GREY FACE
by Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
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- Condition
- Bookplate to front paste down, foxing throughout, a very good copy, no dust jacket. (31038)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, [1924]. First U.S. edition. Bookplate to front paste down, foxing throughout, a very good copy, no dust jacket. (31038). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi[vii-viii] 1-331[332], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. Investigator Douglas Carey looks into a criminal conspiracy in London. Per the jacket copy "the political and economic balance of the world is threatened." The villain "Grey Face" has remarkable hypnotic powers. The occult and supernatural are also involved. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1411. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years #1908. Hubin, p. 695. See Barron (ed): Horror Literature 3-168.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31038
- Title
- GREY FACE
- Author
- Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate to front paste down, foxing throughout, a very good copy, no dust jacket. (31038)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- [1924]
- Keywords
- Horror . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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