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The Amateur Cracksman
by Hornung, E.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Nerw York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. First published in 1899, the first title in his series featuring Raffles [Hubin, 212] This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of a Later Printing from six years later. Bright red ribbed cloth binding with titling in white on the front cover. Frontis portrait; clean text; 290 pages, with a five-page catalong of other Hornung works in the rear. Exceptionally fresh. The only real defect is a faded spine which makes the titling quite faint. Lacking a dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. Raffles was E. W. Hornung's most famous character. Popular in its day, the book led to three later works: The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night, both collections of short stories, and Mr. Justice Raffles, a complete novel. In public a popular sportsman, in private a cunning burglar with a weakness for valuable jewelery, Arthur Raffles, with the help of his side-kick Bunny Manders, always manages to thwart the investigations of Scotland Yard's Inspector Mackenzie.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006542
- Title
- The Amateur Cracksman
- Author
- Hornung, E.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- Nerw York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
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