The Anatomy Of Villainy

London: Collins, 1950 256 pp. with eight B&W plates.Short biographies of Titus Oates, Francis Charteris, Douglas Home, Rasputin, Joseph Smith and others stressing their presumed villainy. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Bookseller's sticker on rear endpapers. Red cloth boards are undamaged save for a small stain on front cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Size: 8vo -… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 220mm Tall, 8vo. A study of thirteen splendidly villainous people of the past, the likes of Matthew Hopkins and Rasputin. With eight illustrations. 256 pages. Red cloth covers..

London: Collins, 1950. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with loss to the tail of the spine. Pages lightly age-tanned. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8¾” x 5¾” (0.6 kg); 256pp;… Read more about this item

Collins 1950. FIRST EDITION super octavo hardcover ( VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Four Square, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. First Edition Thus. 160 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Slight cracking to binding, pages remain attached. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners and reading creases. Wear marks overall.

London: Collins. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Light tanning of the pages. No DJ. Corners of the book are bumped. .

London : Collins, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 256 pages : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 22 cm. Subjects: Rogues and vagabonds.Good and evil History. Villains History. Genre: Biography. Language: English.

London: Collins, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, small bookseller's label inside front cover, light foxing to ffep, otherwise VG in VG priceclipped dustjacket with spine browned on inside.

1 . hardback. Very Good. Illustrated. 1st ed. London (Collins) 1950. Covers somewhat tired and some small stains on occasional pages, otherwise a very good copy.

London: Collins. Good. Hardcover. 1950. 256 pages. Dj ripped and falling apart. Name on ffep. <br> .

Published by Collins, London, 1950, 1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, 256pp plus 8pp plates. The author examines13 characters from history to establish why they were regarded as villains. These include Judas Iscariot, Guy Fawkes, Matthew Hopkins, Titus Oates, Judge Jeffreys, the Marquis de Sade and Rasputin. Dw has aclosed… Read more about this item

Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Creasing to some pages. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of… Read more about this item

Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.

Collins, 1950T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Collins 1950 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket.

Patterson Press, 2000. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 8.43x5.43x0.79 inches.

London: Collins, 1950. 256 pages. Illustrated with 8 b/w plates. Sections on 13 villains. Pages good condition, clean. Red cloth, gilt title on spine. Tail of spine, edges and bottom corners lighlty bumped. VG+. Hard Cover.

Unknown Binding. Fair. Sold by the U.K. charity Langdon: supporting young men and women with disabilities.

London: Read Books Design, 2000. Used. Trained originally as an industrial psychologist, in which capacity he helped Rowntree?s to successfully launch Black Magic chocolates in 1933, Nigel Balchin first received critical acclaim as a novelist during the Second World War when he wrote Darkness Falls From the Air. It was the first of three evocative novels (including the… Read more about this item

Unknown, 1950. Very good. First. .