Danger Calling
WENTWORTH (PSUED. DORA AMY ELLES), Patricia
From Lok Man Rare Books. ABA/ILAB, Central, Hong Kong
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 16, 2020
From Lok Man Rare Books. ABA/ILAB, Central, Hong Kong
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 16, 2020
About this Item
First American Edition. -- Condition: Near fine, fading to spine, in fine dust jacket but for 2cm closed tear to head of spine. -- Details: A superior example of the first edition in striking dust jacket, without restoration or fading. The second Benbow Smith mystery. '"How would you like to die for your country?" repeated Benbow Collingwood Horatio Smith languidly.' Clandestine operative Benbow Smith recruits a former Secret Service agent to bring down an enemy of the free world. Published the same year by Hodder and Stoughton, London. According to Cooper & Pike it is possible the British Edition may not be the true first. Dora Amy Elles (1877-1961) was a prolific British author who wrote under the pseudonym Patricia Wentworth. -- References: Reilly, 'Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers' (1980), 1460. Cooper & Pike, 'Detective Fiction', 309. -- Octavo (book size 19.2x13.5cm), pp. 306 [4]. In publisher's red cloth, spine and front panel lettered in green, top edge tinted green, all edges trimmed. Dust jacket priced '$2.00' to lower corner of front flap. --. Seller Inventory # 110808
Bibliographic Details
Title: Danger Calling
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1931
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition.
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