David Hume, Requiem for Rogues, first edition, 1942
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David Hume, Requiem for Rogues, first edition, 1942

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.

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Softening to head of spine; jacket neatly price-clipped, overall very good.

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