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[STOUT, Rex (1886-1975).] ANONYMOUS. The President Vanishes. New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, [1934]. 8vo. With frontispiece and several inserted photographic plates. [viii], [1]-296 pp. Publisher’s full red cloth, front board and spine stamped in blue, publisher’s unclipped (“$2.00”) dust jacket (some rubbing to spine and corners, text a bit toned; jacket has tape repairs and reinforcements on verso, jacket toned and edgeworn, some toning, soiling, wear, mild chipping to panels). Good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS NOVEL ABOUT THE KIDNAPPING OF THE PRESIDENT. Basis for the 1934 film of the same name directed by William Wellman. This thriller was published “anonymously” to whip up interest.