Neville (Margot, pseud. Margot & Anne Neville Goyder) “Come, Thick Night”
£75
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket.
Very good first edition of this murder mystery by the Australian Goyder sisters.
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A very good in jacket with only minor rubbing to extremities and mild chipping to head of spine.
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