Stranger than Truth
CASPARY, Vera; CRAIGIE, [Dorothy]
From Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 05 December 2016
From Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 05 December 2016
About this Item
FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pushing to spine ends, a few minor marks. In Craigie's perfect illustrated dust jacket: chips to spine ends, edgwear and creasing. Very good/ good+ A nice copy. As Dorothy Craigie's dust jacket neatly encapsulates, Caspary's novel is set in a pulp crime publishers, with Noble Barclay inspired by Bernarr Macfadden, the American magazine publisher and advocate of physical culture. Caspary had worked briefly on one of Macfadden's magazines in the 1920s, getting to know his daughter, Eleanor (the namesake of Barclay's daughter). Seller Inventory # 2617
Bibliographic Details
Title: Stranger than Truth
Publisher: Eyre & Spottiswoode, London
Publication Date: 1947
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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