Jackson (Giles, pseud. Albert Leffingwell) Court of Shadows
£75
London, Museum Press, 1945.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original black cloth with white skull to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
Striking jacket artwork on this murder-mystery with shady espionage overtones, set in New York.
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Minor rubbing to extremities of jacket, but really overall a very good example.
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