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King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America
by Conway, J. North
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1599215381
- ISBN 13
- 9781599215389
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About This Item
The Lyons Press, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Very clean hardcover first edition, first printing in clean unclipped jacket. Brown boards with gold lettering on spine - no fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. All pages and edges are clean, with clean golden endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 224 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A spellbinding account of the greatest bank robbery in American History which took place on October 27, 1868 at the Manhattan Savings Institution in New York City..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034153
- Title
- King of Heists: The Sensational Bank Robbery of 1878 That Shocked America
- Author
- Conway, J. North
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1599215381
- ISBN 13
- 9781599215389
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Place of Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- TRUE CRIME, 1878 BANK ROBBERY, HEISTS, J. NORTH CONWAY, FIRST EDITION, MANHATTAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION, AMERICAN HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; true crime;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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