British novelist, playwright, and journalist (1875–1932) who produced popular detective and suspense stories. Signed book: Edgar Wallace: A Short Autobiography. Popular edition. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.5, 253 pages. Signed on the first free end page in black ink. In very good condition, with a light block of toning to the first free end page (slightly affecting his first name), and overall wear and some paper loss to dust jacket. RR Auction COA.
