FOR THE DEFENCE: DR. THORNDYKE. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, n.d. [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-319 [320: blank], publisher's light blue cloth stamped in black. First edition, first printing. "A man falsely accused of murder tries to escape by assuming an identity which he then cannot shake off. Throndyke does a cool and ingenious job of solving both his predicaments" (Barzun and Taylor). Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989) 1362. Hubin (1994), p. 306. Donaldson 33a. Christmas 1934 gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Light wear at edges, mild fade to spine panel, a very good copy in a quite chipped, worn and soiled first printing dust jacket priced 7/6 on the spine panel. (#177753).
Price: $250.00
"First printed . . . Sept. 1934" on copyright page.