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— Oscar Wilde
A Murder is Announced.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1950. [Detective mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8s 6d to front flap. Contents clean and fresh, no ink names, page edges tanned, cloth is a rich red, jacket lightly used with some rubs, small nicks and tears, one tear at foot with archival tape to reverse side. Shows well. Guests expecting a party game of murder at a country retreat are horrified to discover a real corpse, and another case for Miss Jane Marple ensues. Item #76141
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