Hocking (Anne) So Many Doors
£295
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1939.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
An uncommon bibliomystery by this British detective fiction writer of the Golden Age, who authored some thirty mystery novels, many featuring Detective Inspector William Austen.
In stock
Some light foxing; cloth slightly softened at head of spine; jacket price-clipped, some wear with loss to fore-corners and spine ends, general minor rubbing.
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