One of Those Ways -
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
1929 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - First American Edition
A fine and rare example of this title in the elusive and fine dust jacket, with the exception of a split along the rear flap fold.
A Hercules Popeau Mystery.
‘The story takes hold of you and whirls you along, from London to the Riviera, from casino to casino, from danger to all but destruction.’ – The Graphic. First American edition, verso of title page states ‘Copyright 1929’ with no further printings listed. Published the same year by Heinemann of London.
References: Reilly,Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers (1980), 967.
Octavo (book size 29.7x13.6cm), pp. [6] 312 [4]. In publisher’s bright blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in gilt and black, rear board with publisher’s logo embossed in blind, top edge tinted orange-yellow, other edges untrimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘$2.50’ to upper corner of front flap. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket with the exception of a long split along rear flap fold. Ref: 110641 Price: HK$ 4,700
A Hercules Popeau Mystery.
‘The story takes hold of you and whirls you along, from London to the Riviera, from casino to casino, from danger to all but destruction.’ – The Graphic. First American edition, verso of title page states ‘Copyright 1929’ with no further printings listed. Published the same year by Heinemann of London.
References: Reilly,Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers (1980), 967.
Octavo (book size 29.7x13.6cm), pp. [6] 312 [4]. In publisher’s bright blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in gilt and black, rear board with publisher’s logo embossed in blind, top edge tinted orange-yellow, other edges untrimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘$2.50’ to upper corner of front flap. Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket with the exception of a long split along rear flap fold. Ref: 110641 Price: HK$ 4,700