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Published by Stein & Day, 1973
ISBN 10: 0812816048ISBN 13: 9780812816044
Seller: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Stein & Day, 1973
ISBN 10: 0812816048ISBN 13: 9780812816044
Seller: Polly's Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. A good copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean. Blue and green boards are good. First front end paper has some erasures on top corner. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery.
Published by Stein & Day, New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0812816048ISBN 13: 9780812816044
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First American Edition. Near fine copy with a tiny stain on top of page edges. Tight, clean, no markings, no bookplates, no remainder marks. In a near fine dust jacket. Previous bookseller price sticker on front flap. Flap price is NOT clipped nor covered up. No chips and no tears.
Published by Stein and Day, New York, 1973
ISBN 10: 0812816048ISBN 13: 9780812816044
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: About Very Good. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. The second novel in Falkirk's historical mystery series featuring Edmund Blackstone, a Bow Street Runner in London in the 1820s, this time given the assignment of stamping out the outlawed sport of prizefighting, a mission that leads him towards men willing to commit murder to stop him; the inside back cover has a short, crossed-out message, o/w the boards and text show some very minor shelf wear, and are clean, tight, square; the dustjacket shows wear at the edges, corners and spine ends, including several small, closed tears and a quarter-inch chip missing from the top edge of the front panel, o/w the dj is 99% whole with very little damage to artwork or design.
Published by Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Ltd [1974], [London], 1974
ISBN 10: 0552095184ISBN 13: 9780552095181
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. [London]: Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Ltd [1974]. Very Good. 1974. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. 0552095184 . First edition thus. Historical fiction involving Edmund Blackstone, Bow Street Runner, and the outlawing of prizefighting. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 136]. VG+ copy [light cover rubbing/creasing, upper corner fold to one leaf, cheap text paper tanned]. .
Published by London : Eyre Methuen, 1973
ISBN 10: 0413449505ISBN 13: 9780413449504
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 189p ; 21cm. Subjects; Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Fiction. Historical Fiction. Mystery Fiction. 1 Kg.
Published by Eyre Methuen, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0413449505ISBN 13: 9780413449504
Seller: Song of Sixpence, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: As New/fine. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. As new,apparently unread 1st edition.Pages and binding are tight and the green boards with silver lettering are pristine.The only sign of age is minimal spotting to lower edge of page block.The unclipped dustwrapper is as new,bright and has had a protective cover for some time in a private collection.
Published by London : Eyre Methuen, 1973
ISBN 10: 0413449505ISBN 13: 9780413449504
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Book First Edition
First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 189p ; 21cm. Subjects; Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Fiction. Historical Fiction. Mystery Fiction. 1 Kg.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1974
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. First Printing. Bantam Books Q8385. A near fine copy. ; Small octavo.
Published by Eyre Methuen, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0413449505ISBN 13: 9780413449504
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. David Pether (Jacket design) (illustrator). First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ***Near fine in dark-green cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine and black head of "Blackstone" to the head of spine. Boards clean and unmarked. Head and tail of spine slightly rubbed and creased. Corners sharp. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. No foxing. No creases or tears. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Spine tight. ***In a near fine colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £1.75 net. The dustwrapper is complete with no creases, chips or tears. Extremities of dustwrapper just slightly rubbed. Spine of dustwrapper slightly faded. Dustwrapper bright ***189 pages including one-page epilogue to rear. 204mm x 142mm. ***'Blackstone's involvement in the lurid and exciting world of prizefighting also involves him with blackmail, kidnap, and murder, not to mention attempts on his own life. Moreover, rioting and the incidence of crime at prizefights had been put forward as evidence of the need for a new police force. so it is doubly important that Blackstone, the Bow Street Runner working on both sides of the law, should be successful.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'The Bow Street Runners were formed about 1749 when the Bow Street magistrate was Henry Fielding, the author of Tom Jones In Blackstone's time, around the 1820s, the Runners were at the height of their fame, but beginning to come under pressure from Sir Robert Peel, Home Secretary and founder of the Metropolitan Police.' (Quote taken from the back flap of the dustwrapper of "Blackstone", the first novel in the series) ***First impression of the true first edition of the second in the Blackstone Bow Street Runners series of crime novels in its original dustwrapper in nice bright condition. Written by Derek Lambert under the pen-name Richard Falkirk. Derek Lambert was a writer and journalist who also wrote books under his own name, and was foreign Correspondent for the Daily Express. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Eyre Methuen Ltd, London, 1973
ISBN 10: 0413449505ISBN 13: 9780413449504
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by David Pether (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, not price clipped (£1.75), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 189pp. A novel of suspense and adventure, set during the early nineteenth century. Another case for the Bow Street Runner extraordinary. Blackstone is ordered to stamp out the popular sport of prize fighting. The second of Richard Falkirk's (Derek Lambert 1929-2001), Blackstone adventures.
Published by Stein and Day Publishers, [1972-1974]., New York:, 1972
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Four vols. 8vo. 239, [1]; 227, [1]; 224; 192 pp. Half-blue cloth over green boards; half-black over blue-green boards, half-black over red; half-red over green boards, w/ d.j.s., cover art all by David Pether, NF/NF set. First American editions of the first four titles in the Bow Street Runner Edmund Blackstone mystery series set in Regency England.