Search Results: the mathematics of guilt by ostrander isabel

New York: Robert M. Mcbride, 1926. Book. Very Good. Hardcover.

Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front & spine. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier to text block edges. Text is clear. Binding is slightly shaky , however pages remain attached. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Substantial sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is bright and clear to front board.

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1926. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Chicago lending library label glued inside front cover - fairly interesting. Pencil notes on rear flyleaf. Size: 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall

E-001: R.M. McBride & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Robert M. McBride & Company. 1926. 298 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. In this gripping tale of mystery and adventure, the author records the life of an orphan who is adopted by a middle aged banker. The foster father educates the child, watches his growth and development with a jealous eye and finally gives even his personal honor into the young man's keeping. Is the trust misplaced? Does the orphan's career justify such extreme confidence? You will find the answer in Miss Ostrander's fascinating research into the very mathematics of guilt. Isabel Egenton Ostrander was a prolific mystery writer of the early twentieth century who used, besides her own name, the pseudonyms… Read More

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1926. 8vo, pp. 298. Original light brown boards, lettered in red to front panel and spine. Leading edge uncut. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket, small and almost invisible closed tear to spine at front panel fold, some discoloration to reverse at spine ends. First edition. Author's last completed novel, published posthumously. New Yorker Isabel Ostrander [1883-1924] was a prolific writer of mystery stories for the fiction magazines of the early twentieth century, and also wrote under the pseudonyms Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox and Douglas Grant. An extremely well preserved example. HUBIN, p. 315