BAILEY, H. C. Case for Mr. Fortune. London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1932.
8vo. Original red boards with black lettering to spine and publisher’s emblem to front board; illustrated dust jacket with black title (priced 2/6 net); pp. 320; light wear to spine ends, fading to dust jacket spine, slight offsetting from front and rear pastedowns, light fore-edge; light spotting to initial and final leaves; otherwise very good; ownership label “George Nobbe, Westport, Connecticut” to front pastedown, “The Holliday Bookshop” label to rear.
First edition, in a very well-preserved dust jacket.
H. C. Bailey, a drama critic and war correspondent during the First World War, was one of the most notable and respected writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. His stories are often dark and complex, involving multiple homicides, disappearances, police corruption, and obstruction of justice.
Case for Mr. Fortune is advertised as “another opportunity, and it should not be missed” (blurb) to encounter the celebrated investigations of surgeon-turned-detective Reggie Fortune, here presented in eight short stories.
SKU: 2121837
BAILEY, H. C. Case for Mr. Fortune. London: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1932.
8vo. Original red boards with black lettering to spine and publisher’s emblem to front board; illustrated dust jacket with black title (priced 2/6 net); pp. 320; light wear to spine ends, fading to dust jacket spine, slight offsetting from front and rear pastedowns, light fore-edge; light spotting to initial and final leaves; otherwise very good; ownership label “George Nobbe, Westport, Connecticut” to front pastedown, “The Holliday Bookshop” label to rear.
First edition, in a very well-preserved dust jacket.
H. C. Bailey, a drama critic and war correspondent during the First World War, was one of the most notable and respected writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. His stories are often dark and complex, involving multiple homicides, disappearances, police corruption, and obstruction of justice.
Case for Mr. Fortune is advertised as “another opportunity, and it should not be missed” (blurb) to encounter the celebrated investigations of surgeon-turned-detective Reggie Fortune, here presented in eight short stories.
SKU: 2121837
