Edmonds (Harry) Red Invader
£125
London, Ward, Lock, 1933.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, code ‘511’ to spine.
Classic inter-war era nautical thriller, from the author of The Death Ship (1933).
In stock
Foxing to extremities and endpapers; jacket price-clipped, some rubbing with minor chipping to extremities.
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