A SECRET SERVICE, being Strange tales of a Nihilist.
by Le Queux, William (1864-1927)
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Bowden 1st edition, 1896. Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece with tissue guard. . Octavo, blue cloth pictorially illustrated in green & red (tips worn/spine sl frayed to head and foot) 320pp, some pages loose/some edges worn, text & illustrations clean and book largely unused. *Le Queux was an Anglo- French journalist, a notable writer of "invasion fiction" during its peak popularity at the turn of the century. He was a pioneer of wireless radio, and broadcast music from his own station before radio was generally available.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F75023
- Title
- A SECRET SERVICE, being Strange tales of a Nihilist.
- Author
- Le Queux, William (1864-1927)
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece with tissue guard.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Bowden 1st edition
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- invasion fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction and Poetry;
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