The Tragedy of X: A Drury Lane Mystery

New York: The Viking Press, 1932. Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1932. First Edition, stated. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's black cloth with red lettering; red topstain; 373pp. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with an inch of heavy scuffing and exposure to top edge of rear board near spine and tugging at spine ends; some general scuffing and smudging to surface; spine cocked, with vertical creasing along length. Opens easily at boards and between gatherings with occasional brief exposure, but binding is secure. Light spotting to preliminaries, else interior unmarked.

First novel under the Ross pseudonym and first appearance of Drury Lane, a Shakespearean actor who retired to sleuthing after developing deafness.