DARK HERO.
by CHEYNEY, Peter (Reginald Southouse), 1896-1951 :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Collins, 1946. First edition. Rene Berg, ex-Chicago gunman, awakens in a German concentration camp. His greatest moment awaits. "Quite the best book of his career ... the story of a Chicago gunman of Prohibition days, turned patriot and intelligence man ... Even Mr. Cheyney's style, usually as staccato as a sawn-off machine-gun in action, has been considerably smoothened, without any noticeable loss of pace. It is as if he now used a silencer" (The Sphere, 23rd March 1946).
Crown 8vo (20cm). 192pp. Original sand cloth, lettered in green; some spotting to edges and endpapers, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket – lightly worn, and with a couple of minor scuffs and a little dustiness to the lower panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41357
- Title
- DARK HERO.
- Author
- CHEYNEY, Peter (Reginald Southouse), 1896-1951 :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Collins, 1946.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Crime, Detective Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
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