E. Phillips Oppenheim — The Vanished Messenger

New York, A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1922. Cloth. A smart early reprint of this gripping and tense tale by E. Phillips Oppenheim, one of his classic mystery novels, in a nice dust wrapper. A 1922 reprint, with the latest Oppenheim title listed being 'The Great Prince Shan&apos.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. A tale of international intrigue, 'The Vanished Messenger' centres around a conspiracy of the Powers against England, moving to separate the country from her colonies. This is a classically dramatic novel by Oppenheim, with a 'real villain' and it's centre. Illustrated with a frontispiece.By prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim, known for his best-selling genre fiction which featured a variety of glamourous characters and international intrigue.Thirteen pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. MInor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Gilt to the spine is faded. A small amount of rubbing to the joints. Only very light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with some minor handling marks, as is usual to see with a white dust wrapper. Rear fly leaf is torn to the fold. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Title page is torn to the gutter, working loose. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.