Freeman Wills Crofts The Ponson Case. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1921 FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper, original red cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, some minor browning, spine slightly cockled, soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some minor loss A lengthy inscription by the author notes that the novel "...was my second book. It was written under the spell of enthusiasm resulting from the acceptance and publication of my first - The Cask. The thrilling question was: 'I have done it once; can I do it again?'" Crofts states that The Ponson Case "...breaks the generally accepted rules of the detective novel in that the surprise ending is sought by what the critics consider illegitimate means - though I don't for a moment admit that the critics are right..." PROVENANCEThe Alexis Galanos CollectionCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Freeman Wills Crofts The Ponson Case. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1921 FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper, original red cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, some minor browning, spine slightly cockled, soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some minor loss A lengthy inscription by the author notes that the novel "...was my second book. It was written under the spell of enthusiasm resulting from the acceptance and publication of my first - The Cask. The thrilling question was: 'I have done it once; can I do it again?'" Crofts states that The Ponson Case "...breaks the generally accepted rules of the detective novel in that the surprise ending is sought by what the critics consider illegitimate means - though I don't for a moment admit that the critics are right..." PROVENANCEThe Alexis Galanos CollectionCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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