FOR THE DEFENSE: DR. THORNDYKE. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] 1-310 [311: ads] [312: blank], publisher's blue cloth stamped in black and and ruled in blind, top edge stained blue, fore-edge untrimmed, decorated endpapers. First U.S. 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 33b. Top edge stain faded, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with light wear along top and bottom edges, shallow loss at upper spine end and upper corner tips. A lovely copy. (#177754).
Price: $500.00
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