Keverne (Richard, pseud. Clifford James Wheeler Hosken) Crook Stuff.
£145
Some stories of crime and detection
London, Constable, 1935.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 (reissue?).
The first of Hosken’s short story collection under this pseudonym, and is relatively scarce with the original Youngman Carter dust-jacket.
In stock
Some light foxing; cloth very good; jacket with rubbing to extremities, some marking.
Jacket artwork by Youngman Carter.
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