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 | author/editor R. Austin Freeman title Mr. Polton Explains series/number [Yellow Jacket] publisher Hodder and Stoughton, London year (pages) size 1940 (285) 4¼ inches wide x 7¼ inches tall source INT country UK original - cover artist {unknown / unbekannt} note Unusually, "First published in this form 1940" is stated on the copyright page. This is due to the fact that there was a slightly earlier "true first" which was in a larger binding and with a different dust- jacket. This reissue is the First UNIFORM Edition, matching other volumes in the Hodder & Stoughton "Yellow Jacket" series. - Original blind-stamped red cloth blocked in black on the spine, with Dust Jacket comments Readers of Dr. Austin Freeman's books must long have felt kindly interest in Polton —Dr. Thorndyke's servant, laboratory assistant and friend. They will be delighted now to read a tale in which that gentle and unobtrusive, yet supremely efficient man comes triumphantly into his own. Though the mystery surrounding the corpse that was found in the wreckage of a burnt-out house could not have been solved by anything less than a masterly piece of synthesis on the part of Thorndyke, this is really Polton's book; for not only did he supply the one essential clue, but the mystery had its roots far back in his own life. It is Polton himself that relates these early circumstances before handing over the pen to Thorndyke's usual chronicler, Jervis. His tale is vivid, touching and curiously charming; and Dr. Austin Freeman's achievement in making it an integral part of a brilliantly conceived and brilliantly executed detective-story is a remarkable one, even for this greatly skilled writer. (from the dust jacket) |
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