Description: Mystery Short Stories T. W. Hanshew Cleek, The Master Detective 1918 1st US VG First US edition with 1918 on title page. Publisher: New York: Herbert Jenkins, 1918. Octavio (5.25" x 7.75") [ii Frontispiece] [xi] 1-343 [i Printer Info]. Original decorative reddish-orange cloth over boards with black lettering to front cover and spine. The front cover features a dark figure, and a large question-mark printed in yellow and red. The spine has another question mark. Four illustrations by Gordon Grant. No dust jacket. Book Condition: Very Good. Previous owner's embossed stamp on title page. Spine ends bumped. Firm binding. Text is age toned.Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good- Spine ends and dust jacket top and bottom are chipped. A collection of short stories featuring Detective Hamilton Cleek, known as the man of forty faces for his masterful ability to disguise himself. Formerly the villainous 'Vanishing Cracksman' but now reformed chief riddle solver for Scotland Yard. Published in 1910 in England as 'The Man of Forty Faces' by Cassell. The stories include: The Affair of the Man Who Called Himself Hamilton CleekThe Problem of the Rad CrawlThe Riddle of the Sacred SonThe Caliph's DaughterThe Riddle of Ninth FingerThe Wizard's BeltThe Riddle of the 5:28The Lion's SmileThe Mystery of the Steel RoomThe Riddle of the Siva StonesThe Divided HouseThe Riddle of the Rainbow Pearl
Price: 220 USD
Location: Arlington, Texas
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1918
Language: English
Illustrator: Gordon Grant
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: T. W. Hanshew
Topic: Mystery
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: Cleek
