The Edgar Wallace Reader of Mystery and Adventure

New York: World, 1943.

Price: $18.00

Hardcover. Second edition. A good plus copy in a good plus dustwrapper. Book has little yellow spots on cover. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper chipped along edges and corners. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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Edgar Wallace
birth name: Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace
born: 4/1/1875
died: 2/10/1932
nationality: Great Britain

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Biography

British novelist, playwright, and journalist who produced enormously popular detective and suspense storie. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

Shortly before his death Wallace made his greatest contribution to Hollywood history -- he wrote the original story treatment for the film King Kong.more