A Grain of Truth : How Pollen Brought a Murderer to Justice Tapa dura - 2005

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Reed New Holland, 2005. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 442gms, 175 pages, decorated orange endpapers. This book tells the story of how a grain of pollen provided the evidence needed to arrest and convict the murderer of Samantha Hall, a young mother of two, in 1996 near Noosa in the heartland of Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with only minor shelf wear and scuffing. Dust jacket shows one very small tear to top front left hand corner, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

New Holland, Australia, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size: 9"- 10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 1877069027. ISBN/EAN: 9781877069024. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 48177. . 9781877069024

Australia: New Holland. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 1877069027 . With illustrations in colour and black & white, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. In 1996 Samantha Hall, a young mother of two, was brutally murdered and her body dumped in parkland near Noosa in the heart of Queensland's Sunshine Coast holiday playground. Despite suspicions, evidence was thin until the police called in a forensic palynologist - a pollen specialist. The author tells the story of how analysis of a few grains of pollen provided the evidence police needed to arrest their main suspect, eventually leading to his conviction for murder; 240 x 160mm; 175 pages .

Frenchs Forest, N.S.W., Australia: Reed New Holland, 2005. 175pp., unpaginated colour and b/white halftone plate section, printed endpapers, plus intext illustrations and tables. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. In 1996, a young mother of two was brutally murdered and her body dumped in parkland near Noosa, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Despite suspicions, evidence in the crime was thin until the investigating police called in a forensic palynologist - a pollen specialist. The author tells the story of how a few grains of pollen eventually led to a conviction for murder . . . Contents include: Prelims., In the Beginning, numerous chapters, Epilogue, Glossary and Abbs., References. Book weight approx. 440g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.