 Author Name: Wallace, Edgar
Title: White Face
Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition (apparently)
Size: 5 x 7.5"
Publisher: London Hodder & Stoughton
Seller ID: 005789
312pp - Undated, but according to the Wikipedia article on Wallce the first edition was published in 1930. (Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) grew up and was educated in South London. After a succession of different jobs, he started to write short stories based on his own experiences. In 1893 he joined the Royal West Kent Regiment. He went to South Africa in 1896. Here he produced poetry in the style of Rudyard Kipling. With the publication of these verses, he began to establish a reputation for himself. Returning to England, he published his second book of poetry, but it failed just as the first one had done. In 1905, he began writing his first novel. As he could not find a publisher for it, he created his own company, The Tallis Press. Many novels followed, some written in just one weekend. In the late Twenties, he began to sell film rights to his novels. He earned a lot of money, but spent even more. When he died, he left debts totalling £140.000. He wrote some 100 novels and more than 60 short stories before his death in 1932. Covers (Orange cloth with black titles to front board and lightly sunned spine) are very lightly soiled. Text block clean and tight except for slight foxing to page edges.
Edgar Wallace, Fiction, Novel
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