Waller (Bruce) The Crime Squadron
£95
London, Columbine, [1939].
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, overlaid price of 5/- on spine and lower panel.
Aviation thriller about a missing bomber; the jacket extolls the author’s virtues enthusiastically, but nevertheless this is the only title we can locate by this author.
In stock
Spotting to endpapers; jacket a little rubbed with a few small closed splits and fraying to spine ends.
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