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1951-1973 The Man Who Killed the King; The Island Where Time Stands Still; The Rape of Venice; The Irish Witch
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The first editions, first impressions of these works.
All complete with the original publisher's unclipped dust wrappers.
A set of four novels from prolific writer Dennis Wheatley, whose output of thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through to the 1960s.
Comprising three works from his Roger Brook series (following fictional secret agent and gallant of the Napoleonic Wars) and one work from his Gregory Sallust series, featuring the debonair spy Gregory Sallust, a forerunner to Ian Fleming's James Bond.
'The Man Who Killed the King' (Roger Brook #5)
'The Island Where Time Stands Still' (Gregory Sallust #8)
'The Rape of Venice' (Roger Brook #4)
'The Irish Witch' (Roger Brook #11)
Condition
In the original cloth bindings. With the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, very smart, with slight cocking to the spine of 'Island', and very minor shelf wear to 'Island' and 'King'. Dust wrappers for 'Irish Witch' and 'Venice' are very smart, with minor edge wear only. Wrapper for 'King' is chipped to the spine head, with numerous tears, the largest of which runs down the front flyleaf. 'Island' is edge worn, with tape reinforcing the loss to the spine head and tail. With handling marks to both. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots to the endpapers of 'Island' and 'Irish Witch'.
Near Fine
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