tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post8591199751685537095..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: ADVENTURES OF ROMNEY PRINGLEBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-57326539311690496032010-02-10T11:02:04.881+00:002010-02-10T11:02:04.881+00:00As one who has toiled and delved in the crime fict...As one who has toiled and delved in the crime fiction market for nigh on 31 years (how long, O Lord, how long!)this seems pretty spot on to me. I remember having just the one copy through my hands in all those years. I never really believed EQ's "only six known copies in existence" but it was a phrase that has circulated and lingered throughout so has become almost biblical in its correctness.<br />R.Austin Freeman, unlike many of his contemporaries within the crime fiction field, seemed to be pretty handy with the signatures and dedications in his books with a fair few still turning up even today, nearly 70 years after he died. <br />For example Agatha Christie signed copies are scarcer than hen's teeth although she seems to have signed a number of just one late title - Endless Night - as part of some author tour (it is rumoured) which her publishers made her do.Post Mortem Booksnoreply@blogger.com