A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Footpads, Shoplifts, & Cheats of Both Sexes:. Wherein their most secret and barbarous murders, unparalleled robberies, notorious thefts, and unheard-of cheats are set in a true light and exposed to public view, for the common benefit of mankind
by Smith, Captain Alexander
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good Dustjacket
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1933. First Edition Thus ["Popular Edition"]. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Dustjacket. First Edition Thus ["Popular Edition"]. Hardcover. Some dust soiling to top page edges, small bookseller's plate to ffep, and some edgewear, else bright. Dust jacket is sunned, shows some wear, especially to extremities, and several large tears to front panel. Magenta cloth boards with title in black ink to spine. Black and pink jacket. Small 4to. 607pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5724
- Title
- A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Footpads, Shoplifts, & Cheats of Both Sexes:. Wherein their most secret and barbarous murders, unparalleled robberies, notorious thefts, and unheard-of cheats are set in a true light and exposed to public view, for the common benefit of mankind
- Author
- Smith, Captain Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus ["Popular Edition"]
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
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- Sunned
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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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