Allain (Marcel) Fantomas Captured
£225
London, Stanley Paul, 1926.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
First published in France and the UK in 1926; somewhat worn and aged, nevertheless an attractive jacket well representing the character & mood of the immensely popular Fantômas stories, with their admirably sociopathic central antagonist.
In stock
Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, some minor marking; cloth very good; jacket with some wear, loss to head of spine, old paper repairs to reverse.
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