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[CHICAGO]. LEOPOLD, Nathan F. (1904–1971). Life Plus 99 Years. Introduction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, 1958. 8vo. Original grey cloth (stain at foot, not affecting text); original unclipped dust jacket (stain at foot with a tiny chipped). FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY LEOPOLD. Billed as the “Crime of the Century” in 1924, the author and Richard Albert Loeb with Clarence Darrow representing them as lead counsel were convicted of the kidnapping and murder of a 14–year old boy. They were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder with an additional 99 years for kidnapping. Leopold was paroled in March 1958 and relocated to Puerto Rico to accept a medical position. His intentions for writing this book were seen by some as more self–serving than altruistic.