A.S.F. / The Story of a Great Conspiracy ("Popular Edition")
Rhode, John
Sold by Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since June 20, 2007
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since June 20, 2007
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketMajor Cecil Street wrote detective fiction under the pseudonyms John Rhode and Miles Burton. "Rhode" gave us Dr. Lancelot Priestley solving some 77 crimes, mostly by sheer brainpower, whereas "Burton" gave us the rather more energetic exploits of Detective Desmond Merrion. But before any of that, his first published book was "A.S.F.," the tale of a criminal mastermind expanding the illicit cocaine traffic in Britain. "It was the curious episode of the Folangue pottery which gave Frank Clements a clue to the mystery." This copy states to copyright page "Popular Edition / First Published February 1924," with no additional printings mentioned. While some thus list these "popular editions" as the first, we have seen copies which state "First Edition" with NO mention of the "Popular Edition," said volumes measuring perhaps 1/8th inch thicker, with black type to bright red boards, where here we have gilt type on deep burgundy or maroon boards. We thus conclude this somewhat cheaper "popular edition" is, in fact, a second edition, albeit probably in the original year of publication. This copy "good-plus" without a jacket; gilt titles remain clear to front board but are considerably faded to spine. 312 pp. As with all our items priced $90 or higher, this book will be shipped "signature required.".
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While we mark down our unsold books on a regular basis, our "BEST PRICE" on any given day is the price posted. We purposely avoid selling on the "Make me an offer" auction sites, where every book is "acceptable" and paperback reprints of "The Great Gatsby" bearing ISBNs and barcodes are listed as "published 1925." And we DECLINE to jack up our prices by 20 percent so we can offer every supplicant a supposed 10 or 15 percent "discount," thus turning anyone who simply pays our asking price into a ...
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