Forester (C.S.) Plain Murder
£595
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1930.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth, Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Striking jacket artwork by author, artist & illustrator Hulme Beaman, creator of the Toytown stories. Forester’s work here, a tale of murder & duplicity, is more akin to his first book Payment Deferred, far removed from the Hornblower tales he is more known for today. Scarce.
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Book VG+; jacket with tape burn to top and bottom edge, some chips and tear.
Jack et artwork by Sydney George Hulme Beaman.
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