"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Trial from Ambush.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1962. [Crime Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Randell, not priced. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (34 x 26cm), with original notes in ink and pencil to backing board. Presented in a custom-made fleece-lined red quarter morocco clamshell box, with gilt titles to spine and red cloth over sides. Total dimensions 38 x 29cm. Jacket spine a little sunned, with just a hint of wear to edges. Artwork in lovely bright condition, with some wear due to its original use. Near fine. A unique presentation of this crime mystery based around a rape. Item #60736
Price: £750.00
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