M.G. Eberhart, Fair Warning, first UK edition, 1936
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M.G. Eberhart, Fair Warning, first UK edition, 1936

Eberhart (M[ignon].G.) Fair Warning

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London, Collins Crime Club, 1936.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

Quite cool woodcut-style artwork adorns this first UK edition’s jacket. Eberhart is an interesting author of detective fiction, not least for her ability to extend the same basic premise over nearly forty volumes!

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Book VG+; jacket a little foxed and toned with some modest edge wear, but really a VG example.

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