Jack Spot, First Edition (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Single sheets extracted from SUNSET MAGAZINE, February 1908. First page stating Vol XX, February, 1908, No. 4." plus 5 pages of Jack London's story "That Spot.".

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. Once the undisputed king of the underworld, Jack Spot was the most powerful criminal in Britain. His 30-yr. career began in the 1930s and saw him living on a knife edge in a thrilling and dangerious world. Over the years, he had run-ins with the Krays, the Richardsons and that other guv'nor of guv'nors, Billy Hill, as well as keeping crooked policemen in his pocket. Spot maintained an extravagant lifestyle for decades, indulging his weakness for beautiful women and all the trappings of wealth. He funded his lifestyle with protection rackets and a series of ingenious crimes, yet managed to escape for years with impunity, earning himself national notoriety. Spot had the respect of his own fraternity who regarded him as the true boss of the underworld. Many of those villains - including the Krays - even modelled themselves on him. Yet it was the twins who ultimately brought about his downfall. Illus., Glossary, Bibliog. and Index. 290pp. lge 8vo. h/back. F. in F. dw.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hit 'Em Hard. Jack Spot, King of the Underworld. Tiny tear to top corner of back D/J. One the undisputed king of the underworld, Jack Spot was the most powerful criminal in Britain. His thirty-year career began in the 1930s anmd saw him living on a knife edge in a thrilling and dangerous world. Over the years, he had run-ins with the Krays, the Richardsons and that other guv'nor of guv'nors, Billy Hill, as well as keeping crooked coppers in his pocket. Illustrated. 290 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

Paperback. Condition: Collectable, very good. 1st. Original 1962 blue softcover, apparent first printing, 80pp. Very slight wear, spine a little tanned, clean, no marks or writing, bound in signatures for long life. ** We are a small family business selling fine new and pre-owned books online since 1999. We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback, 1st edn. Arguably the rarest of the 'London Underworld' books. A fiction based on fact (the minor characters, a figment of the author's imagination, typify the kind of person we have all heard or read about). The reader will readily be able to distinguish between those real, known people at the core of Jack Spot's story. 192pp. mass market p/back. The cover illustration extends to both front and back (unusual for a Janson title, see images). With the usual browned pp., v. sl. slanted sp., small crease across lower corner of fr. cover o/w a Vg+ copy of an extremely scarce title.