London: Naldrett Press, 1955 unclipped dust jacket has some minor chipping loss to corners and spine ends, a closed tear to the rear panel, mild handling soiling, faint offset rubber stamp mark to front fold in flap, now under mylar, book is missing fep otherwise clean copy, very scarce title, 231pp + plates. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

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Bookseller: Fortuna Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010440
Title: Boss of Britain's Underworld
Author: HILL Billy
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Naldrett Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1955
Keywords: British True Crime Gangs Twentieth Century 1950s London Crime Family Biography Billy Hill bullion Raid 1954
Bookseller catalogs: TRUE CRIME & LEGAL TEXTS;

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Est 1999 e.v. and specialising in the occult, new age and metaphysics as well as religion and mythology, we also stock general fiction and non-fiction. Our shop which was upstairs in the Olympia Building, accessed via Shand's Emporium, was lost in the 2012 earthquakes, and we are currently mail order only.

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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