New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1911. First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Vance was an American novelist writing a the beginning of the 20th century. His books featuring a detective named Michael Lanyard, known as the Lone Wolf, were popular successes and made into a number of films. "Cynthia of the Minute," is a romantic mystery featuring Cynthia Grayce, a young New York City woman, looking for love and adventure on an ocean cruise and finding a gang of jewel theives ready to sink the cruise ship when their plans go wrong. The book became the basis for a 1920 movie starring Leah Baird, Burt McIntosh and Hugh Thompson. This copy is a first printing, first edition thus, an A.L. Burt early reprint of the Dodd Mead edition. 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 349 pages, including the frontispiece and three other illustrations in green cloth-covered boards with blue decorative border and white lettering on the front cover. Six pages of publisher's ads at back. Spine ends bumped, lettering on spine worn but still legible; some soiling and surface wear. Front interior hinge partially cracked and pastedown and fep partially loose though binding appears intact. Previous owner's name neatly in ink on fep. Light foxing on text edges and to a few pages at the beginning and end of text, o/w text is complete, clean and unmarked. Sorry, no dustjacket. Overall, a somewhat worn but still decent reading copy.

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Bookseller: H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005517
Title: CYNTHIA OF THE MINUTE
Author: Vice, Lisa
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Plus
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition Thus.
Publisher: A.L. Burt Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1911
Keywords: MYSTERY, CRIME, FIRST EDITION, DETECTIVE, ROMANTIC NOVEL,
Bookseller catalogs: Adventure; Crime; Cozy Mystery;

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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.

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