The Bartonstein Case

256pp. Green cloth covered boards (worn, well rounded at corners and spine ends, rippled on spine). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, else no other library markings. Old tape repair to gutter between front endpapers, otherwise internally neat and clean barring very occasional spotting. In its original dust jacket (bumped at edges, rubbed on corners, crumpled at spine ends, spine crease, a little faded). Dust jacket now in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. Joseph Smith Fletcher was a British journalist, writer, and fellow of the Royal Historical Society who studied law before turning to journalism. He was known as one of the leading writers of detective fiction in the Golden Age of Detection. This is one of his later works, first published in 1913, with a compelling story and rich in plot twists. This edition is a reprint, likely of John Long’s 1921 reissue. Hard to find now in any edition.