{"product_id":"introducing-the-toff-john-creasey-black-dagger-crime-edition","title":"Introducing the Toff, John Creasey — Black Dagger Crime Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bath, Chivers Press, 1998\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. 192.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e: Near Fine. The black cloth binding remains tightly bound and square, with bright, unoxidised gilt tooling to the spine. The boards are notably clean, displaying only the most trivial hint of shelf-wear to the extreme lower corners. Internally, the text block is exceptionally crisp; the pages are bright, entirely free from foxing, and bear no previous ownership inscriptions or markings. The original, unclipped dust jacket is vibrant and well-preserved, exhibiting only faint surface rubbing and minuscule edge-wear to the extremities, presenting beautifully overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/strong\u003e: This is the 1998 Chivers Press edition of John Creasey’s classic, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"82\"\u003eIntroducing the Toff\u003c\/i\u003e, issued under their celebrated Black Dagger Crime imprint. Originally published in 1938, this title launched one of the most enduring series in British detective fiction, introducing the aristocratic adventurer Richard Rollison. The Black Dagger Crime series, published with the recommendation of the Crime Writers' Association, sought to revive classic, hard-to-find mystery titles in durable, library-quality hardback formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003eWhile not a true first edition, this specific late-nineties reprint has become distinctly uncommon on the open market, particularly when found in such well-preserved condition with its original dust jacket fully intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eA little road rage was not unusual even in the 1930s, but the Honourable Richard Rollison, known to the underworld and Scotland Yard alike as 'The Toff,' was not expecting bullets to be a part of the argument when his car blocked the path of an oncoming Daimler in an English country lane. What begins as a disrupted afternoon quickly escalates into a lethal fight against cocaine rings, gangsters, and the criminal empire of The Black Circle. Armed with his wits, a talent for bending the rules, and the help of his ever-loyal manservant Jolly, the Toff must dismantle a sprawling criminal network in a fast-paced thriller that introduces one of crime fiction's most iconic gentlemen adventurers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54362714440019,"sku":"4673","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260717_182139.jpg?v=1784618285","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/introducing-the-toff-john-creasey-black-dagger-crime-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}