Editore: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905
Da: HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC, Boston, VA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover in light grey cloth covered boards sporting an illustration of a woman with a mask and police-style cap with visor holds two guns up to an elderly moustached gent who stands with his hands up. Solid reading copy with moderate surface soil, bumped corners and spine ends and two 'dings' on foot of frt board, gilt spine title on soiled backtstrip. Hinges are fine, page block tight, no names or tears within, pages are clean and tissue guard is present on b/w illustrated frontis and 15 other full page illustrations within (all present). One of two story collections written by Bangs as follow-ups to E.W. Hornung's popular series featuring anti-hero Arthur J. Raffles, a safe cracker. Hornung was the brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and his Raffles series was second only to Sherlock Holmes in popularity during his lifetime.