9780413449504 - Blackstone's Fancy von Falkirk, Richard (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 189p ; 21cm. Subjects; Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Fiction. Historical Fiction. Mystery Fiction. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and page block is slightly blemished. Pages are clear throughout. LW. Used.

First Edition. Zustand: vg+/vg+. vg+ book in vg+ dw 1st Methuen 1973 edition hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. David Pether (Jacket design) (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ***Near fine in dark-green cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine and black head of Blackstone to the head of spine. Boards clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and creased. Corners sharp. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. No creases or tears. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £1.75 net. The dustwrapper is complete with no creases, chips or tears. Extremities of dustwrapper just slightly rubbed. Spine of dustwrapper slightly faded. Dustwrapper bright ***189 pages including one-page epilogue to rear. 204mm x 142mm. ***'Blackstone's involvement in the lurid and exciting world of prizefighting also involves him with blackmail, kidnap, and murder, not to mention attempts on his own life. Moreover, rioting and the incidence of crime at prizefights had been put forward as evidence of the need for a new police force. so it is doubly important that Blackstone, the Bow Street Runner working on both sides of the law, should be successful.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'The Bow Street Runners were formed about 1749 when the Bow Street magistrate was Henry Fielding, the author of Tom Jones In Blackstone's time, around the 1820s, the Runners were at the height of their fame, but beginning to come under pressure from Sir Robert Peel, Home Secretary and founder of the Metropolitan Police.' (Quote taken from the back flap of the dustwrapper of "Blackstone", the first novel in the series) ***First impression of the true first edition of the second in the Blackstone Bow Street Runners series of crime novels in its original dustwrapper in nice bright condition. Written by Derek Lambert under the pen-name Richard Falkirk. Derek Lambert was a writer and journalist who also wrote books under his own name, and was foreign Correspondent for the Daily Express. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: vg. First Edition. First edition. Hardback with wrapper. Clean, tidy copy. No inscriptions or annotations. No loose pages. Not price clipped. Sound binding. FIC/1st/F.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First (1st) Edition. Front/Back: As New . Spine: As New . No Speckling . DJ protected . Printing: n/a . NOT price-clipped . Year: 1973. 0.