The Devil's Home On Leave
by Raymond, Derek
Derek Raymond was the pseudonym of British writer Robert Cook, who was born in London in 1931. The son of a textile magnate, he dropped out of Eton and rejected a life of privilege for a life of adventure. He traveled the world, living in Paris at the Beat Hotel and on New York’s seedy Lower East Side, smuggled artworks into Amsterdam, and spent time in a Spanish prison for publicly making fun of Franco. Finally, he landed back in London, working in the lower echelons of the Kray Brothers’ crime syndicate laundering money, organizing illegal gambling, and setting up insurance scams. He eventually took to writing—first as a pornographer, but then as an increasingly serious novelist, writing about the desperate characters and experiences he’d known in London’s underground. His work culminated in the Factory novels, landmarks that have led many to consider him the founding father of British noir. He died in London in 1993.
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THE DEVIL'S HOME ON LEAVE
by RAYMOND, Derek
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- 1989
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NY: Ballantine, 1989. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Ballantine Books. SOFTCOVER. 1989. FIRST Mass Market Edition. AS NEW, bound in original gray glossy pictorial stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Very light toning to pages, else FINE. The Factory Series Book Two featuring London's Department of Unexplained Deaths. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Mass Market… Read more about this item Item Price
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Melville International Crime, 2011. First Thus . Soft cover. Fine. Trade Sized Paperback. First edition thus. 220 pages. VERY FINE. Not read. All corners pointed. Binding tight, without stress creasing and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. But for black dot to bottom edge of text block, not marked and clean and bright. All books carefully wrapped… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Devil's Home on Leave
by Raymond Derek
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Ballantine Books, January 1989. Paper Back . Good. Good- Softcover. Moderate shelfwear to covers, including creasing. Sticker on cover. Spine has creasing and rubbing. Textblock soiled. Yellowing and soiling on inside covers and endpapers. Some pages soiled. Pages yellowed, but tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984. Item Price
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Devil's Home on Leave
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1st edition 1984. Alison Press/ Secker & Warburg - London. 0436405016. The second of his "factory" series of crime novels. Fine in VG+ dustwrapper. . Item Price
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The devil's home on leave
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Leisure Circle. c1986 Leisure Circle edition hardback; very good copy, lightly aged else clean, with very good unclipped dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1986. Item Price
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THE DEVIL S HOME ON LEAVE: Factory 2
by RAYMOND, DEREK
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The Devil's Home on Leave.
by RAYMOND, Derek (vere Robin Cook).
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The Alison Press/Secker & Warburg, London., 1984. First edition. Octavo. 205 pages. The second title in the Factory series. Tail of spine a bit bumped, otherwise fine in near-fine dustwrapper. Item Price
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The Devil's Home on Leave (Factory 2)
by Derek Raymond
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The Devil's Home on Leave (Factory 2)
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The Devil's Home On Leave
by Derek Raymond
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The Devil's Home on Leave
by Raymond, Derek
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Melville House Publishing. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Item Price
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The Devil's Home on Leave (Melville International Crime)
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The Devil's Home On Leave: Factory 2
by Derek Raymond
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Paperback / softback. New. A man's corpse is discovered in a Rotherhithe warehouse, chopped up, boiled to avoid identification, and bundled into five Waitrose carrier bags. Our nameless narrator from A14 - the 'Unexplained Deaths' division of the Met - is put on the case. Operating, as usual, the narrator's investigations uncover much more than the murderer. Item Price
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