"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
The Doubly Dead.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Together with the original hand-painted artwork (28 x 21cm), with original notes in ink and pencil to backing board. Presented in a custom-made fleece-lined brown quarter morocco clamshell box, with gilt titles to spine and brown cloth over sides. Total dimensions 31 x 25cm. Toning to edges, and light sunning to jacket spine. Artwork in lovely bright condition, with some wear due to its original use. Near fine. A unique presentation of this classic crime mystery, in which a female journalist goes missing on her way home from a conference abroad. Item #60728
Price: £695.00
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