The Victorian era's most infamous thief, Adam Worth was the original Napoleon of crime. Suave, cunning Worth learned early that the best way to succeed was to steal. And steal he did. Following a strict code of honor, Worth won the respect of Victorian society. He also aroused its fear by becoming a chilling phantom, mingling undetected with the upper classes, whose valuables he brazenly stole. His most celebrated heist: Gainsborough's grand portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire--ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales--a ...
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The Victorian era's most infamous thief, Adam Worth was the original Napoleon of crime. Suave, cunning Worth learned early that the best way to succeed was to steal. And steal he did. Following a strict code of honor, Worth won the respect of Victorian society. He also aroused its fear by becoming a chilling phantom, mingling undetected with the upper classes, whose valuables he brazenly stole. His most celebrated heist: Gainsborough's grand portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire--ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales--a painting Worth adored and often slept with for twenty years. With a brilliant gang that included Piano Charlie, a jewel thief, train robber, and playboy, and the Scratch Becket, master forger, Worth secretly ran operations from New York to London, Paris, and South Africa--until betrayal and a Pinkerton man finally brought him down.In a decadent age, Worth was an icon. His biography is a grand, dazzling tour into the gaslit underworld of the last century...and into the doomed genius of a criminal mastermind.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good in Mylar. jacket. Hardcover with DJ. DJ has wear and discoloring to edges, now protected in archival mylar. Light bumping and rubbing to boards and spine. Foxing and staining to page edges. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket and boards have only slight wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The first biography of Adam Worth, the most famous criminal of the Victorian Age and the model for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's insidiously brilliant Professor Moriatry. Hardcover, xi, 336 pp., numerous photos, unclipped illustrated jacket. Minimal wear, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket.
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Very Good. Size: 8x6x1; [The Real Life Professor Moriarty] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Jacket creased. Clean, unmarked pages.