Library stamp and ink reference number to preliminary; boards very good; jacket very good.
Bellairs (George, pseud. Harold Blundell) Tycoon’s Death-Bed
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London, John Gifford, 1970.
First edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket.
Decent first edition of this later Inspector Thomas Littlejohn novel.
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