Ernest Bramah

Max Carrados Mysteries

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1927. Very Good. Item #48486

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, n.d. but 1927. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); publisher's blue cloth lettered in black; 318pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, else a Very Good, still quite pretty example.

The fourth short story collection featuring the eponymous blind detective. This collection includes one of Bramah's best, the numismatic yarn "The Mystery of the Vanished Petition Crown."

Provenance: Handsome gilt morocco ex libris of the noted crime fiction collectors Florence and Edward Kaye to front pastedown.

Price: $250.00