The Crooked Samaritan - Inscribed

TRENT (PSEUD. OF EDWARD PLATT), Paul

Published by Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne, 1933

About this Item

First Edition. -- Condition: Fine in very goo dust jacket, wear to edges, head of spine with 1cm loss affecting the first line of the title, gently toned and soiled. -- Details: Inscribed to the half title 'To Llew. S. Jones, from his friend The Author, December 1933' and signed 'Paul Trent' to the title page. A fine signed and inscribed first edition of this courtroom drama in a very good example of the rare dust jacket. Featuring Roger Welby, Barrister and gentleman romantic, who comes to the aid of his persecuted father, a lawyer who had been tempted away from his profession by the riches of the city and a life of financial schemes which finally proved his undoing. The author, Edward Platt was himself a solicitor. Paul Trent was the pseudonym of Edward Platt (1872-1946), English solicitor, goalkeeper (made his debut for Gloucester AFC as a goalkeeper in 1889), and prolific novelist who wrote over 80 books under the pseudonyms of Paul Trent and Wilmot Kaye. -- Provenance: Inscribed to Llew. S. Jones. Paul Trent was the pseudonym of Edward Platt (1872-1946), English solicitor, goalkeeper (made his debut for Gloucester AFC as a goalkeeper in 1889), and prolific novelist who wrote over 80 books under the pseudonyms of Paul Trent and Wilmot Kaye. -- Octavo (book size 19.1 x 13 cm), pp. 320. In publisher's red cloth, spine and front board lettered and ruled in black. Dust jacket priced 7/6 net to lower corner of front flap. --. Seller Inventory # 109483

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Crooked Samaritan - Inscribed

Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London and Melbourne

Publication Date: 1933

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition.