Dead or Alive

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1936. First edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The first U.S. edition of this gripping romance thriller novel by Patricia Wentworth, an extining novel in the original dust wrapper. The first U.S. edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first Frank Garrett novel by Patricia Wentworth, a thrilling romance following Bill Coverdale. Straight upon returning from South America, Bill goes to visit the woman he as been in love with for years, though she is married to another man. However, year before Bill's arrival, her husband mysteriously disappears...By Patricia Wentworth, the pen-name for prolific crime fiction author Dora Amy Turnbull. She is best known for her thirty-two volume series featuring retired governess and professional P.I. Miss Maud Silver.File copy, with stamp to the bottom edge. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, with marks to the boards. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Stamp to the bottom edge. Edge wear to the dust wrapper, with chips to the head and tail of the spine, and to the tail of the rear wrap. Spine is a little sunned. Light marks to the wraps, including to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good