Oppenheim, E. Phillips

A Daughter of Astrea

New York: C. H. Doscher & Co, 1909. First American edition. Hardcover. 228pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Pale sea-green cloth over boards with dark green lettering and ornamental stamping. Spine and boards lightly edgeworn. Slight lean to the spine. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. In 1948 Bleiler Checklist (dropped). Very Good. Item #67517

A lost race novel, and a story told by an unspecified artistic narrator. The prolific British author E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was one of the earliest writers of spy fiction, and is credited with creating the 'rogue male' genre of adventure thrillers.

Price: $35.00