The Story of Ivy -
Marie Belloc Lowndes
1928 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
A fine copy in the rare dust jacket.
‘The newsboys solemnly stood about the streets of London, bearing their huge placards announcing the sensation of the day – the Lexton murder. Thousands bought papers. Society was mixed up in this interesting case . . . young Lexton, the victim, was a club-man, his wife was pretty, and the doctor accused of the poisoning came from a prominent family.’ First American edition, verso of title page states ‘First Edition’ and ‘Copyright, 1927’ with no further printings listed. Published in 1927 by Heinemann of London.
References: Reilly,Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers (1980), 967.
Octavo (book size 19.4x13.4cm), pp. [4] 318 [1]. In publisher’s purple cloth, blocked in black to spine and front panel with lettering in relief, all edges trimmed. Dust jacket price-clipped to upper corner of front flap, other corners with publisher’s decorative trim. Condition: Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small spots of colour touch-up to front panel and spine. Ref: 110481 Price: HK$ 4,300
‘The newsboys solemnly stood about the streets of London, bearing their huge placards announcing the sensation of the day – the Lexton murder. Thousands bought papers. Society was mixed up in this interesting case . . . young Lexton, the victim, was a club-man, his wife was pretty, and the doctor accused of the poisoning came from a prominent family.’ First American edition, verso of title page states ‘First Edition’ and ‘Copyright, 1927’ with no further printings listed. Published in 1927 by Heinemann of London.
References: Reilly,Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers (1980), 967.
Octavo (book size 19.4x13.4cm), pp. [4] 318 [1]. In publisher’s purple cloth, blocked in black to spine and front panel with lettering in relief, all edges trimmed. Dust jacket price-clipped to upper corner of front flap, other corners with publisher’s decorative trim. Condition: Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket, small spots of colour touch-up to front panel and spine. Ref: 110481 Price: HK$ 4,300