Brandon (John G.) The Espionage Killings.
£180
(A Detective-Inspector McCarthy Yarn).
First Edition. Wright & Brown, n.d. [c.1941].
In stock
First edition, 252pp.+[iv] advertisements, some browning to margins, foxing to extreme edge of text-block, ‘Times Book Club’ ink stamp to rear pastedown, original cloth, minor discolouration to head & tail of spine, chipped dust-jacket, some loss to spine.
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