Footner (Hulbert) The Almost Perfect Murder.
£180
More Madame Storey Mysteries.
London, Collins Crime Club, 1933
First edition, second impression (i.e. first Cheap Edition, published the same month as the first). 8vo. 4pp. advertisements. Original orange cloth lettered in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 3’6 (1st Cheap Edition).
A very good copy of this compilation of short stories by the prolific author Hulbert Footner, featuring his well-known protagonist Madame Rosika Storey. Scarce in the dust-jacket. Preceding the US edition by four years.
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A little light spotting, remains of label to rear free endpaper; spine slightly rolled, small stain to upper cover, otherwise VG; dust-jacket darkened slightly at spine with chipping to spine ends and fore-corners, overall VG.
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