Cotterell (Brian, pseud. A.E. Dingle) Sinister Eden
£125
London, Harrap, 1934.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A mystery and murder thriller set on a South Seas island, involving intrigue and suspense in an exotic locale. Brian Cotterell is a pseudonym of Captain A. E. Dingle (1879–1947), a British seaman and author known for sea stories. He also wrote under the pseudonym “Sinbad.”
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Cloth a little softened at head of spine; jacket chipped with small section of loss to foot of lower panel.
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