Queen's Quorum 46 Balmer & MacHarg The Achievements of Luther Trent 1910 1st VG

Description: Queen's Quorum 46 Balmer & MacHarg The Achievements of Luther Trent 1910 1st VG. First Edition. Hardcover. Edwin Balmer William MacHarg Publisher: Boston: Small, Maynard and Company Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-365 [366-368: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank]. Original decorated red cloth with a white title panel to the front board. White spine lettering has perished. Very light rubbing to the cloth at the corners. Nine inserted plates with illustrations by William Oberhardt. Condition: Very Good+. Used. Previous owner's signature on ffep. No Dust Jacket. Binding tight. Hardcover. White spine lettering has perished. Very light rubbing to the cloth at the corners. Text is in mint codition except for lLight and scattered foxing. A Queen's Quorum title described by Ellery Queen as "one of the most daring and imaginative books ever committed to print-the first...to make scientific use of psychology as a method of crime detection." This book (1910) gives us quite possibly the first ever "detective" to employ scientific psychology to solve crimes. One of the stories, 'The Man Higher Up' features the first fictional appearance of the lie detector. Nine stories of the main character Luther Trant inclding:The Man in the RoomThe Fast WatchThe Red DressThe Private Bank PuzzleThe Man Higher Up (features the first fictional appearance of the lie detector.)The Chalchihuitl StoneThe Empty CartridgesThe Axton LettersThe Eleventh Hour

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