The Twister
by Edgar Wallace
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$252.82$227.54
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The scarce first US edition of this thrilling novel from Edgar Wallace, one of his Inspector Elk murder mysteries. The first US edition, first printing of this work, published the year prior in the UK.In the publisher's original dust wrapper, retaining the price but with the rear flyleaf clipped to remove a mail-in coupon.Set in London amongst the aristocracy, Wallace presents a tale of murder, high finance, and intrigue.A scarce first US edition from the crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright Edgar Wallace, remembered for his 1905 novel 'The Four Just Men'.With a faint former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with dust wrapper clipped to rear flyleaf, but retaining the original price. Bumped to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Faded former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip lightly age toned, with minor chipping to back strip head and tail. Light tidemarks to head and tail of rear wrap, and head of front wrap. Two age toned horizontal tape repairs to tail of back strip. Four clear tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse, with tide marks to reverse of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to gutter between pages 6 and 7, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 872F16
- Title
- The Twister
- Author
- Edgar Wallace
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- The Twister four just men mystery four just men
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Gutter
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.