BEAU BLACKSTONE (First edition - first impression)

Richard Falkirk (Derek Lambert)

ISBN 10: 0413449602 / ISBN 13: 9780413449603

Edité par Eyre Methuen, London, 1973

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First impression of the true first edition. ***Near fine in dark-blue 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. 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 unfaded. Dustwrapper bright. ***224 pages including a one-page historical note at the back of the book. 204mm x 142mm. ***'But how else, Blackstone wondered, was he to discover who was behind the theft of the navvies' wages? Who stood to gain if the world's pioneer public steam locomotive railway, the Stockton and Darlington, failed to open? In chasing the answers Blackstone unearths a plot to pull the world's first Great Train Robbery.'' (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 third 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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: BEAU BLACKSTONE (First edition - first impression)
• Éditeur: Eyre Methuen, London
• Date de parution: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0413449602
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780413449603
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: David Pether (Jacket design)
• Édition: First Edition
• Impression: First Impression
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Crime Fiction & True Crime
  • Literature
  • First Editions

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Synopsis

DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents but there is spotting to the closed page block..