"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1932. [Literature/ Crime Fiction] FIRST APPEARANCES. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.674. Illustrated throughout in sepia and colour. Original magazine parts bound in a half-yearly volume of light blue cloth pictorially blocked in black to front covers, gilt to spine, all edges tinted blue. Ink name 'Alan Gorton' to fee endpaper. Contents clean and fresh, covers lightly rubbed, spine a little toned, edge tint has faded. Ex-Cornell University Library, marked as such, with blind-stamp, bookplate and shelf number. A very good copy. Alongside the two Christie mysteries, this volume contains three Ronald Standish adventures by 'Sapper' and a Mulliner story from Wodehouse. A particularly elusive late bound volume of the Strand, with desirable content (bound volumes ceased at no.100). Item #72079
Price: £275.00
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