Rhode (John, pseud. Cecil Street) Tragedy at The Unicorn
£175
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1935.
‘Popular Edition’, second impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
The fifth appearance of Lancelot Priestley, first published by Bles in 1928 following directly on The Murders in Praed Street, and belonging to the run of late-1920s titles in which the series took its settled shape – Priestley presiding, Harold Merefield in attendance, Inspector Hanslet of Scotland Yard supplying the official view for Priestley to dismantle.
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Some very light foxing/toning, ink name to front free endpaper; jacket with a few chips and small tears, larger closed tear descending down spine.
Jacket artwork by Abbey.
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