Alner james z (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. (no dust jacket) [a serviceable reading copy, but no more; the book had gotten wet at some point, with consequent large staining and cloth rippling to lower right corner of front cover, and a smaller area similarly blemished on rear cover; former owner's initials plus date & place of purchase in ink along edge of rear pastedown; large, attractive custom bookplate of one Forrest P. Blunt on front pastedown, partially affected at lower corner by previously-described dampstaining]. Mystery novel set in Washington, D.C., revolving around the murder of a mysterious Argentine woman in her Washington mansion. (Note serious condition issues; offered as a reading/reference copy only.).…

Zustand: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Dampstained. (Mystery, fiction, Detectives).

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 6.00x0.55x9.00 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Five men are discussing crime in the garden of the Serpentine Club in Washington D.C. when news comes of the death, apparently from an overdose of morphine, of a beautiful and mysterious Argentine woman in a Washington mansion. Four of the men present find themselves engaged in helping the fifth, Commissioner Selden, to investigate the case which becomes stranger and more complex as it progresses.Clues are plentiful but the trail is a long one, and before Trevor Stoke, a scientist and one of the four, has found its end, the reader has followed with him many a false scent, delighted in many clever deductions, but never guessed the solution. The Capital Murder is a detective story in the true sense of the phrase, but it has all the rapid action, the breath-taking speed of the thriller.The Capital Murder was first published in 1932. This title includes racial caricatures and epithets that may not be suitable for all readers. This edition includes both introduction and afterword by detective fiction historian Curtis Evans. The introduction looks at the question of who exactly wrote The Capital Murder under the pseudonym, James Z. Alner. The afterword discusses race and bigotry in the context of these early mysteries and detective fiction.…

Zustand: New.