New York: Dodd, Mead, 1939. Presumed first editon (with matching year to copyright and title pages). Small quarto in green-grey polished cloth with Red Badge Detective logo to front; 296 pages map (on lining papers) 21 cm Some mild staining, discoloration, and wear to boards; else clean, tight, and about very good (-) thus in a chipped (chielfy to upper rear edge) good jacket in mylar. . Hardcover.
"Freeman Wills Crofts FRSA (1879 – 1957) was an Irish engineer and mystery author, remembered best for the character of Inspector Joseph French.A railway engineer by training, Crofts introduced railway themes into many of his stories, which were notable for their intricate planning. Although Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, and authors of the so-called golden age of detective fiction are more famous, he was esteemed by those authors, and many of his books are still in print."—Wikipedia/ Mysatery noverls; Detective fiction; Irish writers.
