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London: Published for the Crime-Book Society by Hutchinson and Co., [July 1936]. [Interactive Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), unpaginated. Designed to look like a genuine dossier of evidence, clues, letters and notes relating to a murder investigation, bound together in an oversized manila-type card folder secured with red ribbon. On the rear cover it states: 'Keep this carefully. It is a First Edition of the first Crime Story ever presented in this way. Should others follow, it is possible that an undamaged copy... may be of considerable interest one day'. Complete, though the sealed solution at rear has been opened. Covers a little browned, unsupported edges a little worn/crumpled, a few minor marks. A file containing all the necessary paperwork for readers to solve the mystery. Described as 'A new era in Crime Fiction'. Item #76074
Price: £120.00
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