Richardson (Frank) The Mayfair Mystery.

£85

A Story of Crime
[London], Collins Detective Story Club, n.d. [c.1930].

First edition thus. Small 8vo. Original near-black leather over limp boards, blocked in gilt.

A disappearing corpse, a supernatural theory, and a genuinely shocking finale… This title was originally published in 1907 as 2835 Mayfair, before being brought back to life for Collins’ Detective Story Club, one of the first 12 classic crime books chosen for the series.

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