THE PENROSE MYSTERY. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-317 [318-320: ads], publisher's light blue cloth stamped in black, blue endpapers. First edition, first printing. Dr. Thorndyke investigates the mysterious disappearance of Daniel Penrose, a well-to-do collector of antiquities. "... easy going and pleasant in the telling ..." (Barzun and Taylor). Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989) 1369. Hubin (1994), p. 306. Donaldson 34a. Gift inscription on the half title page. Newspaper clipping tipped in on the front paste-down. Slight spine lean, paste-downs spotted, a very good copy in a very good first printing pictorial dust jacket priced 7/6 on the spine panel with wear along top and bottom edges, rubbing along front flap fold, faded spine panel and several neat internal tape mends with brown paper tape. (#177757).
Price: $375.00
"First Printed . . . . 1936" on copyright page.