Butler (Gerald) Mad With Much Heart
£475
London, Jarrolds, [1945].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A terse chase story set in the snow-bound English countryside, in which Inspector James Wilson is sent from Scotland Yard to help local police pursue a killer who has attacked two schoolgirls, and instead ends up having to protect him. Adapted in 1952 as the film On Dangerous Ground, directed by Nicholas Ray.
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A very good copy in similarly good jacket.
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