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London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1939. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket. A moderately used copy with some toning/marking to edges of text block, jacket chipped to spine ends, rubbed to rear joint. An attractive and affordable copy of the first edition in a bright, un-restored jacket. Originally priced at 7/6, this example has been clipped and reduced to 4s. It is however the correct first impression jacket and has always been with this copy (corresponding sunning/wear to cloth beneath). A retired police officer infiltrates the local community in the village of Wychwood under Ashe, where a serial killer is on the loose. Item #69067
Price: £3,000.00
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