Description
Author: S. Fowler Wright
Publisher: The Macaulay Company
Edition: First Edition
Date of Publication: 1931
Place of Publication: New York
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Page Count: 319 pages
Condition
Very Good overall. Original dust jacket with noticeable but honest wear, including edge wear and surface rubbing; now protected in new Brodart archival cover. Publisher’s cloth clean and firm with mild shelf wear. Binding solid. Pages lightly toned with age. Prior owner inscription on front endpaper: Frank L. Fila, dated April 30, 1937.
Description
Crime & Co. is an early crime novel by S. Fowler Wright, published at the height of interwar crime and detective fiction. Wright, known for his philosophical and often unconventional narratives, brings a distinctive tone to the genre, blending social observation with psychological tension.
Issued by The Macaulay Company in 1931, the novel reflects the era’s fascination with crime as both moral inquiry and narrative engine, standing apart from formulaic detective stories through its intellectual seriousness and darker undercurrents.
Collector’s Notes
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First edition
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Published by The Macaulay Company, a key early twentieth-century crime-fiction publisher
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Original illustrated dust jacket, archivally protected
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From a single documented private library with period ownership inscription
