Bowen (Marjorie) Crimes of Old London
£375
London, Odhams, [1919].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth.
A notoriously rare collection, including the tale ‘The housekeeper’, subsequently republished as ‘The Confession of Beau Sekforde’.
In stock
A very good copy.
cf. Shadows in the Attic.
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