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Stopover Tokyo - John P Marquand
1957 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins, London A VG+ book in VG indeed unclipped dust wrapper The book shows no names or inscriptions etc The jacket shows marks to rear panel and minor shelf wear Fabulous cover art, murder, mystery in Tokyo A Mr Moto novel For Sale at £7 (approx $11) *DF4 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Thank You Mr Moto - John P Marquand
1987 UK hardback first thus, Souvenir, London A fine book in fine unclipped dust wrapper The book shows no names or inscriptions etc The jacket shows no loss ortears A nice clean reissue For Sale at £8 (approx $14) *B3 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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MARQUAND, John P(hillips), American. Born in Wilming-ton. Delaware, 10 November 1893. Educated at Newburyport High School, Massachusetts; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1912-15. A.B. 1915. Served with the Massachusetts National Guard in the Mexican Border Service, 1916; student, Camp Plattsburg. 1917; commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the Field Artillery, and served with the 4th Brigade in France, 1917-18; Special Consultant to the Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., 1944-45; War Correspondent for the United States Navy. 1945. Married 1) Christina Davenport Sedgwick in 1922 (divorced, 1935). one son and one daughter; 2) Adelaide Hooker in 1937 (divorced. 1958), two sons and one daughter. Assistant Magazine Editor. Boston Transcript, 1915-17; with the Sunday Magazine Denartment.New York Tribune, 1919-20; advertising Member, Board of Overseers, Harvard University; Member. Editorial Board, Book-of-the-Month Club, New York. Recipient: Pulitzer Prize. 1938; Sarah Josepha Hale Award, 1957. Litt.D.i University of Maine, Orono, 1941; University of Rochester, New York, 1944; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1950; D.H.L.: Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1954. Member, National Institute of Arts and Letters. Died 16 July 1960. |
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Mr Moto Japan's top secret agent, Mr. Moto is a small, delicate man - almost fragile. His patent leather shoes squeak a bit when he walks. His black hair is carefully brushed in the Prussian styie. When his mouth is open, he shows a row of shiny, gold-filled teeth and, as he smiles, he draws in his breath with a soft, polite, sibilant sound. His English is perfect, his voice low and well modulated. He says of himself, "I can do many, many things. I can mix drinks and wait on tables and I am a very good valet, I can navigate and manage small boats. I have studied at two foreign universities. I also know carpentry and surveying and five Chinese dialects. So very many things come in useful. ..." Despite his modest stature, he is physically powerful and a master of the art of judo. His perfect manners and immaculate dress do not alter the fact that he will kill a man without turning a hair. |
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