The New Republic).