White (Ethel Lina) The Man Who Loved Lions
£425
London, Collins Crime Club, 1943.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The first edition of an intense psychological thriller from the author of The Lady Vanishes.
Out of stock
Contemporary ink gift inscription to front pastedown; cloth very good; jacket price-clipped, wear to head of spine.
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