Had New Illington been part of an empire instead of one of the most important cities in the greatest republic in the world, the cry "The King is dead! Long live the King!" might well have resounded through its streets on that bleak November morning when Pennington Lawton was found dead, seated quietly in his arm-chair by the hearth in the library, where so many vast deals of national import had been first conceived, and the details arranged which had carried them on and on to brilliant consummation. Lawton, the magnate, the ...
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Had New Illington been part of an empire instead of one of the most important cities in the greatest republic in the world, the cry "The King is dead! Long live the King!" might well have resounded through its streets on that bleak November morning when Pennington Lawton was found dead, seated quietly in his arm-chair by the hearth in the library, where so many vast deals of national import had been first conceived, and the details arranged which had carried them on and on to brilliant consummation. Lawton, the magnate, the supreme power in the financial world of the whole country, had been suddenly cut down in his prime. The news of his passing traveled more quickly than the extras which rolled damp from the presses could convey it through the avenues and alleys of the city, whose wealthiest citizen he had been, and through the highways and byways of the country, which his marvelous mentality and finesse had so manifestly strengthened in its position as a world power.
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Grefe, Will. Very Good. Book 1st edition. (British title: The Lawton Mystery. Nash, 1917. ) Only book by Burns who was a detective, Secret Service agent, founder of Burns Detective Agency; and head of FBI 1921-1924. Some light rubbing and soiling to covers, pages tanned and some wear along edges, spine head and foot soiled else a very good copy of a scarce title. Now in homemade acetate dust wrapper. Frontispiece with tissue protector and 3 sets of double plates (two pages)
