BLACKSTONE, BEAU BLACKSTONE, BLACKSTONE'S FANCY - The first three volumes of the Blackstone series (First editions - first impressions)

Richard Falkirk (Derek Lambert)

Published by Eyre Methuen, London, 1973

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First impressions of the true first editions of the first three titles in the historical whodunnit Blackstone series, focusing on a Bow Street Runner Edmund Blackstone in 1820s London. ***All three books are in very good condition in their original dustwrappers. Individual descriptions can be gleaned from the separate listings of the books on ABE. ***618 pages in total. 204mm x 142mm. ***'But how else, Blackstone wondered, was he to discover who was behind the theft of the navvies' wages? Who stood to gain if the world's pioneer public steam locomotive railway, the Stockton and Darlington, failed to open? In chasing the answers Blackstone unearths a plot to pull the world's first Great Train Robbery.'' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper of "Beau Blackstone") ***'The Bow Street Runners were formed about 1749 when the Bow Street magistrate was Henry Fielding, the author of Tom Jones In Blackstone's time, around the 1820s, the Runners were at the height of their fame, but beginning to come under pressure from Sir Robert Peel, Home Secretary and founder of the Metropolitan Police.' (Quote taken from the back flap of the dustwrapper of "Blackstone", the first novel in the series) ***First impressions of the true first editions of the first three titles in the Blackstone Bow Street Runners series of crime novels, each in their original dustwrappers in nice bright condition. Written by Derek Lambert under the pen-name Richard Falkirk. Derek Lambert was a writer and journalist who also wrote books under his own name, and was foreign Correspondent for the Daily Express. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLACKSTONE, BEAU BLACKSTONE, BLACKSTONE'S FANCY - The first three volumes of the Blackstone series (First editions - first impressions)
• Publisher: Eyre Methuen, London
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: David Pether (Jacket design)
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: First Impression
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Fiction & True Crime
  • Literature
  • First Editions