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The Clock Strikes Twelve -
Patricia Wentworth (psued. Dora Amy Elles)
1944 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First Edition
A scarce example of the true first edition, in bright sharp dust jacket.
Featuring Miss Maud Silver, a determinedly professional private detective who relies on logic rather than mere tuition in her work, misleading suspects with her unthreatening outward appearance and predilection for knitting and quoting Tennyson.
‘Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot’ – Manchester Evening News.
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1944 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First Edition
A scarce example of the true first edition, in bright sharp dust jacket.Featuring Miss Maud Silver, a determinedly professional private detective who relies on logic rather than mere tuition in her work, misleading suspects with her unthreatening outward appearance and predilection for knitting and quoting Tennyson.
‘Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot’ – Manchester Evening News.
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Red Shadow -
Patricia Wentworth (psued. Dora Amy Elles)
1932 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
“They are letting me say good-bye. I’m to be shot to-morrow. It will be over by the time you get this…”
‘Laura stood, pale and trembling, in the veiled dress she was to have worn as Jim Mackenzie’s bride, and gave her word to marry Basil Stevens, a man she scarcely knew. In his unexpected visit Basil had made three things clear: Laura was the heiress of the great Hallingdon fortune; Jim faced a Soviet firing squad; and only this marriage would save Jim. Why? What was the plot that threatened to destroy him?’ [Dean Street Press]
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1932 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
“They are letting me say good-bye. I’m to be shot to-morrow. It will be over by the time you get this…”‘Laura stood, pale and trembling, in the veiled dress she was to have worn as Jim Mackenzie’s bride, and gave her word to marry Basil Stevens, a man she scarcely knew. In his unexpected visit Basil had made three things clear: Laura was the heiress of the great Hallingdon fortune; Jim faced a Soviet firing squad; and only this marriage would save Jim. Why? What was the plot that threatened to destroy him?’ [Dean Street Press]
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Fool Errant -
Patricia Wentworth (psued. Dora Amy Elles)
1929 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & - First American Edition
A superb example of the first edition of the first Benbow Smith mystery, in fine dust jacket without price-clipping or restoration.
‘A despicable plot involving government intrigue and espionage’.
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Price HK$ 3,900
1929 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & - First American Edition
A superb example of the first edition of the first Benbow Smith mystery, in fine dust jacket without price-clipping or restoration.‘A despicable plot involving government intrigue and espionage’.
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The Coldstone -
Patricia Wentworth (psued. Dora Amy Elles)
1930 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
A superb example of the first edition in the striking dust jacket. Together with loose publisher’s ‘Dear Reader...’ postage paid survey slip.
‘When young Anthony Colstone inherits Stonegate from his grandfather’s cousin, he hardly expects to be haunted by death’.
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1930 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
A superb example of the first edition in the striking dust jacket. Together with loose publisher’s ‘Dear Reader...’ postage paid survey slip.‘When young Anthony Colstone inherits Stonegate from his grandfather’s cousin, he hardly expects to be haunted by death’.
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Mr. Zero -
Patricia Wentworth (psued. Dora Amy Elles)
1938 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
A superb near fine example of the first edition in the classic dust jacket.
‘The last thing London debutante Gay Hardwicke wants is to become involved in another one of her cousin’s messy jams. But Lady Sylvia Colesborough is in over her head this time: She claims she’s being blackmailed by the mysterious Mr. Zero. If she doesn’t steal important government papers from the safe of her politically connected husband, the distinguished Sir Francis, her gambling debts will be exposed. Gay’s reluctant attempts to help Sylvia backfire when a murder raises the stakes—and Gay’s boyfriend, Algy Somers, becomes the prime suspect. [Barnes & Noble].
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1938 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
A superb near fine example of the first edition in the classic dust jacket.‘The last thing London debutante Gay Hardwicke wants is to become involved in another one of her cousin’s messy jams. But Lady Sylvia Colesborough is in over her head this time: She claims she’s being blackmailed by the mysterious Mr. Zero. If she doesn’t steal important government papers from the safe of her politically connected husband, the distinguished Sir Francis, her gambling debts will be exposed. Gay’s reluctant attempts to help Sylvia backfire when a murder raises the stakes—and Gay’s boyfriend, Algy Somers, becomes the prime suspect. [Barnes & Noble].
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Price HK$ 3,000