Nobody quite knows how Angel Esquire came to occupy the position he does at Scotland Yard. On his appointment, ""An Officer of Twenty Years' Standing"" wrote to the Police Review and characterized the whole thing as ""a job."" Probably it was. For Angel Esquire had been many things in his short but useful career, but never a policeman. He had been a big game shot, a special correspondent, a ""scratch"" magistrate, and his nearest approach to occupying a responsible position in any police force in the world was when he was ...
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Nobody quite knows how Angel Esquire came to occupy the position he does at Scotland Yard. On his appointment, ""An Officer of Twenty Years' Standing"" wrote to the Police Review and characterized the whole thing as ""a job."" Probably it was. For Angel Esquire had been many things in his short but useful career, but never a policeman. He had been a big game shot, a special correspondent, a ""scratch"" magistrate, and his nearest approach to occupying a responsible position in any police force in the world was when he was appointed a J.P. of Rhodesia, and, serving on the Tuli Commission, he hanged M'Linchwe and six of that black desperado's companions. His circle of acquaintances extended to the suburbs of London, and the suburbanites, who love you to make their flesh creep, would sit in shivering but pleasurable horror whilst Angel Esquire elaborated the story of the execution. In Mayfair Angel Esquire was best known as a successful mediator....
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Add this copy of Angel Esquire to cart. $12.75, good condition, Sold by guitarshack12 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Poughkeepsie, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by Small, Maynard & Company.
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Good. No Jacket. 1-1/2" x 7-1/2" x 5-1/4" 321 pages. Cover is red with gold lettering. Spine slightly shelf-cocked. Bumped front edges. Pages are lightly age toned but quite readable. A few loose spots in the binding and the hinges are a little loose.
Add this copy of Angel Esquire to cart. $14.63, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1938 by Allied newspapers.
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Used-Good. Good hardback. Small format 'pocket sized' book; navy boards with fading gilt titles on spine; pages rather browned with age. Binding tight.
Add this copy of Angel Esquire to cart. $14.75, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1929 by Readers Library.
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VG. Not ex-lib. Hardcover in dark red cloth with gilt stamped titlesandborder front and spine, no jacket, large 12mo. 321pp. Reprint edition. Cloth over boards clean and sharp with some darkening and touch of rubbing to spine cloth. Stamping dulled, especially on spine, but all clear and legible. Light spine slant with binding and hinges strong and tight. Pages clean and unmarked with only moderate toning; prev. owner's stamps on front endpapers.
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Add this copy of Angel Esquire to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Always Superior Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by A l Burt.
Add this copy of Angel Esquire to cart. $20.00, good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1908 by Henry Holt and Company.
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