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New York, NY: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 162; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with the dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Bacon, priced at $5.95. A clean, fine copy. Maigret investigates the murder of a homeless man in a derelict house, a former cabinet maker with a mysterious past. Designer Paul Bacon also illustrated the dust-jacket for Ian Fleming's Thrilling Cities; Fleming met Georges Simenon, a writer he much admired, during the European leg of his 'Thrilling Cities' tour. Item #71739
Price: £65.00
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