Foyles’ small book label to front pastedown; cloth slightly softened at head of spine, otherwise very good.
Hume (David, pseud. John Victor Turner) Bullets Bite Deep
£150
London, Collins, 1932.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
The author’s debut novel and the first appearance of his iconic detective, Mick Cardby. Celebrated as the earliest genuine English interpretation of the American ‘hard-boiled’ genre, the story revolves around the perplexing discovery of a corpse in rural Warwickshire, marked by a puzzling array of American traits. Scarce, even without jacket.
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