Gaston Leroux; Hannaford Bennett — The Masked Man
New York, The Macaulay Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A lesser known and scarce novel by French author Gaston Leroux, a tense mystery, this being the first U.S. edition. The first U.S. edition of this scarce work.Translated from the original French into English by Hannaford Bennett.A mismatched group of people find themselves passengers on a stage coach from Dauphiny one dark night, drawing up to the Little Red Riding Hood Inn, where tales are abound that guests had slept there and never been seen again.By Gaston Leroux, best known for 'The Phantom of the Opera&apos.Lacking the original dust wrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Very light rubbing to the joints and extremities. A touch of discolouration to the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
