Cheyney (Peter) The Urgent Hangman
£195
London, The Thriller Book Club, [1938].
Special edition for the Thriller Book Club. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A Slim Callaghan detective novel involving London’s seedy underworld, blackmail & murder, with Cheyney’s trademark tough dialogue.
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Very minor foxing; mild spotting to the cloth; jacket rubbed at extremities with a few minor closed tears.
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