The Cask

Crofts, Freeman Wills

Verlag: Collins' Clear-Type Press, London, 1921

Beschreibung

Second printing - February 1921 (the first impression was in June 1920). viii, 357pp. Publisher's red cloth with titles in black to the spine and to the upper board. Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) was an Irish mystery author, best remembered for the character of Inspector Joseph French. 'The Cask' is his first novel, written in 1919 during an absence from work due to a long illness, and established him as a new master of detective fiction. The story starts with the discovery of the titular flask and then follows the efforts of the detectives to determine how it and it's gruesome contents came to be there. There is moderate wear to the boards and spine with general soiling and a couple of ink marks. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's name and date to the front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers. Pages browning. Pages 1-6 have a little loss to the bottom edge (max 6cm long, 1cm high). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LitCrofts019

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Cask

Verlag: Collins' Clear-Type Press, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1921

Einband: Hardback

Zustand: Good to Very Good

Auflage: Second Impression