Clevely (Hugh) Death’s Counterfeit
£125
London, Hutchinson, 1937.
One of the Inspector Williams novels, by an author also known for writing Sexton Blake titles.
Original cloth, attractive dust-jacket, ‘6000th’ priced at 3/6 on spine.
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