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— Bertolt Brecht
London: George Newnes, Ltd., May to October 1937. [Literature/ Crime Fiction] FIRST APPEARANCES. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.672. Illustrated throughout in sepia and colour. Original magazine parts bound in a half-yearly volume of light blue cloth pictorially blocked in black to front covers, gilt to spine, all edges tinted blue. Contents clean, covers very lightly rubbed, gilt is fresh. A fine, bright copy. Alongside these three detective mysteries, this volume contains a further three cases for Inspector Trent, and two Bulldog Drummond adventures, plus the Coronation issue (May) which includes a profile of the King by Winston Churchill. A particularly elusive late bound volume of the Strand, with desirable content (bound volumes ceased at no. 100). Item #72081
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