Item #16730 THE COMPLETE CURIOUS MR. TARRANT. King, Daly.

THE COMPLETE CURIOUS MR. TARRANT.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2003. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Part of the publishers "Lost Classics" series. Collects all twelve of the Trevis Tarrant stories, the eight first published in THE CURIOUS MR. TARRANT (1935) and four collected in book form for the first time in this volume. The first seven are locked room mysteries. With a new introduction by Ed Hoch. From Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 441, of the 1935 volume, "If wealthy amateur detective Trevis Tarrant is an unremarkable sleuth, the eight cases he investigates here are remarkable indeed." Also of note is the 1935 volume of eight stories is a Queen's Quorum title. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (16730). Item #16730

Price: $250.00