A very good copy; jacket slightly chipped at corners, but overall very good.
Jacket artwork by Fay Turpin.
£450
New York, Doubleday Doran, 1929.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced $2.
The first US edition of this compilation; the primary title is about the discovery of a sunken city of Atlantis by a team of explorers, led by Professor Maracot.
In stock
A very good copy; jacket slightly chipped at corners, but overall very good.
Jacket artwork by Fay Turpin.
Non-Fiction
The secret history of Rasputin's betrayal of Russia
London, Cassell, 1918.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
A sensational account purporting to reveal Rasputin's role in the downfall of Imperial Russia, presented as exposé rather than fiction.
Detective Fiction
New York, Grosset & Dunlap, n.d..
Grosset & Dunlap edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket.
Attractive edition of this classic Hercule Poirot mystery, set at a secluded seaside resort where the murder of a glamorous former actress exposes jealousy, deception and carefully constructed alibis.
Thriller Fiction
New York, Doubleday Doran, 1939.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Jonathan Cape, 1976.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £3.50.
Jeffrey Archer's first novel and the book that launched his career as a bestselling author. Its commercial success established the formula, slick plotting and high-stakes finance, that would dominate his later fiction.
Non-Fiction
London, The C.W. Daniel Company, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Esmé Wynne-Tyson (1898-1972) was an English actress, writer and philosopher. A growing interest in religious and moral matters led her into non-fiction and journalism, sometimes in partnership with the writer J. D. Beresford. This work focuses on the World-Brotherhood Educational Movement and its belief in educating children in a culture of peace from a young age.