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The Day of Uniting
by Edgar Wallace
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Mystery League, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". Eugene Thurston. The first US edition of this thriller by Edgar Wallace, about a World War I era government conspiracy. 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'. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 872F15
- Title
- The Day of Uniting
- Author
- Edgar Wallace
- Illustrator
- Eugene Thurston
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Mystery League
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- thriller The Four Just Men Christmas eve at the China Dog mystery The Four Just Men
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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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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