ODD MAN OUT (inscribed & Signed by the author)

Biggs, Ronald (Ronnie Biggs)

Published by Bloomsdale, London, 1994

About this Item

Ronnie Biggs (1929-2013) was a most celebrated fugitive who participated in the 1963 Great Train Robbery in Britain taking in nearly £2.5 million pounds sterling. Most of the gangs were rounded up by the police, but Biggs escaped from prison by an ingeniously planned method. Soon the detectives and the Scotlandyard were on his trail around the world, but Biggs was always a step ahead of them. From Australia he arrived in Brazil and settled down in Rio de Jenoro with a pretty woman. By the time the police found his whereabouts, they couldn't extradite him on technical grounds. Their attempts to kidnap him twice was also failed. Shortly after the publication of this book, I tracked him down in Rio and asked for his inscribed autographs which he obliged on plain white stickers attached to the title page (see image), this one is inscribed as "Escape to Rio, Ronnie Biggs" in his handwriting using a red pen. Illustrated with photographs and decorated end pages featuring his various escape routes around the world from British police detectives, Scotlandyard and Interpol. 279 pages, First edition, first print, as new, a beautiful volume, unread and comes with a dustjacket as new, rare signed inscribed copy by legendary great train robber Ronnie Biggs.

Seller Inventory # 30102015-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ODD MAN OUT (inscribed & Signed by the author)
• Publisher: Bloomsdale, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ronnie Biggs signed