The Man in the Corner
by Baroness Orczy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1909. Early Reissue. Hardcover. Very Good. Early Reissue. Hardcover. About very good condition, spine darkened on the top edge of front board. No dust jacket. With four plates featuring line drawings by H.M. Brock. Original British title was "The Old Man in The Corner" and featured a unnamed armchair detective. He solves crimes while sitting a London the "A.B.C.Tea Room" with a female journalist. The tales first appeared in serialized form in "The Royal Magazine" in 1901, during the interval between the "death" of Sherlock Holmes and his reappearance in "The Hound of The Baskervilles" in 1902, a period when the public was hungry for detective stories. The last book in the series was published in 1925.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23008
- Title
- The Man in the Corner
- Author
- Baroness Orczy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Reissue
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- mystery, crime, detective, suspense, detective, sleuth, old man, sherlock, tea rooms
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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