This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xx From Out The Past on a bright, balmy afternoon in late November the Planters' Bank of New Orleans was about to close its doors for the day when two men, obviously strangers, entered and approached the paying teller's window. One was tall and lantern jawed and moved with the lithe ease which ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xx From Out The Past on a bright, balmy afternoon in late November the Planters' Bank of New Orleans was about to close its doors for the day when two men, obviously strangers, entered and approached the paying teller's window. One was tall and lantern jawed and moved with the lithe ease which told of perfect muscular training; the other heavy set but not bulky, with a stubby, reddish mustache on the long upper lip and keen smiling blue eyes. "You've a director at this bank named Justin Messager. I'd like to know where I can find him, please," announced the heavier of the two strangers. The languid teller stared. "Mr. Messager never comes to the bank and rareiy to a meeting," he replied coldly. "Is there anything we can do for you?" "No, it's him I've got to see. Where did you say he lived?" "I didn't say!" the teller snapped. "Mr. Messager is very feeble and does not permit himself to be annoyed. What is the nature of your business with him?" "That's his look-out!" The blue eyes narrowed and glinted gray. "We've been sent from New York to see him and if you want to make a secret of his whereabouts, I suppose there's a directory or two in this town! Come along, Denny!" "Oh, from New York?" The teller s manner underwent a change. "Mr. Messager lives out on St. Charles Avenue; I'll write the address for you. The first vice-president is here, if you would care to see him instead." The stranger declined, and receiving the proffered slip of paper, he departed, followed by his companion. "Look here, Mac, you've not told me a word of what we're after!" the latter complained. "Who is this Justin Messager, and what for are we trailing a feeble old man that'll likely have us thrown out for intruding on him?" "He was a crony of Pierre...
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Hardcover. 8vo. W. J. Watt & Company. 1919. 277 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Solid golden age mystery. Ex-cop McCarty and fireman Denny Riordan solve the crime. Isabel Egenton Ostrander was a prolific mystery writer of the early twentieth century who used, besides her own name, the pseudonyms Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox, and Douglas Grant. Christopher B. Booth is sometimes (falsely) credited as a pseudonym of hers. She was born in New York City to Thomas E Ostrander and Harriet Elizabeth Bradbrook. Her Ostrander pedigree goes back to seventeenth century Kingston, New York. In the 1920s, Ostrander was notable enough that Agatha Christie parodied her in her Tommy and Tuppence anthology, Partners in Crime. E-01; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 277 pages.
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Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First printing. 277 pp., 8vo, red linen-textured cloth with white titles, dustjacket. Text is Fine with no flaws, no owner's name, no wear at all. Dj is VG with light edge-wear, few short edge-tears, slight loss at tips, still a very attractive dj. Scarce in dj.
