Robert Hale, 1960, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, First, Illustrated By: Not Credited
300 g; 172 pages. Original hardcover binding green writing and silver illustration on the spine. Top edge and front edge of text block slightly darkened and lightly foxed. Previous owner's name written on the front and rear end pages in ink, top quarter inch of the right-hand corner of the front free end page is missing. No other damage to the pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket lightly rubbed across the top edge. Set in the East End, Harry Linnit, a wide boy, holds back evidence and refused to hurdle the police. His quest takes into a nightmare world that only ends in death and disappointment, but with desperate cunning he involves pathetic Steve Watson, once a promising boxer, without considering the horror that will follow. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Not Credited. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0226793.
300 g; 172 pages. Original hardcover binding green writing and silver illustration on the spine. Top edge and front edge of text block slightly darkened and lightly foxed. Previous owner's name written on the front and rear end pages in ink, top quarter inch of the right-hand corner of the front free end page is missing. No other damage to the pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket lightly rubbed across the top edge. Set in the East End, Harry Linnit, a wide boy, holds back evidence and refused to hurdle the police. His quest takes into a nightmare world that only ends in death and disappointment, but with desperate cunning he involves pathetic Steve Watson, once a promising boxer, without considering the horror that will follow. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Not Credited. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0226793.