Knight (Kathleen Moore) The Bass Derby Murder
£125
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1953.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 9s6d.
A superb UK edition of an elusive title, featuring series character Elisha Macomber, a chairman of the Board of Selectmen and an amateur detective on Penberthy Island (reminiscent of Martha’s Vineyard). The plot involves a murder during a fishing competition called the Bass Derby.
In stock
Ink name to front free endpaper; overall an excellent copy in near fine dust-jacket.
Jacket artwork by Sax.
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