THE DUTCH SHOE MYSTERY. A PROBLEM IN DEDUCTION by QUEEN, ELLERY - 1931

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931., 1931. First edition. First edition. Signed as "Ellery Queen on the title page. A dazzling as new copy with white ink on front cover and spine bright and un-chipped, in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and a few minor nicks and wear to the extremities and corners. The author's third book following THE ROMAN HAT MYSTERY and THE FRENCH POWDER MYSTERY. "The richest and most famous woman in America is about to undergo a delicate operation, to be performed by her protege, one of the leading surgeons in the East, in the main operating theatre of the vast hospital which she founded. Relatives and friends, and even enemies, wait in the building with bated breath to learn the outcome of the operation. The institution is hushed; the medical audience is seated; the theatre is ready. The surgeon calls for his distinguished patient. A door opens, a long, still form is wheeled into the theatre. The surgeon bends over, lifts the sheet--- and finds the woman dead, murdered a few moments before almost under their very eyes." Original $2.00 price on jacket intact. The book itself is spectacular and is a handsome copy of a very scarce mystery title in any type of dust jacket, much less as nice as this one.