Author: PRATT, Ambrose.
Title: The Counterstroke.
Description: London, Ward Lock 1906. Octavo publisher's decorated cloth blocked in gilt, red and pale yellow; frontispiece and one other plate by Harold Piffard. T.P.'s Weekly's 'Private Review Copy', so stamped; front fly removed marring a bit quite a good copy. ¶ First edition. Aristocratic members, from three nations, of the secret order of Knights of the Ninth Arch are ordered to uncover the secrets of Europe's most dangerous woman - the diabolical nihilist siren Madame Viyella. Then it gets complicated.
Keywords: literature fiction c20th Australia England thrillers crime
Title: The Counterstroke.
Description: London, Ward Lock 1906. Octavo publisher's decorated cloth blocked in gilt, red and pale yellow; frontispiece and one other plate by Harold Piffard. T.P.'s Weekly's 'Private Review Copy', so stamped; front fly removed marring a bit quite a good copy. ¶ First edition. Aristocratic members, from three nations, of the secret order of Knights of the Ninth Arch are ordered to uncover the secrets of Europe's most dangerous woman - the diabolical nihilist siren Madame Viyella. Then it gets complicated.
Keywords: literature fiction c20th Australia England thrillers crime
Price: AUD 125.00 = appr. US$ 86.48 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 9568
- Book number: 9568