Eugene Vidocq. Soldier, Thief, Spy, Detective. A Romance Founded on Facts

by Dick Donovan, James Edward Preston Muddock

£250 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Hutchinson and Co., 1895 . Crime fiction FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm , pp.vi; 345 1 . With numerous halftone plates throughout, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth, designs and titles in gilt and dark brown to upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Interior clean but for some light, infrequent spotting - mostly to preliminaries. Endpapers gently toned. Textblock edges spotted. Patch of light discolouration to lower board. Mild

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