Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1907. First Edition. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 14cm). Publisher's embossed green cloth, gilt titles to spines, top edges tinted green. Very light rubbing to extremities, signs of label removal to spines. Blind stamp to title page and first page of text of each volume. Scarce. Fine. 'This history follows the fortunes of the anti-hero in literature... It is a study of realism, for it investigates the role enacted in literary art by the observation of low life'.

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Bookseller: Adrian Harrington Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 38244
Title: The Literature of Roguery
Author: CHANDLER, Frank Wadleigh
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1907
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.

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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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