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THE DAFFODIL MURDER.

Wallace, Edgar.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, [1921]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-305 [306: blank], original mesh red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First U.S. edition. First published in the U.K. as THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY. A detective, Jack Tarling and his Chinese assistant Ling Chu solve a murder. Filmed in 1962 as The Devil's Daffodil. [Reference: Hubin, p. 832]. Foxing to page edges, spine ends bruised, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. An uncommon first edition in either the U.S. or U.K. editions, moreso in jacket. (30894). Item #30894

Price: $750.00