Neville (Margot, pseud. Margot & Anne Neville Goyder) Murder to Welcome Her
£75
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in lime green. Dust-jacket.
A near fine first edition of one of the later titles by the Australian Goyder sisters.
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A fine copy, in jacket with only minor rubbing to extremities.
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