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Behind the Crimson Blind. Another Adventure of Sir Henry Merrivale.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. [Crime Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4] 283 [1]. With a bookplate detailing provenance to flyleaf. Publisher's black cloth with titles now oxidised to a light green colour. Cream endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Stein, priced at 10/6. Spotting to edges, and bubbling to upper. Jacket lightly soiled, with rubbing and chipping to edges. Very good. The penultimate novel in the long-running Sir Henry Merrivale series. Item #56258
From the library of Anthony Lejeune (1928-2018), critic and writer for 'The Tablet' and the 'National Review.'.
Price: £60.00
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