{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-the-green-car-august-weissl-1st-edition","title":"The Mystery of the Green Car, August Weissl — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. 379.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The original blue cloth boards remain remarkably bright, with the blind-stamped design and bordering remaining sharp and well-defined. The gilt titling to the spine is still vivid and unoxidised. There is only very slight rubbing to the extremities, most notably minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and faint shelf-wear to the corners. The binding remains tight and structurally sound, with no leaning. The text block edges show typical light age-toning and mild dust soiling, consistent with a volume of this age. Internally, the pages present nicely, and the attractive green pictorial endpapers and coloured frontispiece are perfectly intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e This is the First British Edition, translated from the original Austrian \u003ci\u003eDas grüne Auto\u003c\/i\u003e by the acclaimed translator Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. It features charming green pictorial endpapers depicting an early motorist, alongside a handsome full-colour frontispiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in the United States in \u003ci\u003eThe All-Story Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e under the title \u003ci\u003eThe Bolting Baroness\u003c\/i\u003e, this British edition marks its first appearance in book form in the UK. Copies of this early motoring mystery in such a bright state of preservation are uncommon on the open market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic and highly engaging early twentieth-century detective novel that captures the thrills and burgeoning intrigue of the early automobile era. When a baffling crime is committed involving a mysterious green motor car, a complex web of international secrets, stolen identities, and narrow escapes begins to unravel. \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery of the Green Car\u003c\/i\u003e combines the pace of early pulp fiction with the structured deduction of Golden Age mysteries, offering a fast-paced journey across a pre-war European landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54483422642515,"sku":"4010","price":32.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260729_160152.jpg?v=1785845558","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-the-green-car-august-weissl-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}