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AL Burt Co | Blue binding, no dj, spine cracking on back edge | Prev owner inked front papers
The Girl From Scotland Yard by Edgar Wallace - 1927
by Edgar Wallace
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The Girl From Scotland Yard
by Edgar Wallace
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Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company , 1927. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Ndea Good. Novel that begins " As Lady Raytham drew aside The long velvet curtains, she looked down into Berkeley Square..... Rain and sleet were falling and a thin yellow mist added to the gloom of the dying day...She was a woman straight and slim, of 28.... Hers was the type of classical beauty which would defy the markings of age for the greater part of a lifetime....." It takes a lot of careful reading to sort out who is what they seem to be, and the emerging deceits, and criminal activities, in a tale of a failed marriage and a missing child, subsequent to a long ago romance and marriage in America, and the heroics of the wronged husband searching for his child, and a Scotland Yard woman sleuth.....Authored by an immensely popular writer in England, this side of 100 years ago, who was abandoned and found when 9 days old, and brought up by a fish-porter, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace ( 1875 - 1932 ) prolific crime writer, journalist, screenwriter, playwright ( 175 novels, 24 plays, many, many articles, and : Co-Creator of King Kong ! ) Some of his renowned other works include : The Four Just Men / The Hairy Arm / The Ringer / The Green Archer / The Valley Of Ghosts / The Daffodil Murder / The Angel Of Terror / The Sinister Man / Double Dan / Captains Of Souls, etc.....Red-colored, indented lettering on front cover and binding of black colored, cloth book ( 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 X 1 1/4 ) 316 pages. No dust jacket. Book weighs 1 pound. An 85 year old , original, Edgar Wallace, First Edition crime story, mystery book. A truly scary and terrifying story of children snatched to disappear forever, in a society that was oblivious of helpless to change it.
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- Edition Stated First edition
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- Publisher Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication Garden City
- Date Published 1927
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The Girl from Scotland Yard
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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The Girl from Scotland Yard (The Square Emerald): Weirdmoor Edition
by Wallace, Edgar
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. A dead body clutching a square emerald and a female detective. U.S. title, reprint in pink boards. Basis for the 1937 movie "The Girl From Scotland Yard" starring Karen Morley and Robert Baldwin. Lightly bumped and rubbed, spine a bit sunned, front hinge loose.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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The Girl from Scotland Yard
by Wallace, Edgar
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La Mesa, California, United States
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. Reprint . Hardcover. Fair-Good/No Jacket. Crime novel orig. published in London in 1925/26; this is a 1929 American reprint from Doubleday, Doran, part of its Weirdmoor Collection. With pink cloth-covered boards decorated with black silhouettes & lettering, it is in only Fair-Good condition: binding strong, but slightly shaken, edgewear & rubbing to extremities, hinges secure. Pages show moderate tanning but no markings save for former owner's name in neat pen inside front cover. Foxing to top outside page edges, light soil to others & spine cloth soiled & faded. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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The Girl From Scotland Yard
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
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New York: A. L. Burt, 1927. Hardcover without dust jacket, undated other than copyright date of 1927, but a later printing, c1930s/1940s (see note re date below), vi + 308 pages; moderate to heavy shelf wear to cover edges, corners and spine ends, otherwise gently used, spine age troned but tight in binding, ink signature inside front cover dated simply "47", non-text pages preceding title page removed, interior otherwise clean and unmarked other than scattered random foxing spots. See also our listing for Wallace's The Feathered Serpent (A Peter Dewin Murder Mystery, Dell Mapback #49) (buy both and save on postage!).. Hard Cover. Good.
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THE GIRL FROM SCOTLAND YARD
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Webster, New York, United States
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a l burt, 1927. very good blue binding, darker spine
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The Girl From Scotland Yard
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Doubleday. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Owner's name on front endpage. (mystery, fiction)
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the Girl From Scotland Yard
by WALLACE, Edgar
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Burt, 1927. Hardcover. Good. Later. Good Former owners' names inside cover and endpaper. Corners worn and bent. Spine faded. Edges of spine frayed. Spots on cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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The Girl From Scotland Yard
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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New York: Doubleday, 1929. Very Good. Later. Very good plus. Begining and ending pages are very lightly yellowed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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The Girl from Scotland Yard
by Wallace, Edgar
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Maplewood, Missouri, United States
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Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1929. Good Hardcover, no dustjacket 1929. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Cover.
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THE GIRL FROM SCOTLAND YARD
by Wallace, edgar
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Webster, New York, United States
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doubleday page, 1927 first edition. very good - fine name on ep
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