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RAFFLES:
The Amateur Cracksman by E.W. Hornung With an introduction by Anthony Powell. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1950). First edition thus. The Century Library: Number fourteen. From the library of noted mystery author Richard (Dick) S. Lochte with his bookplate and ownership name to the front endpaper. Red cloth with gilt titles on a black panel, decorative endpapers. Near fine in red cloth with gilt titles on a black panel, decorative endpapers; in a price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to the crown of an age-toned and lightly shelf worn dust jacket. The well-known cricketer and gentleman thief administers his own kind of justice.
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