Eyles (Alfred W.) Murder in Hospital
£135
Kingswood, Surrey, The World’s Work, 1944.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Alfred W. Eyles was a journalist and crime writer best known for a small number of Golden Age detective novels.
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A very good copy; jacket price-clipped, overall very good.
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