Author: Orczy, Baroness
Title: The Old Man in the Corner
Description: London, Greening & Co. Ltd. 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orczy, Baroness. THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER. London: Greening & Co. Ltd. 1909. [1865-1947] - Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy. Authored THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, 1905. First edition of this Haycraft Queen Cornerstone Title. Blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine with pictorial device stamped on the upper cover. 8vo. 18 black and white illustration by H.M. Brock. A very good or better example showing minimum use; text block clean & free of any blemish. Among her most popular characters, The Old Man in the Corner, was a nondescript armchair detective spending much of his life in the corner of a London teashop aided & abetted by a young reporter who brings him details of crimes which baffle the police. The Old Man was featured in a series of twelve British movies from 1924, starring Rolf Leslie. Custom collector's clamshell case in fine condition. .
Keywords: FIRST EDITION HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE NOBEL PRIZE PULITZER THE ITSAMYSTERY
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Title: The Old Man in the Corner
Description: London, Greening & Co. Ltd. 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orczy, Baroness. THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER. London: Greening & Co. Ltd. 1909. [1865-1947] - Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy. Authored THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, 1905. First edition of this Haycraft Queen Cornerstone Title. Blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine with pictorial device stamped on the upper cover. 8vo. 18 black and white illustration by H.M. Brock. A very good or better example showing minimum use; text block clean & free of any blemish. Among her most popular characters, The Old Man in the Corner, was a nondescript armchair detective spending much of his life in the corner of a London teashop aided & abetted by a young reporter who brings him details of crimes which baffle the police. The Old Man was featured in a series of twelve British movies from 1924, starring Rolf Leslie. Custom collector's clamshell case in fine condition. .
Keywords: FIRST EDITION HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE NOBEL PRIZE PULITZER THE ITSAMYSTERY
Price: US$ 675.00 Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library
- Book number: 30432
- Book number: 30432
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