Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, [1921]. First U.S. edition. Foxing to page edges, spine ends bruised, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. An uncommon first edition in either the U.S. or U.K. editions, moreso in jacket. (30894). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-305 [306: blank], original mesh red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First published in the U.K. as THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY. A detective, Jack Tarling and his Chinese assistant Ling Chu solve a murder. Filmed in 1962 as The Devil's Daffodil. Hubin, p. 832.

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Bookseller: John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 30894
Title: THE DAFFODIL MURDER
Author: Wallace, Edgar
Book Condition: Used - Foxing to page edges, spine ends bruised, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. An uncommon first edition in either t
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First U.S. edition
Publisher: Small, Maynard & Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: [1921]
Keywords: Mystery . Film Source

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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