Graeme (David, pseud. Bruce Graeme) Monsieur Blackshirt
£175
London, Harrap, 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The first mystery written under the pseudonym “David Graeme”, introducing Raoul de Rohan, an ancestor of the later Blackshirt character that first appeared in 1925.
In stock
Ownership inscription to front pastedown; cloth very good; jacket with some minor chipping to corners and spine ends, light surface soiling to lower panel, but overall very good.
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