Hearken to the Evidence -
H. Russell Wakefield
1934 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
A fine example, in the rare dust jacket, of the first of Wakefield’s three detective novels, psychological murder fiction at its best, entwined around a courtroom drama.
Provenance: Owner’s rather difficult to decipher signature to front.
First published in 1933 by Geoffrey Bles, London.
Octavo (book size 19.8x13.9cm), pp. [12] 304 [2]. In publisher’s green cloth, spine and front panel lettered and ruled in dark green, small dark green vignette of hand holding scales, top edge tinted yellow, others untrimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘$2.00’ to upper corner of front flap, flap corners with publisher’s decorative trim. Condition: Fine, offsetting to endpapers, in near fine dust jacket, closed tear to head of spine, small amount of unnecessary colour touch-up to spine and along edges of front panel. Ref: 110486 Price: HK$ 4,800
First published in 1933 by Geoffrey Bles, London.
Octavo (book size 19.8x13.9cm), pp. [12] 304 [2]. In publisher’s green cloth, spine and front panel lettered and ruled in dark green, small dark green vignette of hand holding scales, top edge tinted yellow, others untrimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘$2.00’ to upper corner of front flap, flap corners with publisher’s decorative trim. Condition: Fine, offsetting to endpapers, in near fine dust jacket, closed tear to head of spine, small amount of unnecessary colour touch-up to spine and along edges of front panel. Ref: 110486 Price: HK$ 4,800