Buy this book on-line WHEATLEY**, DENNIS: : THE SECRET WARLONDON.HUTCHINSON & CO. (Publishers) LTD. [n.d. but 8th Jan,1937.] ISBN No ISBN.
UK,Crown HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[Made and printed in Great Britain by Fisher,Knight & Co.,Gainsborough Press,St. Albans.Ink stamp 'WITH THE PUBLISHER'S COMPLIMENTS to lower,lead corner of title page.] FINE-.No owner inscrptn per se,but aforementioned publisher's compliments ink stamp - possibly a review copy for recipient's review,or proof reading? Bright,crisp and exceptionally clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain,red cloth boards/covers with black ink lettering to front and to spine/backstrip,rear board/ cover plain and without decoration; with negligible shelf-wear,buming,creasing - no nicks,splits or fraying present,clean,b/w illustrated end-papers designed by Joan and Dennis Wheatley and Diana Younger; both hinges solid and sound without any splits,tears or cracking.Top edges slightly toned,with a couple of tiny but faint,negligible blemishes,fore-edges similarly aged/toned with minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pp9-12 with minor blemish,otherwise text body and page edges virtually foxing-free - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK, Crown HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-288pp+8pp publisher's advert for other available Wheatley titles [unpaginated]and the publisher's SPRING 1937 catalogue 3-40pp [paginated] at rear,includes XXIV (24) chapters,plus [unpaginated] lightly foxed following - half-title with precis and publisher advert to reverse,title page with 'Compliments' stamp,a dedication and the contents list/table.
An exceptional example with virtually unblemished cloth binding.
Set in the period March,1935 - 7th May, 1935.A one-off contemporaneous novel with the Abyssinian War as its background.
Sir Anthony Lovelace had liked the handsome young American at their first meeting,but if he had known that Christopher Penn was one of the celebrated Millers of God,who condemned to death all those who profited from war,he might have thought twice before associating with him. He certainly would have done so could he have guessed that he would find himself pledged to assist in the 'elimination' of an Armenian gentleman named Paxito Zariff, and that keeping his word would lead him on a chase through Europe and Africa to the heart of Abyssinia,and into a series of terrifying adventures. Yet he was carried through largely by his love for Valerie,Christopher's fiancee; an unspoken devotion that,in Addis Ababa,reaped its reward.
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