THE RED THUMB MARK. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii-x] 1-305 [306-310: blank], title page printed in red and black, publisher's black cloth printed in red, fore-edge untrimmed. Second U.S. edition. The debut of Dr. Thorndyke, first published in the UK in 1907. THE RED THUMB MARK "introduced not only Thorndyke but genuine science into detective literature -- Holmes was a dabbler in comparison ..." (Barzun and Taylor). The first U.S. edition was published in 1911 by Donald W. Newton. Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989) 1371. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Hubin (1994), p. 306. Spine panel just a bit dull, a tight, clean, very good copy. (#177744).
Price: $850.00
"Published in U. S. A., 1924 ..." on copyright page.