Mystery de Luxe
- New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First Edition with "GHD" symbol on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's yellow-orange cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black; 304pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, spine a bit foxed and titling starting to flake, dust-soil to boards, most heavily to rear cover, previous ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown aggressively redacted, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy.
The first book by Rufus King, prolific author of whodunits and the creator of the French Canadian Lieutenant Detective Valcour. Mystery de Luxe is set aboard a luxury yacht, a favorite setting to which the author would return to again in Murder on the Yacht (1932).
The first book by Rufus King, prolific author of whodunits and the creator of the French Canadian Lieutenant Detective Valcour. Mystery de Luxe is set aboard a luxury yacht, a favorite setting to which the author would return to again in Murder on the Yacht (1932).