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Author: H. G. Wells
Title: The Croquet Player
Format: Hardcover fiction novella with tan cloth boards, black title panel, and simple line art cover illustration.
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York.
Printer: Printed in U.S.A. by The Haddon Craftsmen; distributed in Canada by the Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd.
Publication year: 1937 (copyright 1937 by H. G. Wells, as shown on copyright page).
Edition notes: Previous owner pencil notation on front free endpaper identifies this as the first American edition; no later printings are stated in the book.
Illustrations: Drawings by Clifton Line, including an interior illustration panel near the front.
Contents: The Croquet Player Introduces Himself; The Haunting Fear in Cainsmarsh; The Skull in the Museum; The Intolerable Psychiatrist.
Physical details: Tan cloth hardcover with black spine strip and white stamped spine lettering; no dust jacket present.
Special notes: Interior pages show uniform age toning consistent with a 1937 printing and are otherwise free of underlining or highlighting.
