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J. B. Lippincott. Good+ in Fair Dust Jacket. 1955. 1st Edition; 5th Printing. Hardcover. Contents: The Fabulous People, containing 9 stories; Hoaxing the Experts, 9 stories; For the Devil of it, 10 stories; in the Line of Duty, 6 stories; the Profit Motive, 12 stories. Condition notes: Book: fraying along top edge; previous owner's date read on flypage; minor foxing. DJ: chipped and torn, is in new mylar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 382 pages; 30399 .

London England: Faber & Faber. Very Good/Good. 1959. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hadrback Hardback. First Edition. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge and back D/J. Slight shelf wear to top edge of D/J. Price clipped. This book offers final proof that there's no limit to the ingenuity of crooks and no shortage of co-operative suckers. The author's evidence ranges all the way from that conscientious international counterfeiter called the Dutchman, whose home-made product passed muster with Scotland Yard's approval, to Olga Simanski, who collected husbands much as other women collect milk glass. Whether you prefer bizarre characters like Mrs. Oesterreich's built-in lover, or distinguished swindlers like 'Sir Richard Douglas', or such absolutely incredible ones as the respected Madam of Oxford, you'll find them here. In short, this book is a collection of history's most spectacular, talented and… Leer más

J.B. Lippencott Company. Stated FIrst American Edition. Small prior bookstore sticker tipped in on ffep. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, chips. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1959.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippencott Company, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 381pp. Slight toning on the board edges else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning, chips, and short tears. Author's copy with his owner information on the front free endpaper.