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Amateur Cracksman
by Hornung, E. W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine+/No Jacket
- Seller
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post falls, Idaho, United States
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- First Choice Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54184
- Title
- Amateur Cracksman
- Author
- Hornung, E. W
- Illustrator
- Yohn, F. C.
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- General Fiction
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