By Edgar Wallace
New York   The Mystery League
8" by 5.5" 9-286pp
The first US edition of this thriller by Edgar Wallace, about a World War I era government conspiracy.
By Edgar Wallace

1930 The Day of Uniting

New York   The Mystery League
8" by 5.5" 9-286pp
The first US edition of this thriller by Edgar Wallace, about a World War I era government conspiracy.
£120.00
: 0.75kgs / : 872F15

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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first US edition, first printing, in the publisher's original unclipped Art Deco dust wrapper, designed by Edgar Wallace.

First published in the UK in 1926, this novel is set in the First World War, following a group of print shop workers as they uncover a government conspiracy, following the discovery of a seemingly innocent misprint.

A lovely first edition from the crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright Edgar Wallace, remembered for his 1905 novel 'The Four Just Men'.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Rubbing to back strip head and shelf wear to back strip tail, with boards exceptionally bright. Chipping to dust wrapper back strip head, with minor losses to back strip tail. Rear wrap age toned, with front wrap bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright.

Near Fine

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