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The Notorious Sophie Lang
Frederick Irving Anderson
Frederick Irving Anderson (1877-1947) was an American journalist and writer, mostly of short stories. This book contains a number of these short stories one of which is about an international female jewel thief named Sophie Lang. It was not published in the USA, so is uncommon. The story was made into a film in 1934, which led to two sequels.
This book was identified on a web site of facsimile dust jackets after the first bibliography had been published. The jacket design is unusual in that it is signed and dated by Blampied.
Bibliography code: HEI-25.1
Publisher: Heinemann
Series: none
Year: 1925
Format: 8vo
Pages: iv, pp 312
Binding: red plain cloth cover except for impressed border; title in gold capitals at top, author and publisher at base above a single gold line on spine
Size: 195 x 135 mm
Dust jacket signed: Blam 1925 in black, to left of woman's elbow
Internal illustrations: none
Price: 7s 6d
Printing history: first edition
Printed by: not known
Dust jacket (click to enlarge)
Notes: The photos of the jacket and details of the book were kindly provided by Jonathan Frost of J&M Books, Liverpool. The copy seen in the British Library has an accession date of 30th March 1922.