The Tunnel Mystery by Lenehan, J.C - 1931

The Oleander Press, 2023. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Mystery League, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Rear hinge cracked, bookplate, very short closed tear on edge of half title page, cloth rubbed, very good lacking the dustwrapper. Contains a teaser of the first chapter of *The Mystery of Villa Sineste* by Walter Livingston.

NY: Mystery League, 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, black cloth stamped in green, 286 pages. Shelf-worn copy, spine faded, but otherwise a clean, sound copy. A man carrying diamonds in his pocket that are worth a fortune, is traveling in a train with only five others in the compartment. The train enters a tunnel and after a few seconds of darkness, emerges into the light. The man has a small red hole in his forehead and the diamonds are gone. Record # 371221

New York, NY: The Mystery League, Inc.. Very Good+. 1931. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The spine has some lightish rubbing to the lettering on the spine. "Lenehan was designated as a driver in the Royal Field Artillery and fought on the Somme. He survived the war and returned to fulfil his ambition to become a primary school teacher and to marry Linda. It is impossible to know whether Lenehan felt deeply conflicted at this time, torn between his Irish upbringing and his duty as a British soldier. He was born and brought up in a Catholic county and attended a training college in Southern Ireland. What is more, the Easter Uprising in Ireland took place in April 1916, while Lenehan was fighting in France, only shortly before the terrible Battle of the Somme began. Perhaps it is not surprising that, having married his English… Read More

Mystery League. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. (mystery, crime, vintage)

Mystery League. Fair with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Black cloth cover has heavy wear and is frayed at corners and spine caps. Boards and spine are straight. Rear hinge is weak. Binding is tight. Library stamp on front paste down. Front flap from DJ dry mounted to front end sheet. Pages are clean and in very good condition..; Ex-Library; 7.5 X 5.0 X 1.4 inches; 286 pages .

New York: Mystery League. No DJ Original black boards with green titles and design. Stated first edition. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1931.

New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1931., 1931. First edition. First U. S. edition. The eighteenth book in the series. Spine panel lightly faded and cover lightly soiled, else very good, internally clean copy in a fine, bright, crisp dust jacket with an old water stain to the lower portion of the spine that is mostly visible on the verso of the jacket. A man carrying diamonds in his pocket that are worth a fortune, is traveling in a train with only five others in the compartment. The train enters a tunnel and after a few seconds of darkness, emerges into the light. The man has a small red hole in his forehead and the diamonds are gone. Dust jacket art by "Gene."

New York: The Mystery League, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Eugene Thurston "Gene" (dust jacket illustration). 8vo. Pp. 286, followed by a page of publisher's offerings. Endpapers decorated with the Mystery League logo. Bound in black cloth with green lettering and device stamped on front board and spine. Book with slight dust soiling to top edge, else Fine in the dust jacket that has light edge-wear and shallow chips at head and tail of spine. The dust jacket by Gene (Eugene Thurston), shows an assailant or victim seated on a train, in a tunnel, blood dripping from his forehead. As if to reinforce the declasse pigeonholing of mystery fiction, the rear dust jacket flap announces that Mystery League Books are available at United Cigar Stores, among other outlets. HUBIN, p. 251. Dust jacket, with light edge-wear, now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.