The Dark Clue - A novel of suspense.
by WILSON, JAMES:
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near FINE./Near FINE.
- ISBN 10
- 0571202713
- ISBN 13
- 9780571202713
- Seller
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About This Item
UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback original with jacket,1st edn. [Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn, but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - an unread copy - protected from day of issue - no reading creases to spine/backstrip.Bright,clean,wrap-around artwork illustrated dw/dj [A painting,'Nightfall on the Thames' by John Atkinson Grimshaw,Leeds Museums+Galleries.]; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present - though rear bottom corner has a tiny diagonal crease with miniscule reciprocal creasing affecting dw/dj in same spot.Top+fore-edges very,very lightly aged/toned - as usual/ normal; contents bright,tight and pristine.UK,8vo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,3-390pp [paginated],postscript and notes on sources.A fine paperback original in very near fine wraps.A first printing of a first edition book,published in this form only. Wilson's brilliant recreation of the Victorian suspense novel,as the characters from Wilkie Collins's 'The Woman in White' - Walter Hartright and Marian Halcombe - are involved in another dramatic and dangerous investigation, this time emanating from the heart of respectable London society. Walter is commissioned to write a biography of the greatest of English painters,JMW Turner,but soon finds Turner is a disturbingly elusive figure - shy,secretive,and the subject of startling rumours and counter-rumours.Who is telling lies about him - his fellow artists,his patrons,the women in the bawdy houses and inns he frequented,the engravers and critics who knew him and his work? Whose interests are served by vilifying a dead genius? How can we know the whole truth about a life? Walter and Marian's detective work leads them into the darkness at the heart of Turner's world,forcing them to confront a mystery which threatens their sanity,their trust in each other,and their lives. 'The Dark Clue' takes us into Victorian England in all its staggering extremes of poverty and wealth,of slums and stately homes,of public morality and private vice,in an unforgettable tale of suspense.Author's debut novel. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja24487
- Title
- The Dark Clue - A novel of suspense.
- Author
- WILSON, JAMES:
- Format/Binding
- UK,8vo wraps,no dw/dj - as issued,paperback original with jacket,1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- Near FINE.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,8vo p/back original,1st edn.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0571202713
- ISBN 13
- 9780571202713
- Publisher
- LONDON.FABER & FABER,2001.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2001
- Keywords
- *q52*.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,8vo paperback original,p/back,1st edn.ISBN 0571202713.Wilkie Collins_The Woman in White.Marian Halcombe.Walter Hartright.JMW Turner_painter_biography.Victorian Suspense Novels.Victorian poverty_slums_morality.Modern Fiction.
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS2;
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