The Light of Day
by Ambler, Eric
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some chipping and bumping); blue clothbound boards (some marking), white spine titling; t
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
Eric Ambler was born in London in 1909. Before turning to writing full-time, he worked at an engineering firm, and wrote copy for an advertising agency. His first novel was published in 1936. During the course of his career, Ambler was awarded two Gold Daggers, a Sliver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association of America, and made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen Elizabeth. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including A Night to Remember and The Cruel Sea , which won him an Oscar nomination. Eric Ambler died in 1998.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132787
- Title
- The Light of Day
- Author
- Ambler, Eric
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some chipping and bumping); blue clothbound boards (some marking), white spine titling; t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 247
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Turkey, Greece, Ambler
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- 12mo
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...