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Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces
by Hanshew, T.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus.
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1913 Reprint. Hardcover, 12mo (5 x 7 1/2 inches), in red cloth with black title lettering, (3), 304 pp. Very Good Minus, spine lightly sunned, slightly cocked, tanning, light corner rubbing. Hinges are intact. Inscribed in old ink with owner's name, dated 1913. An English reprint of the 1910 first edition introducing the consulting detective and reformed criminal mastermind, Hamilton Cleek, known as the "Man of the Forty Faces" for his skills at disguise. Part homage to Arthur Conan Doyle and part dime novel, this work was based on a series of short stories serialized by the author in the pulp fiction line and influenced later crime writers such as John Dickson Carr and Ellery Queen. The Author, T.W. Hanshew (1857-1914) was an American born in Brooklyn, NY, later resettling to London. His early vocation as an actor comes through in the dramatic energy of the action in these exciting stories, some of which were made into silent movies. A really fun read! Hubin 186. . Hard Cover. Very Good Minus..
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8766
- Title
- Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces
- Author
- Hanshew, T.W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus.
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
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