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The Thief Taker: Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner
by Banks, T. F
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385335717
- ISBN 13
- 9780385335713
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Delacorte Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. Clean maroon boards with maroon cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 276 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Mystery..
Synopsis
June 1815. When Henry Morton is called to the scene at Portman House in Claridge Square, the Bow Street constable finds a man dead in a hackney coach--ostensibly of asphyxiation. He was Halbert Glendinning, a gentleman of unsullied character. Then why was he seen frequenting one of London's most notorious dens of iniquity? And why has the driver of the coach vanished into the night? While Sir Nathaniel Conant, the chief magistrate at Number 4 Bow Street, accepts the official verdict of accidental death, Morton is certain that Glendinning was a victim of foul play. With the help of actress Arabella Malibrant, one of London's most celebrated beauties, he embarks on his own discreet inquiry. And as the upper circles of London society close ranks against him, Morton races to unmask a killer whose motives are as complex and unfathomable as the passions that rule the human heart.From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013703
- Title
- The Thief Taker: Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner
- Author
- Banks, T. F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0385335717
- ISBN 13
- 9780385335713
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL MYSTERY DETECTIVE NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Crime;
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