E. Phillips Oppenheim — The Cinema Murder

New York, A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1917. Cloth. An early reprint of this exciting mystery novel set in London and New York by E. Phillips Oppenheim, illustrated with a frontispiece. The November 1917 A. L. Burt reprint.A gripping tale of mystery, following a young man set sail to America under a different name, whereupon he meets a dashing American actress. The mystery revolves around a film producer who is found set of apparent suicide, though the signs point to the fact that he was murdered..Illustrated with a frontispiece by H. Weston Taylor.By prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim, known for his best-selling genre fiction which featured a variety of glamourous characters and international intrigue.Lacking the scarce dust wrapper.Six pages of adverts to the rear.Ink inscription of Ralph K. Dunn to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with spots to the boards and spine. Light discolouration to the extremities. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A very small patch of cockling of cloth to the head and tail of the rear board. Ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: H. Weston Taylor. Very Good .