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The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of the Secret Service
by Hilders, Erskine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1928. Robert Erskine Childers was English but became an advocate of Irish Nationalism. He smuggled guns, fought in the Civil War, and was executed by the Irish Free State. Prior to that he had served in the British army during the Second Boer War, receiving a Distinguished Service Medal. First published in 1903, this title is often alled "the first modern espionage novel." It is prophetic, recounting a German invasion a decade prior to World War One, and supposedly influenced Winston Churchill. This is a Very Good copy of the Thirteenth Impression [stated] from June 1928. Tan cloth binding with titling in black on the spine. Clean text; xii, 335 pages, with a two-page advert in the rear. There are two maps [one is fold-out] and two charts within. Gift inscription (1931) on the FFEP; tiny Scottish bookseller label on the rear paste-down. Spine is very slightly darkened. Very little wear and the corners remain sharp. Spotting to the page-ends. A very respectable copy. In an archival plastic protector.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006628
- Title
- The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of the Secret Service
- Author
- Hilders, Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Mysteries);
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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