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Auction archive: Lot number 70

Freeman Wills Crofts | The Ponson Case, 1921, lengthy inscription by the author about writing the novel

Estimate
£2,400 - £2,600
ca. US$3,275 - US$3,548
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$6,878
Auction archive: Lot number 70

Freeman Wills Crofts | The Ponson Case, 1921, lengthy inscription by the author about writing the novel

Estimate
£2,400 - £2,600
ca. US$3,275 - US$3,548
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$6,878
Beschreibung:

Freeman Wills Crofts The Ponson Case. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1921 FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper, original red cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, some minor browning, spine slightly cockled, soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some minor loss A lengthy inscription by the author notes that the novel "...was my second book. It was written under the spell of enthusiasm resulting from the acceptance and publication of my first - The Cask. The thrilling question was: 'I have done it once; can I do it again?'" Crofts states that The Ponson Case "...breaks the generally accepted rules of the detective novel in that the surprise ending is sought by what the critics consider illegitimate means - though I don't for a moment admit that the critics are right..." PROVENANCEThe Alexis Galanos Collection

Auction archive: Lot number 70
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jan 2021 - 4 Feb 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Freeman Wills Crofts The Ponson Case. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1921 FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on front free endpaper, original red cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, some minor browning, spine slightly cockled, soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some minor loss A lengthy inscription by the author notes that the novel "...was my second book. It was written under the spell of enthusiasm resulting from the acceptance and publication of my first - The Cask. The thrilling question was: 'I have done it once; can I do it again?'" Crofts states that The Ponson Case "...breaks the generally accepted rules of the detective novel in that the surprise ending is sought by what the critics consider illegitimate means - though I don't for a moment admit that the critics are right..." PROVENANCEThe Alexis Galanos Collection

Auction archive: Lot number 70
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jan 2021 - 4 Feb 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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