The Red Ledger

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1926 . Cloth. Good/Good Only. 7.5" by 4.5". None. An early edition of this Canadian mystery novel about elderly millionaire Henri Charlebois, and the scores he intends to settle before his death. A thrilling 1920s novel from Canadian author Frank L. Packard, in which a wealthy old man - who was homeless and destitute in his youth - 'keeps a book that he calls the Red Ledger, where he has written names of all people he encountered during his life as a hobo [...] all those who done him well, will be protected and secured, but those who done him wrong will live to regret it'.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.First published in Canada in the same year as this edition, this is an early UK edition of this exciting novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading and marks to tail, and fraying to the cloth at back strip head. Marks to tail of front and rear board. Significant losses to dust wrapper to back strip head and tail, and head and tail of front and rear wrap. Front hinge strained, with board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Good