The Strand Magazine July 1940 (Australia and New Zealand)
$110.00
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About this book
The July 1940 Australia and New Zealand issue of The Strand Magazine brings together literary fiction, a Hercule Poirot mystery and wartime features. Its contents include Agatha Christie's The Horses of Diomedes, part of The Labours of Hercules, Graham Greene's The News in English, and Hugh Walpole's Half Way Upstairs.
Other contributors include Margery Sharp, Dale Collins and Guy Gilpatric. Harry J. Greenwall writes on war reporting, alongside illustrated articles on salvage and Britain's air defence strongholds. A period magazine of interest to Christie and Greene collectors and readers of British literary history.
Published by George Newnes Limited, London, July 1940. English-language illustrated magazine in paper covers, printed in England by Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd. Australia and New Zealand distribution by Gordon & Gotch Ltd; cover price 1/6.
Condition: Significant spine-edge wear with tears and paper loss, rubbed and creased covers, worn corners, surface marks and a handwritten mark on the front cover. Age toning and some creasing to the contents leaf. The Christie story is intact with all its pages present. The magazine remains together, with damage at the top corner and spine.
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