The Methods of Dr. Scarlett by Laing, Alexander - 1937

Good/no dustjacket Farrar & Rinehart NY 1937 1st hardcover 8vo, 436+ pages. Light general agewear with cover soiling. Solid.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Reprint.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. Reprint. Very Good+/Very Good. Grosset and Dunlap edition (issued using original Farrar & Rinehart plates) in attractive illustrated jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with red lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. "Copyright 1937" with publisher's FR device printed on copyright page, but this is a re-issue by Grosset & Dunlap. 436 pages. Clean illustrated jacket has shallow edge chipping at top and bottom spine edges, slight fading to spine, small chip (size of very small bean) at rear panel. A few additional small edge rubs. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Aboard the Bakong Ayer as she is clearing from Shanghai for England, Dr. Scarlett finds himself in charge, medically at least, of a group of people whose… Read More

London: Cassell and Company Ltd. 1938. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm and cloth fresh. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate and shelf stamp to the front pastedown, and his ownership inscription and acquisition date at the head of the title page are otherwise clean throughout. A couple of pages with a production fault resulting in nicks and creasing to the outer margin (not affecting the text). Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little toned to the spine but otherwise without loss or tears. With the publisher's printed price of 7/6 net to the spine, covered with a 3/6 net sticker. Scarce in the unfortunately quite boring dustwrapper. The second and final Dr. Scarlett novel, with crime and lost race elements. (Hubin; Bleiler) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request.… Read More