Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866 - 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. Oppenheim featured on the cover of Time magazine on September 12, 1927. He was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. He was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, and invented the "Rogue ...
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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866 - 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. Oppenheim featured on the cover of Time magazine on September 12, 1927. He was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. He was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, and invented the "Rogue Male" school of adventure thrillers that was later exploited by John Buchan and Geoffrey Household. Undoubtedly his most renowned work was The Great Impersonation: it was filmed thrice, the last time as a strong piece of wartime propaganda. Perhaps Oppenheim's most enduring creation is the character of General Besserley, . Much of Oppenheim's work possesses a unique escapist charm, featuring protagonists who delight in Epicurean meals, surroundings of intense luxury, and the relaxed pursuit of criminal practice, on either side of the law
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1st edition. Hardback. Good-/ No dust jacket. Ex Boots Library sticker on front cover, stamp on back pastedown. 222pp. Hinges cracked & tape repaired. Clean & tight. Red covers with title on sunned spine. Hard to find wartime edition.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Reprint. Small tape remnants left on pastedowns, faint crease down center of spine, near fine in a very good dustwrapper with edgewear and short tears.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. 279 pages. First American edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by George F. Kelley. The story of escapees from the chaos of World War II who go to the land of Mirakel. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of wear to the top and bottom of the spine. Price clipped. A beautiful copy!
