{"product_id":"clubfoot-the-avenger-valentine-williams-4th-printing","title":"Clubfoot the Avenger, Valentine Williams — 4th Printing","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1924\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [viii], 312, [8].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Good. The original publisher’s green cloth binding remains structurally sound and tight, ensuring the integrity of the volume over the last century. The spine exhibits moderate sunning and slight rolling, with light rubbing and crimping to the extremities, though the black-stamped lettering and the striking front board illustration of the two figures remain notably bold and unrubbed. Internally, there is prominent foxing, most heavily concentrated on the preliminary leaves, the terminal advertisements, and the text block edges, which are age-darkened. Despite this spotting, the primary text remains clean and highly legible throughout. The endpapers display some offsetting, but there are no previous ownership signatures or notable tears, making this a highly presentable and sturdy reading copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is a fourth printing of Valentine Williams's classic interwar espionage thriller, originally published by Herbert Jenkins. Completing a run of 23,000 copies, this edition retains the distinctive and vibrant publisher’s cloth binding that characterised the era's popular fiction, complete with the iconic Herbert Jenkins Pegasus logo stamped to the rear board. The volume includes an eight-page catalogue of publisher's advertisements at the rear, offering a fascinating glimpse into the literary market of the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eWhile true first editions of Williams's early works command significant premiums on the open market, early contemporary printings such as this—especially those maintaining their original, un-restored bindings—are an uncommon find. They present an accessible yet authentic piece of British thriller history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"10\"\u003eClubfoot the Avenger\u003c\/i\u003e, Valentine Williams resurrects his most formidable creation: the sinister and masterful German secret agent, Dr. Adolph Grundt, known infamously as \"Clubfoot.\" Bent on wreaking vengeance against the British Secret Service agents who previously thwarted his nefarious schemes, Grundt sets his sights on brothers Francis and Desmond Okewood. As the action sweeps across Europe, the Okewoods find themselves entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse, racing to frustrate Clubfoot's designs, recover a packet of foreign jewels, and outwit one of literature's most truculent adversaries. A quintessential tale of derring-do and espionage, this novel is a thrilling continuation of a classic series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54332933833043,"sku":"4629","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260714_142858.jpg?v=1784269261","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/clubfoot-the-avenger-valentine-williams-4th-printing","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}