The Mystery of the Green Car, August Weissl — 1st Edition

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The Mystery of the Green Car, August Weissl — 1st Edition

Name: The Mystery of the Green Car, August Weissl — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
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Publication: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 379.

Condition Report: 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.

Catalogue Note: This is the First British Edition, translated from the original Austrian Das grüne Auto by the acclaimed translator Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. It features charming green pictorial endpapers depicting an early motorist, alongside a handsome full-colour frontispiece.

Originally published in the United States in The All-Story Magazine under the title The Bolting Baroness, 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.

A 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. The Mystery of the Green Car 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.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: August Weissl

Book Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Crime & Mystery

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 379

Book Publication Year: 1913

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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