Technique of the Mystery Story

Springfield: The Home Correspondence School, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Introduction by J. Berg Esenwein. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Red buckram, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, rear hinge starting, former owner's signature on the first few leaves and inside the back board. "A complete practical study of the theory and structure of the form with examples from the best mystery writers.