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THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME
by Macintyre, Ben
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0374218994
- ISBN 13
- 9780374218997
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. First edition (stated). Fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of this biography of the famed Victorian thief and criminal mastermind Adam Worth, generally believed to have been the model for Doyle's Moriarty. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter beige cloth with gilt-stamped blue boards. In original unclipped ($24.00) dust jacket. 336 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Light edgewear, rubbing to jacket.
Synopsis
BEN MACINTYRE is a writer-at-large for The Times of London and the bestselling author of A Spy Among Friends , Double Cross, Operation Mincemeat , Agent Zigzag , The Napoleon of Crime , and Forgotten Fatherland , among other books. Macintyre has also written and presented BBC documentaries of the wartime espionage trilogy.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47680
- Title
- THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME
- Author
- Macintyre, Ben
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374218994
- ISBN 13
- 9780374218997
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Sherlockiana,20th century,19th century,Victorian,Criminology,Biography & Memoir
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