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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by Imprint Society, Barre, MA, 1971. 261 pgs. One of a limited number of 1950 copies. Issued in slipcase. Slipcase lightly scuffed and worn. Bound in 1/4 leather and decorated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, extremely popular before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the genre of spy fiction. It was a spy novel that "established a formula that included a mass of verifiable detail, which gave authenticity to the story the same ploy that would be used so well by John Buchan, Ian Fleming, John le Carré and many others. The physical background is completely authentic - the various Frisian islands and towns named in the book actually exist and the descriptions of them accurate. The same is true for the various "sands" of the title - vast areas which are flooded at high tide but become mudflats at ebb. Navigating a small boat under these conditions requires a specialized kind of skilled seamanship. The plot slowly reveals a suspicion that the Germans are undertaking something sinister in the German Frisian islands. The book has been made into feature-length films for both cinema and television. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Zustand: leido. John O'Connor Ilustrador. consternation editorial. Publicado por Imprint Society, Barre, MA, 1971. edicion numerada, copia 1468 de 1950 copias, buen estado.