Conrad Hilberry — Luke Karamazov

Detroit, Michigan, Wayne State University Press, 1987. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed first edition of this uncommon crime novel about a true story, by Conrad Hilberry, in the publisher's original cloth. The first edition, first impression. The authors presentation copy. Signed to the title page by the author and inscribed to the half title by the author and his wife: "March 1987 For Edith and Lee, with many thanks for your gracious hospitality and for your warm friendship over all these years, affectionately, Marion and Con."This novel was written by American poet and author Conrad Hilberry and provides a first person narrative of two real brothers who were convicted of mass murder. The work explores the lives of the brothers through their childhoods and marriages. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. The wrap is very smart with slight marks and a closed tear to the head of the front. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Spotting to the fore edge. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good.