Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917 Book. Illus. by Arthur Becher. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. vi (ii), 485 (1) pp, illus. and a tissue-protected frontis. First Edition, September 1917. Light external wear with age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine Interior. No markings, tight binding, clean and white. 5.25" x 7.75". Blue cloth with color illustration on front board, and gilt lettering to spine. "Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie, although her first mystery novel was published 12 years before Christie's first novel in 1920. Rinehart is considered the source of the phrase 'The butler did it' from her novel The Door (1930), although the novel does not use the exact phrase. Rinehart is also considered to have invented the 'Had-I-but-Known' school of mystery writing, with the publication of The Circular Staircase (1908).".

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006085
Title: Long Live the King!
Author: Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Illustrator: Arthur Becher
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1917
Keywords: MYSTERY & SCIFI AMERICAN WOMEN MYSTERY WRITERS NOVEL
Bookseller catalogs: MYSTERY & SCIFI;
Size: Octavo

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