The Pit-Prop Syndicate / Listen-in to Scotland Yard!

Language: English

Published by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 1928

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Undated 16mo in jacket, lists Crofts titles through "Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy" (1927) only, so probably 1928 or 1929, though possibly later. Priced one shilling ("1'- net") to jacket spine. (The first was October, 1922; this is NOT the first printing.) Book is "very good" with NO visible rub to corners; no problems with hinges. Jacket is complete, "good," with chipping along both top and bottom edges. Author Crofts (1879-1957) was an Irish railway engineer who wrote detective fiction in his spare time until his move to England in 1929, from which point he wrote full time. To his plots he brought a mind trained in mathematics, specializing in rail and ferry timetables and the seemingly unbreakable alibi. Raymond Chandler praised Crofts' plotting, calling him "the soundest builder of them all when he doesn't get too fancy." Agatha Christie included parodies of Inspector French alongside Sherlock Holmes and her own Hercule Poirot in her "Partners in Crime" (1929) Totals 246 pp. of relatively smaller type. Here reduced from $135.…

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Title
The Pit-Prop Syndicate / Listen-in to Scotland Yard!
Author
Crofts, Freeman Wills / Author of 'The Ponson Case,' etc.
Publisher
W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London
Publication year
1928
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Dimensions
16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
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Eclectic vintage and out-of-print collectable condition books and records in every genre. Cat's Curiosities closed our brick-and-mortar location in Las Vegas in late 2016, and is now an Internet-only seller, specializing in Nevada & The West; Free-market & Austrian Economics; Vintage vinyl LP records (many signed); Century-old juvenile series books; Health & Medicine; Cookbooks (many signed) & Alcoholiana; Travel, Exploration, & Geology.

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