E. Phillips Oppenheim — Peter Ruff and the Double-Four

New York, A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1926. Cloth. A superior copy of this thrilling volume of two novellas by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a very smart example of the original dust wrapper. A 1926 reprint.In the original scarce unclipped dust wrapper.A collection of two novellas by E. Phillips Oppenheim.This volume contains two tales following the adventures of Peter Ruff, as a private detective, and as the chief of one of the most powerful secret societies of Europe.By prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim, known for his best-selling genre fiction which featured a variety of glamourous characters and international intrigue. Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with a few light marks to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the tail of the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with only a few very light handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean, with only a few small handling marks. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.