Spanish Maine (First Edition) by Wren, P.C - 1935

New York: Longmans, Green & Co.. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo . We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M22 .

London: Tom Stacey, 1972. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket 319pp., Unclipped dust jacket a little faded at spine & neat ownership signature o/w nice copy

London: John Murray, 1935. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The front of the jacket has loss to the head of the spine, which is also chipped; there is loss to the head of the spine; the back suffers from minor loss to the outer edge and near the edge of the spine strip, both at the tail; and the head of back flap is chipped at the edge, with a tiny chip missing. The boards have a slight forward lean.There is a neat ownership signature on the front end paper and the pages are lightly yellowed. A clean, unmarked and solid copy. Includes a 16 page catalogue of other tirtles in John Murray's Imperial Library. Spanish Maine was published in America under the title of the Desert Heritage. "Percival Christopher Wren (1 November 1875 - 22 November 1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of… Read More

London: John Murray, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 6". None. The first edition, colonial issue of this thrilling novel about life in the French Foreign Legion, from P. C. Wren. The first edition, colonial issue, of this adventure novel from English author Percival Christopher Wren, from the Murray's Imperial Library series. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Wren was best known for 1924's 'Beau Geste', detailing the adventures of the three English Geste brothers who enlist in the French Foreign Legion.Published under the title 'The Desert Heritage' in the US, this work concludes the tales of the youngest Geste brother John's adventures.With sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear, dated August 1st 1935.A smart first edition of this novel about the exploits of members of the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip tail, with boards… Read More