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Published by Doubleday and Company, 1957
Seller: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- Robert Graves recounts the life of William Palmer: surgeon, racehorse owner. . .a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people. . .but was he a prisoner? Based on an actual trial that took place in 1856, this novel, like Graves' "Wife to Mr. Milton" and "I, Claudius," has all the immediacy and spiciness of contemporary Victorian life. It is told through interviews with Palmer's friends and enemies. This book has humor, social significance and passion, and makes absorbing and scintillating reading. . .See photos for additional content. . .
Published by Academy Chicago Publishers, 2005
ISBN 10: 0897330293ISBN 13: 9780897330299
Book
Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Published by Seven Stories Press, 2019
ISBN 10: 1609807642ISBN 13: 9781609807641
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by Xanadu Publications Ltd, 1989
ISBN 10: 1854800043ISBN 13: 9781854800046
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Avon G1037, 1957
Seller: Ridge Road Sight And Sound, North Arlington, NJ, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: VG. paperback.
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.
Published by Avon, 1957
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Book
paperback. Condition: Very Good.
Published by Avon Book, 1957
Seller: Berthoff Books, Harpers Ferry, WV, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 254 pages. Avon G1037. "The gaudiest scamp in the annals of crime - . . . salty, humorous and compelling" - from book's promotional pages. Mass-market paperback, light shelf wear and reading crease, foxing to wraps and edges, crease at upper corner of back; edges, end papers and page margins age-tanned. Pages unmarked.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1957
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 312 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with red label to spine with gilt lettering. First American edition. Robert Graves recounts the life of William Palmer: surgeon, racehorse owner.a confessed forger who got girls into trouble, doped horses, robbed a few people.but was he a prisoner? Based on an actual trial that took place in 1856, this novel, like Graves' "Wife to Mr. Milton" and "I, Claudius, " has all the immediacy and spiciness of contemporary Victorian life. It is told through interviews with Palmer's friends and enemies. This book has humor, social significance and passion, and makes absorbing and scintillating reading. Condition: Jacket corners and spine extremities chipped, scratch at front edge, fold over flap edges rubbed, lightly soiled, some tape stains to boards else about very good lacking jacket.
Published by Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1997, 1997
Seller: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. They hanged my saintly Billy: the life and death of Dr. William Palmer. Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1997, Reprinted 1997, 312pp., PAPERBACK, very good. 9780897330299 ISBN 0897330293.
Published by Xanadu Publications Limited, 1989
ISBN 10: 1854800035ISBN 13: 9781854800039
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by DOUBLEDAY AND COMPANY.NEW YORK.1957., 1957
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good PLUS. FIRST EDITION.PRICE-CLIPPED VG DJ WITH VG+ BOOK.
Published by NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY AND COMPANY, 1957, 1957
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good PLUS. FIRST EDITION.BOOK IS NF IN VG+ DJ WITH SLIGHT EDGEWEAR.
Published by Cassell, 1957
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic (Brodart) protector, shows minor wear. Name of former owner on the front endpaper. Pages clean.
Published by Arrow Books, London, 1962
Seller: West Portal Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Book appears moderately read with general wear at edges and extremities. OW a tight, solid and square looking copy of this chronicle of 'the macabre life and execution of Dr. Wm Palmer - Poisoner, Forger, Gambler, Seducer and Abortionist' by the author of the classic I, Claudius! 288 pages with illustrations peppered throughout. Arrow Books # G104.
Published by Doubleday, New York, 1957
Seller: Barrister, Inc., Davie, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Book VERY GOOD offsetting to endpapers, spine mildly faded; dust jacket VERY GOOD+ edge wear to head of spine, spine mildly sunned, light rubbing, some soiling. Book.
Published by Avon Books, New York, NY, 1959
Seller: Orpheus Books, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Avon Books No.G1037, first paperback edition with wonderful cover art; a fictionalized account of the notorious, 19th.century figure, Dr.William Palmer, "a rascal who committed nearly every imaginable crime but was innocent, many insisted, of the murder for which he was publicly hanged"; written by the great Robert Graves; this copy is Near Fine with one diagonal cover crease and the tiniest of wear; a terrific read.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Edge wear to jacket. Very good in dustjacket.; 8vo.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. clean, solid, previous owner's bookplate, GOOD+, chipping, toning on dj. KRM/FICTION.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Slight darkening to jacket. Early printing.
Published by Cassell and Company Ltd, 1957
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Sticker to ffep. No DJ.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City NY, 1957
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Trace of wear to spine bottom. Jacket has minor soiling to back panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages.
Published by Doubleday, 1957
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing. First printing, softcover, touch of wear to spine ends, few light wrinkles to spine, small scratch to fore-edge, tiny chip to top corner of rear cover, otherwise bright and crisp, a VG+ copy.
Published by Avon, 1957
Seller: Mystery Cove Book Shop, Hulls Cove, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
paperback. Near fine mass market paperback. Avon G1037, 1st printing. The author: " My novel is full of sex, drink, incest, suicide, dope, horse-racing, murder.and ends with a good public hanging".
Published by Avon Books, United States, 1957
Seller: Joseph M Zunno, ROY, WA, U.S.A.
Book
soft. Condition: See Pic.
Published by Cassell & Co Ltd, London, 1957
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. with 23 illustrations in the text (illustrator). 1st Edition. States "First published 1957." The subject being William Palmer, the Staffordshire surgeon and racehorse owner publicly hanged in 1856, a confessed forger and all-around scoundrel, though he probably didn't commit the murder of which he was convicted. 269 pp. Reduced from $14.
Published by avon g series,, 1959
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first PB. G-1037, very good , (CRIME and DRUG NOVEL), paperback,
Condition: Good. Casell & Company LTD 1957 Binding: Hardcover.
Published by Avon Publishing, New York, NY, 1957
Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. None (illustrator). Avon #G1037 - Well-regarded work by Graves, Kirkus Reviews calls it an "unusually fascinating recreation of the career, trial and education of William Palmer, who was known as the mass poisoner." Some mild wear and soil, 4 x 7 inches with 253 pages.