Blackstone's Fancy by Falkirk, Richard - 1974

Corgi Books, London, 1974. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Colour illustrated card cover with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Edmund Blackstone was given unequivocal orders by his superior – "stamp out prize fighting". "An order, Blackstone reflected, that putting in somewhat of a predicament. For Blackstone had a young coloured boy under his management group could hit hard and would make a fine prizefighter – that is if he had any say in the boy's training – the Reinforce the law. He himself was breaking ... ?" -- from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners and to the front book edges. Heavy rubbing of the book panels with reading creases to the backstrip. Original prices has been blackened out with a black coloured marker, to lower rear edge. Browning of the textblock edges and pages. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or… Read More

[London]: Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Ltd [1974]. Very Good. 1974. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0552095184 . First edition thus. Historical fiction involving Edmund Blackstone, Bow Street Runner, and the outlawing of prizefighting. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 136]. VG+ copy [light cover rubbing/creasing, upper corner fold to one leaf, cheap text paper tanned]. .