Item #E20994 Find The Motive. Jack Woodford.

Find The Motive

New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in black. 280 pp. A tight,. mostly fine example, couple small faint spots to the cloth and a touch of wear at one tip. No jacket. Scarce vintage mystery set in New York City. Believed to be Woodford's first novel (it may have been written sometime earlier than the 1932 publication date), the plot, wherein a prominent lawyer gets murdered and circumstantial evidence points to an innocent man, was apparently suggested by Clarence Darrow. Woodford was a prolific writer and developed a reputation of producing erotica and/or literary pornography. fine. Item #E20994

Price: $22.50

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