"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

London: Published for The Crime Club Ltd., 1932. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.252; [4], advertisements. Elegantly bound in full green crushed morocco by the Baker Bindery, with raised bands to gilt-panelled spine, green patterned paste-paper endleaves, generous turn-ins with gilt 'moustache' and 'knitting' corner-piece decorations, and all edges gilt. Original cloth spine and upper bound in at rear. An especially clean, fine copy, inside and out. Another puzzling mystery for Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings. Item #61121
Wagstaff and Poole, pp.72-9.
Price: £985.00