Frost Frederick Frederick Schiller Faust (5 results)
More imagesPublished by N.Y.: Triangle, 1938
- Hardcover
Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.Washington Square Autographed Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st printing of reprint edition. Front board shows some water staining (see photos); binding tight; pages clean but toned; rear hinge cracked. Dust jacket, in design mirroring the 1937 MacRae Smith edition, is unfaded but shows some overall wear and chipping to spine ends…and corners. 'The Bamboo Whistle' is a sequel to 1936's 'Secret Agent Number One,' featuring Anthony Hamilton, 'America's Secret Agent Number One.' Frost was one of Frederick Faust's 18 pen names; the best known was Max Brand. Uncommon in DJ. 255 pages.
More imagesPublished by Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old Books O'Mac, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.Old Books O'Mac
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition in dust jacket. Publisher's tan cloth with purple block for title on cover and spine. 288 lightly age toned pages. Pale moisture stain to top of text block which seeped and unfortunately left light stains in top margin and center margins of most…pages of text. Mild forward lean. Binding tight. Head and foot edges mildly shelf-worn and dust soiled, especially to spine head and foot. Dust Jacket edges chipped with internally repaired tears and about 1" V-shaped chip at foot of spine. Ex-library book with DJ re-enforced edges and DJ flaps pasted to end papers. No markings. A scarce first edition in original dust jacket. 7.75" x 5.5" w. A thrilling story of International Intrigue featuring Anthony Hamilton, America's Secret Agent Number One.
More imagesPublished by Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old Books O'Mac, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.Old Books O'Mac
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition with dust jacket. Publisher's tan cloth with blue block on front and blue letters on spine. Red top stain with moisture stain that seeped onto top margins of some pages of text block. Ex-Sycamore Circulating Library book with diagonal card holder… pasted to first free end paper. No markings on lightly age toned pages. Dust soiled,shelf-worn head and foot edges, particularly to spine. Moisture stain to top of spine. Slight forward lead; binding tight. Scuffed, torn,creased dust jacket re-enforced internally on edges and spine. Rear flap pasted to rear end paper. 255 pages. 7.75" x 5.5" w. A thrilling story of international intrigue featuring Anthony Hamilton, America's Secret Agent Number One. The swiftest and most exciting tale in this series of books dealing with the inner working of the Secret Service. Scarce edition in original dust jacket.
More imagesPublished by Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old Books O'Mac, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.Old Books O'Mac
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First published serially with the title SPY! Publisher's tan cloth, spine stamped red and blue-black. Red top stain. Shelf-worn, dust soiled head and foot edges. Mild forward lean, securely bound. Ex-Sycamore Circulating Library boo…k diagonal card holder pasted to ffep. Scuffed, torn, chipped, soiled original dust jacket ($2) with front flap pasted to front end paper. Unmarked, lightly tanned, mottled pages. 285 pages; torn edge of page 285 and free end paper. 7.75" x 5.5" "Here is a book jammed full of adventure, excitement and suspense, that moves at a reckless, breath-taking pace, replete with nerve-shattering incident and spiced with plot and counter-plot."/ DJ blurb. A scarce first edition with original dust jacket.
More imagesSecret Agent Number 1 [One] (First Edition)
Frederick Schiller Faust writing as Frederic Frost [Max Brand]
Published by Macrae-Smith, Philadelphia, 1936
- First Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. First Edition. First Edition. Author Frederick Faust was better known by his alternate pseudonym, Max Brand. Slightly cocked, faint foxing and toning to the backstrip, evidence of erasure to front and rear endpapers, overall Very Good or better in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned to the flap folds and spine, wit…h moderate wear and accompanying creasing to the extremities, and five old paper tape reinforcements to the verso (see image).
