The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
Childers, Erskine; childers, Erskine Hamilton (Foreword); The Earl of Longford (Introduction)
Language: English
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1979
- First Edition
- Softcover
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Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.The BiblioFile
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Condition: Used - Good
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Second printing. Some corner, edge wear. Pages good, lt. discoloration first few page edges. Good reading copy. Classic cover design of Maltese cross behind falcon silhouette behind sailing vessel. A classic spy story of the twentieth century first published in 1903. When Carruthers joins his friend Arthur Davies on his yacht Dulcibella, he is expecting a pleasant sailing holiday in the Baltic Sea. But the holiday turns into an adventure of a different kind. He and Davies soon find themselves sailing in the stormy waters of the North Sea, exploring the channels and hidden sandbanks around the German Frisian Islands, and looking for a secret a secret that could mean great danger for England. Erskine Childers' novel, published in 1903, was the first great modern spy story, and is still as exciting to read today as it was a hundred years ago. 287 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Title
- The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service
- Author
- Childers, Erskine; childers, Erskine Hamilton (Foreword); The Earl of Longford (Introduction)
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson, London
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Good
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0283985127
- ISBN 13
- 9780283985126
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: The Riddle of the Sands
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This is a book of great renown. . . . Its beautifully sustained atmosphere . . . adds poetry, and . . . real mystery. Ian Fleming"
"This is a book of great renown. . . . Its beautifully sustained atmosphere . . . adds poetry, and . . . real mystery." --Ian Fleming
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