Description: Title: Peter Darington, Seaman Detective Author: Douglas V Duff Publisher: Thames Publishing, London Edition: First Edition, First Printing Date Printed: 1948 Description: A nice example of the first printing of the first edition. Original gilt cloth hardback. 125 pages with colour frontispiece and six full page colour plates by Nat Long, all present and correct. 9 inches by 6.75 inches. Top edge gilt. In very attractive condition with some light bumping (see pictures). Internally clean and free of inscriptions. Light toning to prelims. Binding sound and square. Strange crime stories featuring a young detective who is senior cadet on a cruise ship. The final story features a "Marie Celeste"-style deserted ship mystery. Douglas Vader Duff (1901-1978) based these maritime crime stories on his own service in the merchant and Royal navies; he first went to sea at the age of 12. Provenance: This book formerly belonged to the celebrated bibliographer and book seller George Locke and bears his notes to the front free end paper. . We take great care in the packaging of all our books to ensure that they arrive as described. Please view our other books now on sale at our ebay shop, Goodman Books. We have over 5,000 titles listed , and have been trading on ebay since 2002 - buy with confidence from a long-established expert bookseller. We add new listings regularly to ensure that we always have new and interesting books for sale.
Price: 48 GBP
Location: Hornchurch
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Binding: Hardback
Condition: Used
Personalised: No
Signed: No
Publisher: Thames Publishing
Weight: 500g
Year Printed: 1948
Original/Facsimile: Original
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Illustrator: Nat Long
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, First Edition
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: Douglas V Duff
