Ford (Leslie, pseud. Zenith Jones Brown) A Capital Crime
£150
London, Collins Crime Club, 1941.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
Leslie Ford is the nom de plume of Zenith Jones Brown, who also wrote as David Frome and Brenda Conrad.
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A very good copy.
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