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HORNUNG, Ernest William (1866-1921). The Amateur Cracksman. London: Methuen & Co., 1899. Cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION. Queen's Quorum 26; A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. -- Another edition. New York: Scribner's, 1906. Later American edition. -- A Thief in the Night. London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. FIRST EDITION. -- Denis Dent. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1904. Later American edition. -- Raffles. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. With pictorial dust jacket reproducing a scene from the movie, showing David Niven. Later American edition. -- Mr. Justice Raffles. New York: Scribner's, 1909. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Together 6 volumes, 8o, original cloth, condition varies. Hornung, the brother-in-law of Arthur Conan Doyle, created A.J. Raffles, one of the greatest thiefs in fiction. (6)
HORNUNG, Ernest William (1866-1921). The Amateur Cracksman. London: Methuen & Co., 1899. Cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION. Queen's Quorum 26; A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. -- Another edition. New York: Scribner's, 1906. Later American edition. -- A Thief in the Night. London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. FIRST EDITION. -- Denis Dent. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1904. Later American edition. -- Raffles. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. With pictorial dust jacket reproducing a scene from the movie, showing David Niven. Later American edition. -- Mr. Justice Raffles. New York: Scribner's, 1909. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Together 6 volumes, 8o, original cloth, condition varies. Hornung, the brother-in-law of Arthur Conan Doyle, created A.J. Raffles, one of the greatest thiefs in fiction. (6)

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HORNUNG, Ernest William (1866-1921). The Amateur Cracksman. London: Methuen & Co., 1899. Cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION. Queen's Quorum 26; A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. -- Another edition. New York: Scribner's, 1906. Later American edition. -- A Thief in the Night. London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. FIRST EDITION. -- Denis Dent. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1904. Later American edition. -- Raffles. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. With pictorial dust jacket reproducing a scene from the movie, showing David Niven. Later American edition. -- Mr. Justice Raffles. New York: Scribner's, 1909. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Together 6 volumes, 8o, original cloth, condition varies. Hornung, the brother-in-law of Arthur Conan Doyle, created A.J. Raffles, one of the greatest thiefs in fiction. (6)

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