Crofts (Freeman Wills) James Tarrant, Adventurer
£450
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1941.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/3.
Inspector French investigates a poisoning in this uncommon first edition. The handwritten note to the jacket spine refers to the American edition.
In stock
Some marking and minor bumping to cloth, spine slightly dulled; jacket with edge wear leading to some loss, manuscript notation to spine ‘Circumstantial Evidence 1941’.
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