Keeler (Harry Stephen) Cheung, Detective
£495
London, Ward, Lock, 1938.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. 2pp. advertisements. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6.
A very good first UK edition by a prolific, somewhat bonkers crime writer, a foray into the “locked room” subgenre, revolving around a mysterious manuscript (possibly derived from a short story penned by the author’s wife, herself a writer[?]). Scarce in the first issue jacket.
In stock
Neat, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown, spotting to extremities; cloth very lightly mottled but really VG+; some light foxing to jacket most visible on lower panel, slight rubbing, o/w VG.
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