The Riddle Club At Home; How the Riddle Club Was Formed, What Riddles Were Asked and How the Members Solved a Mystery

Hardy, Alice Dale (Pseud) [Lawrence, Josephine] & Walter S. Rogers (Illust)

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1924

About this Item

B&W frontis and three glossy plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages; First volume in the Riddle Club series. Publisher s original blue cloth, titles stamped in mustard and black to upper board and spine. In the original Walter S. Rogers color pictorial dust jacket. Early printing, circa 1929, as evidenced by publisher advertisements to the jacket flaps and rear panel (five Riddle Club titles listed on the front flap). Snugly bound and fresh. Corners sharp; page stock clean and bright. Neat 1930 gift inscription at the top of the front endpaper. Cloth shows light flecking along the lower edge of the front board. Dust jacket bright and well preserved, with only minor edge wear, light rub at flap folds, and a small faint damp outline near the crown of the spine panel. White spine panel clean with only mild toning. Illustrated with frontis and 3 glossy plates from art by Walter Rodgers. A scarce early Riddle Club title in original jacket and increasingly difficult to find in such well-preserved condition. VG++ / VG++.

Seller Inventory # 59389

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Riddle Club At Home; How the Riddle Club Was Formed, What Riddles Were Asked and How the Members Solved a Mystery
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York
• Publication Date: 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: early printing.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
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