THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A THIEF (SIGNED)

Hardback, 1st edn. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED. On the road to achieving the pinnacle of his profession, the author carried out a succession of lucrative, high-profile robberies - the 'Armoured Car' in Chelsea, the 'City Gents Raid' at London Airport, the Riviera jewel thefts. It wasn't nearly enough. In the early hours of August 8, 1963, he and 16 others robbed the Glasgow-to-Euston mail train of £2,631,684 - in today's money, a staggering £36 million plus. The world's press were soon carrying wanted photographs of the genius who had masterminded it. Bruce Reynolds was relentlessly pursued by Scotland Yard for the next half decade until he was safely behind bars serving a huge sentence. Now, after a silence of over 30-yrs. Bruce Reynolds puts the record straight. Extremely well written and nominated for a Gold Dagger Award. Illus. 399pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27), with a tipped-in post-it note written by Paul to bep. With newspaper cuttings to fpd and ffep. Browned pp. o/w Nr. F. in F. protected dw. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO PAUL DANIEL BY BRUCE REYNOLDS plus INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO PAUL DANIEL BY CAMILLE WOLFF of Grey House Books who had gifted the book to him. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas.