Anthony Trent Master Criminal by Wyndham Martyn

Herbert Jenkins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Thirteenth Printing. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and heavier ink marks and tanning to text block edges. Book is shaky. Boards have visible sunning and rubbing with notable bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends.

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MP3 Audio CD. Wyndham Martyn (1875 ? 1963) was one of the most prolific yet, paradoxically, also among the least documented authors of fiction from the early 20th century. Although he had written numerous books that are still known and cherished today, many of Martyn?s earliest works had faded into obscurity, and he once even admitted that not even his children knew about his first novel, a story of political intrigue set in the Balkan Streets, which he had published under an obscure pen name.Marking the beginning of an expansive series of 25 novels that Martyn started in 1922 and ended almost three decades later, Anthony Trent, Master Criminal is a crime story written in a refined and highly engaging style. It is the story of a master writer of criminal fiction who, however, has other plans for attaining fame ? or, more precisely, notoriety. After amassing large quantities of knowledge about criminal activity and learning all he could about the most devious criminal minds of his time, he sets off to… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Anthony Trent, Master Criminal CHAPTER I THE FIRST STEP Austin the butler gave his evidence in a straightforward fashion. He was a man slightly below middle height, inclined to portliness, but bore himself with the dignity of one who had been likened to an archbishop. Although he had been examined by a number of minor officials, hectored by them, threatened or cajoled as they interpreted their duty, his testimony remained the same. And when he hoped this tedious business was all over, he was brought before Inspector McWalsh and compelled to begin all over again. It was McWalsh’s theory that a man may be startled into telling the truth that will convict him. He had a habit of leaning forward, chin thrust out, great fists clenched, and hurling accusations at suspects. He disliked Austin at sight. The feeling was not wholly of national origin. McWalsh liked witnesses, no less than criminals, to exhibit some indications of the terrors his name had inspired to the guilty. Austin… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Wyndham Martyn (1875 ? 1963) was one of the most prolific yet, paradoxically, also among the least documented authors of fiction from the early 20th century. Although he had written numerous books that are still known and cherished today, many of Martyn?s earliest works had faded into obscurity, and he once even admitted that not even his children knew about his first novel, a story of political intrigue set in the Balkan Streets, which he had published under an obscure pen name.Marking the beginning of an expansive series of 25 novels that Martyn started in 1922 and ended almost three decades later, Anthony Trent, Master Criminal is a crime story written in a refined and highly engaging style. It is the story of a master writer of criminal fiction who, however, has other plans for attaining fame ? or, more precisely, notoriety. After amassing large quantities of knowledge about criminal activity and learning all he could about the most devious criminal minds of his time, he sets off to… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Anthony Trent, Master Criminal CHAPTER I THE FIRST STEP Austin the butler gave his evidence in a straightforward fashion. He was a man slightly below middle height, inclined to portliness, but bore himself with the dignity of one who had been likened to an archbishop. Although he had been examined by a number of minor officials, hectored by them, threatened or cajoled as they interpreted their duty, his testimony remained the same. And when he hoped this tedious business was all over, he was brought before Inspector McWalsh and compelled to begin all over again. It was McWalsh’s theory that a man may be startled into telling the truth that will convict him. He had a habit of leaning forward, chin thrust out, great fists clenched, and hurling accusations at suspects. He disliked Austin at sight. The feeling was not wholly of national origin. McWalsh liked witnesses, no less than criminals, to exhibit some indications of the terrors his name had inspired to the guilty. Austin… Read More

London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Slight fraying to spine. [1930]. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 316pp. .

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Herbert Jenkins, 1925. Reprint. Hard Back. Fair. Fair reading copy in marked orange boards pages with text clean

London: Herbert Jenkins, n.d., [1920s]. Later U. K. edition. Corners and spine ends a bit bumped, some fade to spine, a very good copy. (22358). Octavo, pp. [1-4] 1-316, original red pictorial red cloth, front, spine and rear stamped in black. First published in the U. S. in 1918. Anthony Trent is a crime fiction writer who uses his knowledge to commit crime. First in a series. Though billed as a novel this seems more of a series of episodes. Hubin, p. 558. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 73.