312 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with red label to spine with gilt lettering. First American edition. Robert Graves recounts the life of William Palmer: surgeon, racehorse owner...a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people...but was he a prisoner? Based on an actual trial that took place in 1856, this novel, like Graves' "Wife to Mr. Milton" and "I, Claudius, " has all the immediacy and spiciness of contemporary Victorian life. It is told through interviews with Palmer's friends and enemies. This book has humor, social significance and passion, and makes absorbing and scintillating reading. Condition: Jacket corners and spine extremities chipped, scratch at front edge, fold over flap edges rubbed, lightly soiled, some tape stains to boards else about very good lacking jacket.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: L1265a
Title: They Hanged My Saintly Billy
Author: Graves, Robert von Ranke (1895-1985)
Book Condition: Used - About very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1957
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Historical fiction
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;
Size: Octavo

Terms of Sale

The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

All items are guaranteed as described. If an item is not as described, it is returnable within seven days of receipt, unless other arrangements are made. Full refunds given only when items are received in the same condition in which they were sent. We require new customers to send payment with their order. Customers known to us will be invoiced with payment due in thirty days, unless prior arrangements are made. Institutions will be billed to meet their requirements. All items subject to prior sale. We accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express Please be advised that we can only ship to your billing address. We accept checks, but may require that the check clears before we ship an order. Prices of books do not include shipping. We use UPS domestically and internationally. Other shipping arrangements can be made. Shipping is always charged at cost. Texas residents must add 8.25% sales tax.

About the Seller

The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

This seller has earned a 3 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2005

Fort Worth, Texas

Ask Seller a Question

About The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA

The Book Collector specializes in the finest collections of Chess, Anthropology, Americana and American Literature. Visit our website at www.bookcollectorshop.com

Glossary
Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.