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They Hanged my Saintly Billy: The Life and Death of Dr William Palmer
by Robert Graves
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Garden City , 1957. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None . The first US edition of this novel based on the life of William Palmer, hanged in 1856 for poisoning John Parsons Cook. A novel by Robert Graves, recounting the life and times of William Palmer, surgeon and racecourse winner, who is accused of killing fourteen people by poison, and eventually hanged for poisoning John Parsons Cook despite the closest people to him claiming that he 'never had it in him to hurt a fly'.In this novel, Graves supports his innocence. With the unclipped dust wrapper.Acquired from the sale of Paul Gallico's library, American novelist and short story and spots writer, best remembered for The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with some spotting to the boards and spine. With a stamp to the front free endpaper 'Not to be removed from editorial reception room.' The dust wrapper is sound and unclipped, with some shelf wear and chipping, as well as the minor closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 790A46
- Title
- They Hanged my Saintly Billy: The Life and Death of Dr William Palmer
- Author
- Robert Graves
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- robert graves first editions william palmer first editions
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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