Childers (Erskine). The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service Recently Received, edited by Erskine Childers, 1st Colonial edition, London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, 1903, folding map frontispiece, 3 other maps and charts, 4 pp. Bell's Colonial Editions & 16 pp. Bell's Indian & Colonial Library (dated October 1902) advertisements at rear, small inscription erased from title, grey stub from where advertisement previously attached inserted before half title, endpapers a little toned, original red cloth, spine slightly darkened, one or two small light stains, 8vo (Qty: 1) The first Colonial edition of the classic spy thriller, published in the same year as the first English edition (published by Smith, Elder & Company).
Childers (Erskine). The Riddle of the Sands. A Record of Secret Service Recently Received, edited by Erskine Childers, 1st Colonial edition, London & Bombay: George Bell & Sons, 1903, folding map frontispiece, 3 other maps and charts, 4 pp. Bell's Colonial Editions & 16 pp. Bell's Indian & Colonial Library (dated October 1902) advertisements at rear, small inscription erased from title, grey stub from where advertisement previously attached inserted before half title, endpapers a little toned, original red cloth, spine slightly darkened, one or two small light stains, 8vo (Qty: 1) The first Colonial edition of the classic spy thriller, published in the same year as the first English edition (published by Smith, Elder & Company).
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