Queen's Quorum 93 E. C. Bentley Trent Intervenes 1938 1st US with Dj NF

Description: Queen's Quorum 93 E. C. Bentley Trent Intervenes 1938 1st US with Dj NF First edition and first printing of E. C. Bentley's Trent Intervenes 1938 Queen's Quorum 93. The title page states 1938 and copyright page states "First American Edition" without any indication of later printings. Hardcover. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf. 8vo [5.25 x 7.75] [x] [ii Half Title] 3-259 pages [i A Note on the Type in Which This Book is Set]. Original taupe cloth. Front cover is illustrated with blood red trees in a storm. The spine has blood red lettering with illustrations. All edges trimmed. Book condition: Near fine. Light foxing to front and rear cover pastedown. The spine is bright with no bumped edges. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leans. Text is clean without foxing. No inscriptions. Dust Jacket condition: VG+ Clipped. Closed tear on top of front cover. Minor chipping on DJ edges. Trent Intervenes by E.C. Bentley is the third and final book about painter, newspaper journalist and investigator Phillip Trent. This book is a collection of short stories featuring this interesting investigator. Trent enjoys the investigation, has great intuition and can look at a few clues and come up with a correct and interesting solution. He has an excellent relationship with the police and is regularly asked for his assistance. In many of them the story starts with Trent writing about cases for his newspaper then following up with the investigation. They involve murder, theft, and hoodwinking. The 12 short stories include: The Genuine TabardThe Sweet ShotThe Clever CockatooThe Vanishing LawyerThe Inoffensive CaptainTrent and the Fool-Proof LiftThe Old-fashioned ApacheTrent and the Bad DogThe Public BenefactorThe Little MysteryThe Unknown PeerThe Ordinary Hairpins A rare book with the dust jacket.

Price: 400 USD

Location: Arlington, Texas

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