THE RED REDMAYNES. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1922. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-377 [378: blank], publisher's brown cloth, front panel ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. First edition, first printing. Published in November 1922, preceding the British edition published in Autumn 1923. "This is a classic detective story that has never received due recognition. It holds attention throughout its great length, which can be defended as necessitated by the systematic extermination of the brothers. The first detective is baffled, and another American, one Peter Ganns, who takes snuff and is occasionally oracular, is called in. He is a memorable man, just like the one female Redmayne. Action takes place on Dartmoor, in Cornwall, and in Italy. Having regard for the date, WHT rates this only one cut below TRENT'S LAST CASE" (Barzun and Taylor). Barzum and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989) 2684. Hinton, p. 105. Small leather bookplate of John Talbot Gernon affixed to the front paste-down. A fine copy in a very good or better pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with touch of wear at edges and tiny closed tear at lower spine fold and small internal tape mend to same. A lovely copy. Rare in jacket. (177621).
Price: $1,350.00
"Published November, 1922" on copyright page.