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The Chinese Keyhole.

HIMMEL, Richard (1920-2000).

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1968. [Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.175; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth, titles in white to spine, pictroail dust-jacket. Internally fine, some marks and toning to edges. Cloth lightly handled. Wrapper price clipped and repriced by hand, a little rubbed to folds, some chipping to edges. Uncommon. Very good. First published in 1951 in the US as a paperback this is the first UK edition. Item #54888

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