THE RIDDLE OF THE PURPLE EMPEROR. by Hanshew, Mary E.…

THE RIDDLE OF THE PURPLE EMPEROR. by Hanshew, Mary E. and Thomas W. Hanshew (1857-1914) < >

THE RIDDLE OF THE PURPLE EMPEROR.

Edition: Vintage reprint.

New York: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie (1919). Hardcover - One of several books put together after Hanshaw's death from Cleck short stories by his daughter Hazel and published as by Mary and Thomas. Cleck was Hanshaw's best known character, first known to the police as 'the Vanishing Cracksman's and after he goes straight and joins Scotland Yard himself, as the Man of Forty Faces. As J. Reginald Cox comments, "Read with the right approach, though, they can be enjoyable in spite of themselves." A title in the Scotland Yard Mystery Library. Glossy frontispiece, list of characters. x, 309 pp.

Condition: Very good in dark red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (lettering somewhat dullled)

Book ID: 88662
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