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Hume (David, pseud. John Victor Turner) Requiem for Rogues
£150
London, Collins, 1942.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The third adventure of wise-cracking crime reporter Tony Carter.
In stock
Softening to head of spine; jacket neatly price-clipped, overall very good.
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