THE GOVERNOR OF CHI-FOO - EDGAR - EDGARD WALLACE - 1ST EDITION C. 1929 - SEE DETAILS

DESCRIPTION: 21 x 14 CM.

BINDING: Softcover (paperback), illustrated in colour 

NUMBER OF PAGES: 128.

TÍTLE:  The governor of Chi-Foo

AUTHOR: Wallace, Edgar

EDITOR: George Newnes, Limited - London

YEAR: No date, but 1929

EDITION: No information, but first (Sixpenny series)

CONDITION: Used exemplar from private library, with some signs of use but in acceptable overall condition, clean paper and interior in admissible condition; some marks and signs of use on binding (see pictures); some woodworm perforations not afecting reading (see additional picture), treated with special insecticide for books, odorless and non-toxic; book as far we can verify, always in dry and sun & dust-free storage; in case of any doubt, about condition of this book, please ask.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875–February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals. Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.

Born in London, he was found abandoned at the age of nine days in Billingsgate by a fishmonger, who subsequently brought him up as his own son. His career started as a war correspondent for the Daily Mail in the Boer War, following which he turned his hand to writing crime thrillers at a prolific rate. He is generally credited with inventing the modern thriller novel.

Wallace wrote an immense number of novels in the last ten years of his life, oftern recycling plays or short stories which he had written years earlier. There is a famous anecdote in which visitors to his home actually observed him dictate a novel in the course of a weekend. He also invented and patented the Edgar Wallace Plot Wheel. The wheel has written on it several events, such as "murder", and when turned one comes up and should be incorporated in the storywriting.

Wallace was among the first British crime novelists to use policemen as heroes. Among his series characters are the Four (later Three) Just Men, a group of super-criminals who take the law into their own hands; the "Sooper", an apparently plodding but actually inspired police detective; and JG Reeder, an investigator from the Public Prosecutor's department, who also hides heroic qualities behind a mask of mildness. Most of his novels, however, are independent stand-alone stories. A popular non-detective series began with Sanders of the River, set in colonial Africa.

Wallace was also a popular playwright. His play The Ringer was the Mousetrap of its day.

He died in Hollywood on 10th February 1932 of pneumonia while working on King Kong and is buried in Little Marlow, England.

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