The Mid-Ocean Tragedy by John Hawk

HAWK, John. The Mid-Ocean Tragedy. New York, George H. Doran, 1927.

First edition of Hawk’s classic crime story.

‘An ingenious and romantic mystery’ set on a huge ocean liner and starring private detective Mortimer Sark. The great cover-design just about pristine.

Octavo, pp. 301; near fine, in orange-coloured publisher’s cloth, lettered in black, printed dust jacket (extremities slightly worn); a few pencil annotations, Dinkytown Antiquarian Bookstore, Minneapolis label on rear pastedown.