The Memory of Eva Ryker

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by Tom Adams, with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In 1912 the Titanic sunk. In 1941 there was a horrifying murder case in Hawaii. In 1962 and author given an extraordinary assignment to write about the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. No connections? The policeman and the author are one in the same, and the involvement of the paralysed millionaire, William Ryker, whose wife went down with the Titanic, but, whose daughter Eva was saved (but never recovered from the shock), and William Ryker wants to salvage the Titanic, is puzzling. Deaths occur and the author starts wondering about the real reason William Ryker wants to salvage the Titanic, the horrifying murders in 1941 – all depend on Eva Ryker recovering her memory. Rubbing of the book edges with some softening of the back strip edges. Staining to the front panel with age toning and stains of the text block edges. Age toning of the pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with 1/2 inch split to the top edge of the front fold over crease. The laminate of the dustwrapper has started to lift on the lower edge of the rear panel. Some bleeding of the book colour to the verso of the dustwrapper. First English Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], 7 - 350 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 0241898811. ISBN/EAN: 9780241898819. Inventory No: 0286694. . 9780241898819