Author: Henry Wade [Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet]
Title: The Verdict of You All
Description: New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The second printing of the scarce first US edition of this significant Golden Age of Detective Fiction courtroom drama murder mystery. In the very scarce original dust wrapper. The scarce first US edition, first printing of this novel. Initially published the year prior in the UK.In the scarce unclipped publisher's original dust wrapper.Concerning a potential miscarriage of justice, the novel begins when Inspector Dobson and his superior, Superintendent Fraser, are called to investigate a wealthy financier who is found dead in the study of his London home.The work of Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet, written under his pen name Henry Wade.With the ink inscription J.E.B. to the front pastedown, and with thirteen pages of advertisements to the rear.The first edition of the author's first book, one of the earliest courtroom dramas in the genre. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally bright. Minor fraying and rubbing to back strip head. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Inscription to front pastedown. Dust wrapper back strip lightly age toned, with light handling marks to rear wrap. Light chipping to back strip head and tail, and light rubbing to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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