Trent's Last Case, E. C. Bentley — 1937 Reprint

£18.95

Trent's Last Case, E. C. Bentley — 1937 Reprint

Name: Trent's Last Case, E. C. Bentley — 1937 Reprint
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 3277-EV-VG-4
Price: 18.95 GBP
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Condition

Very Good: Original dust jacket shows minute tears near the spine on the front panel, with moderate foxing to the rear panel; light foxing along flap edges and occasionally across the front; artwork remains bright and attractive overall. Jacket protected in a plastic sleeve. Publisher’s original cloth boards display faint surface marks, with minor bumping to corners and edges, otherwise clean and sound. Binding tight and square. Top edge of text block darkened from dust and shelf wear, with light foxing present; page edges otherwise well preserved. Former owner’s inscription to the front endpapers. Internally, scattered foxing appears to some leaves, though the majority of pages remain bright, clean, and tidy.

Description

1937 reprint, Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London, in original cloth with the original dust jacket. An early maintained edition of Bentley’s landmark detective novel, desirable with its period jacket and strong overall presentation, appealing to collectors of foundational Golden Age crime fiction.

Trent's Last Case follows detective Philip Trent as he unravels a complex and unexpected murder mystery, combining sharp observation with clever plotting to establish a benchmark in detective storytelling.

Book Condition: Near Fine

Book Authors: E. C. Bentley

Book Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Crime & Mystery

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 382

Book Publication Year: 1937

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: Philip Trent

Country/region of manufacture: England

Book Dimensions:

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