Edgar Wallace — The Daffodil Mystery

London , Ward, Lock & Co. [1920] . Cloth. An early edition of Wallace"s intriguing mystery novel, investigating the murder of a wealthy man found in Hyde Park with daffodils laid across his body. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  An early edition of Wallace"s murder mystery. This copy is undated. Dated here using Jisc from a copy held at The London Library.  A thrilling mystery novel in which Thornton Lyne, a wealthy department-store proprietor and would-be poet, is found murdered in Hyde Park with daffodils laid across his body. Detective Jack Tarling and his assistant Ling Chu must unravel a tangle of planted evidence to uncover the killer. Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific English novelist, journalist and playwright, celebrated for his crime and adventure fiction. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Offsetting and residue to free endpapers from tape adhered to folded over brodart covers. Dust wrapper, a little worn. Slight browning, heavier to spine. Chipping with loss to head of spine, slightly extending to front joint. One or two small closed tears and creases to extremities. Slight soiling to wraps with one or two handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with the odd light spot to fore edge of first and final few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.