"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Farnhill priced 10/6. Internally clean but for an ownership inscription in blue ink to front flyleaf. Gentle sunning to cloth spine. Mild toning to rear jacket panel and sunning to jacket spine. Loose postcard inserted. Very good. Miss Marple arrives at her friend Carrie's sprawling estate to find that it's been turned into a home for delinquent boys. What's more, Carrie's children have taken residence. Then a brutal murder occurs and Miss Marple finds that where there's smoke, there are mirrors. Published as 'Murder With Mirrors' in the USA. Basis for the Emmy-nominated movie starring John Mills and Bette Davis. Item #73799
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