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London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1930. [Motoring crime caper] PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.269; [3], blank. Publisher's grey-green cloth blocked in colours, dust-jacket designed by W.Edward Wigton, with printed price of 2/6s net. Publisher's file copy signified by ink stamp to title page and paper label to the upper board. With additional discreet markings of Manchester Public Library. Book is fine and essentially unused, in a lightly worn jacket with a little fraying to spine. A group of plucky youths in a dilapidated motor car are on the trail of a gang of forgers across the Australian outback. Riveting stuff. Item #54233
Price: £350.00