Goodwin (John, pseud. Sidney Floyd Gowing) In Full Cry
£395
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1941.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Excellent jacket artwork on this the last criminous title by Goodwin; a fugitive tale and a rare book in the jacket.
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Some offset lightening to upper cover from jacket, otherwise a very good copy; jacket a little chipped and rubbed at extremities with a couple of minor closed tears, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Wilkins.
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