Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916 Book. Illus. by F. Vaux Wilson. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 305 (4) pp, b&w tissue-protected frontis, 36 chapters. With Frontispiece by F. Vaux Wilson: First Edition, October 1916. "Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. Featured on the cover of Time magazine on September 12, 1927, he was the self-styled 'prince of storytellers'. He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. He was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today." Inked name ffep. Minor wear to corner edges of boards with lightly age-toned text block edges. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with blind-stamped vessel on high seas on upper-half front board, gilt lettering to bottom half and spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004920
Title: The Kingdom of the Blind
Author: Oppenheim, E. Phillips
Illustrator: F. Vaux Wilson
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1916
Keywords: LITERATURE ENGLISH AUTHORS OPPENHEIM EDWARD PHILLIPS (1866-1946) NOVEL GENRE
Bookseller catalogs: LITERATURE;
Size: 8vo

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