Collectible - Acceptable First Edition With Dust Jacket

New York and Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1936. 1st edition with F&R colophon on cp. Sm 8vo hardcover. 302p+6p short story Mr. Pinkerton Grows a Beard in rear. Near Good book and Good dust jacket. Slanted with a crease to the spine, else G to VG with a lightly soiled front board and minor offsetting to the endpapers. The jacket is toned with moderate edgewear, chipping and a price clip to the front flap. A Mystery novel that revolves around Mr. Evan Pinkerton, a timid and retiring man who is on vacation in Bath, and ends up lodging in a private hotel occupied by a once-famous actress, her dependent and resentful brother, and his two daughters, where a murder occurs and Mr. Pinkerton willingly gets involved in the interests of helping Dame Ellen’s lovely young niece. (mystery, Europe, murder) Inquire if you need further information.