The Amateur Cracksman (A.J. Raffles Series)
by Hornung, E.W. [Ernest William]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Good-
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.
Early Printing (spine and dust jacket have Grosset & Dunlap imprint - they must have bought some of Scribner's sheets).
Good+ in Good- Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; moderate wear; some loss to lettering; dust jacket is pretty clean with some splitting along folds and several tears but looks good in mylar.
A very scarce early printing of one of Hornung's A.J. Raffles stories about a gentleman jewelry thief in 19th century London.
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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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- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14572
- Title
- The Amateur Cracksman (A.J. Raffles Series)
- Author
- Hornung, E.W. [Ernest William]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- 1899,DETECTIVE,MYSTERY
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