"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1964. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Bound in publisher's red cloth, printed with black cloth pattern, with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 16s. Book is fine, jacket with some minor dustiness and a fraction toned to the spine. Close to fine. As Miss Marple snoozes in the West Indian sun, a retired military man talks of elephant-shooting and scandals. Soon he is found dead, and the deceptively frail spinster sleuth must investigate a most exotic murder. Item #62289
Price: £175.00