"JIM THE PENMAN" : THE LIFE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST ASTOUNDING CRIMINALS THAT HAVE [sic] EVER LIVED.
by DONOVAN, Dick" - [MUDDOCK, James Edward, 1843-1934] :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : George Newnes, 1901. First edition. "Leave me woman; for heaven's sake, leave me; do not taunt me into madness ..." - a taut thriller from the enduringly popular Southampton-born writer who also went by the name of Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock. Crown 8vo (20cm). vi,378pp. Original decorative cloth gilt; lightly rubbed and marked; endpapers lightly tanned, but still an attractive copy. Partially removed contemporary school prize-label on front paste-down. Hubin p.120.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13142
- Title
- "JIM THE PENMAN" : THE LIFE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST ASTOUNDING CRIMINALS THAT HAVE [sic] EVER LIVED.
- Author
- DONOVAN, Dick" - [MUDDOCK, James Edward, 1843-1934] :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : George Newnes, 1901.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Crime, Detective Fiction
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Paste-down
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