Mr. Justice Raffles
by E. W. Hornung
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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BRIGHTON, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penguin , 1937 . First Penguin printing. Its jacket is still intact, although rather fragile at the folds of the flaps. There is a little loss to the extremities of the jacket's spine. There is a long closed tear, pretty much corresponding to the white band on the cover, down the crease of the front flap: three short horizontal closed tears extend from this. There are short closed tears at the extremities of the creases of both flaps. The top edge of the page-block is marked. Previous owner's name on ffep. Despite the faults noted above, this is a handsome copy which remains pleasant to read & handle.
Synopsis
First published in 1909, A Thief in the Night is the first novel detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. The novel is a darker work than the three preceding short story collections (The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night.) In it a more cynical Raffles finds a corrupt moneylender, Mister Brigstock, is entrapping the young sons of the wealthy with exorbitant interest on his loans, and its up to Raffles to teach him a lesson.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Invisible Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1674
- Title
- Mr. Justice Raffles
- Author
- E. W. Hornung
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Date Published
- 1937
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About the Seller
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BRIGHTON, East Sussex
About Invisible Books
We have been dealing secondhand books for over 25 years. We started up in Greenwich, London, and transferred our business to Brighton at the turn of the millennium. In addition to trading online, we have a shop space within Brighton's huge and glamorous indoor market, Snoopers Paradise, 7-8 Kensington Gardens.
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