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Rayner, Richard : Drake's Fortune : The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist

Doubleday, New York, 2002

ISBN 0385499493

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The fascinating biography of the famous American swindler Oscar Hartzell, who made millions in the 1920s and 1930s in various confidence games but especially from his misuse of the purported lost fortune of Sir Francis Drake, detailing how his swindles worked, his evasion of lawmen, his restyling of himself as an English aristocrat, his fortunes after the 1929 stock market crash, his evolvement into a 'messiah' status, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, sources, indexed, 224pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

First Edition (stated).

Rayner, Richard : Drake's Fortune : The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist

Doubleday, New York, 2002

ISBN 0385499493

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The fascinating biography of the famous American swindler Oscar Hartzell, who made millions in the 1920s and 1930s in various confidence games but especially from his misuse of the purported lost fortune of Sir Francis Drake, detailing how his swindles worked, his evasion of lawmen, his restyling of himself as an English aristocrat, his fortunes after the 1929 stock market crash, his evolvement into a 'messiah' status, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, sources, indexed, 224pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

First Edition (stated).

Rayner, Richard : Drake's Fortune : The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist

Doubleday, New York, 2002

ISBN 0385499493

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The fascinating biography of the famous American swindler Oscar Hartzell, who made millions in the 1920s and 1930s in various confidence games but especially from his misuse of the purported lost fortune of Sir Francis Drake, detailing how his swindles worked, his evasion of lawmen, his restyling of himself as an English aristocrat, his fortunes after the 1929 stock market crash, his evolvement into a 'messiah' status, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, sources, indexed, 224pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

First Edition (stated).

Rayner, Richard : Drake's Fortune : The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist

Doubleday, New York, 2002

ISBN 0385499493

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The fascinating biography of the famous American swindler Oscar Hartzell, who made millions in the 1920s and 1930s in various confidence games but especially from his misuse of the purported lost fortune of Sir Francis Drake, detailing how his swindles worked, his evasion of lawmen, his restyling of himself as an English aristocrat, his fortunes after the 1929 stock market crash, his evolvement into a 'messiah' status, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, sources, indexed, 224pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

First Edition (stated).

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