An edition of An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
(1897)
An African millionaire
episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
by Grant Allen
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"A genre classic, Grant Allen's AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE is the perfect addition to our mini library of classic crime fiction. Wealthy, confident, and handsome, Charles Van Drift is not accustomed to being swindled and his brush with Colonel Clay both rattles and infuriates him. As his South African diamond fortune takes hit after hit from the quick-witted master of disguise, Allen leaves even the reader guessing: whom can you trust? Van Drift grows more suspicious of those around him and a few too many misguided accusations shake the millionaire's confidence. Colonel Clay is in his head. Gary Hoppenstand contributes an introduction discussing the reception of the work when it was first serialized in THE STRAND and the significance of Colonel Clay as the first recurring gentleman rogue"--
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African Millionaire (Large Print Edition): Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African Millionaire
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An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African Millionaire
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An African Millionaire
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
June 1980, Dover Publications
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
1980, G. Richards
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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An African millionaire: episodes in the life of the illustrious Colonel Clay
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Book Details
Table of Contents
1. The episode of the Mexican seer.
2. The episode of the diamond links.
3. The episode of the old master.
4. The episode of the Tyrolean castle.
5. The episode of the drawn game.
6. The episode of the German professor.
7. The episode of the arrest of the Colonel.
8. The episode of the Seldon gold-mine.
9. The episode of the japanned dispatch-box.
10. The episode of the game of poker.
11. The episode of the Bertillon method.
12. The episode of the Old Bailey.
Edition Notes
A re-issue of the sheets of the London edition published by G. Richards, 1897, with cancel t.p.
Woodcut illustrations signed: GB [i.e. Gordon Browne]
Fisher copy: Bound in pink cloth, with title and publisher's logo in sepia on upper cover; gilt ornaments on spine. With the book label of Temple Club Library. With the bookseller's ticket: James Hope & Sons, Ottawa, Ont.
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"My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth."
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