The Riddle of the Sands.: A Record of Secret Service Recently Achieved.
by CHILDERS, Erskine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Smith, Elder & Co.,, 1903. The first modern spy novel First edition, first impression, of Childers's only novel, and the first modern spy novel. Childers wrote this tale of coastal espionage as a call to the British government to look to its North Sea defences. Copies of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone surviving in collector's condition, fresh and untouched by repair, are rare. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in white, and front boat with boat design blocked in white. Folding map frontispiece. 4 pp. publisher's advertisements at the rear. Small ink ownership inscription to front pastedown. A near-fine copy with the cloth unusually fresh and the cover design still bright, lettering flaked in some places to spine but much better preserved than usual, minimal rubbing to tips only, minor small abrasion to rear cover, spotting to edges and occasionally within but generally a smart clean copy, sound and unrepaired.
Synopsis
The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. It is an early example of the espionage novel, with a strong underlying theme of militarism.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 154929
- Title
- The Riddle of the Sands.
- Author
- CHILDERS, Erskine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Smith, Elder & Co.,
- Date Published
- 1903
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...