Author: Patrick Doncaster
Title: The Long Week
Description: London, W. H. Allen, [1951]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this mystery novel by British author and journalist, Frederick Patrick Doncaster. A first edition of this work, in original publisher's red cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Dated from Jisc, from copies held at The British Library. This work is British fiction writer Patrick Doncaster's second novel and his first mystery fiction novel. His first novel was the notable war-time piece entitled The Devil Held The Aces. This particular work follows Joe Casey, a newspaper reporter who is thrown into a work of mystery and murderous intent as he strives to find a "human story" for his paper. Doncaster draws on his own experiences working as a professional journalist in Fleet Street. In a striking dust wrapper by artist Peter Rudland. In original publisher's red cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Light bumping to head and tail of spine and the occasional mark to boards. Slight spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper in very good condition, with the odd chip to the extremities. Slight sunning and a few marks to the wrap, mainly to the rear and the reverse. Slight spotting to the reverse of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean with slight age toning and the odd mark, mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Peter Rudland. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: crime fiction detective fiction patrick doncaster detective fiction Peter Rudland
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Title: The Long Week
Description: London, W. H. Allen, [1951]. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this mystery novel by British author and journalist, Frederick Patrick Doncaster. A first edition of this work, in original publisher's red cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Dated from Jisc, from copies held at The British Library. This work is British fiction writer Patrick Doncaster's second novel and his first mystery fiction novel. His first novel was the notable war-time piece entitled The Devil Held The Aces. This particular work follows Joe Casey, a newspaper reporter who is thrown into a work of mystery and murderous intent as he strives to find a "human story" for his paper. Doncaster draws on his own experiences working as a professional journalist in Fleet Street. In a striking dust wrapper by artist Peter Rudland. In original publisher's red cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Light bumping to head and tail of spine and the occasional mark to boards. Slight spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper in very good condition, with the odd chip to the extremities. Slight sunning and a few marks to the wrap, mainly to the rear and the reverse. Slight spotting to the reverse of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean with slight age toning and the odd mark, mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Peter Rudland. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
Keywords: crime fiction detective fiction patrick doncaster detective fiction Peter Rudland
Price: GBP 60.00 = appr. US$ 85.68 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 872Q7
- Book number: 872Q7
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