Marlowe (Piers, pseud. Leonard Gribble) Loaded Dice
£30
London, Sampson Low, 1949.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A Double Thirteen Club story.
In stock
A very good copy; small closed tear near foot of jacket spine, but overall very good+.
Jacket artwork by Sears.
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John Laurence was the pseudonym of John Laurence Pritchard (1885–1968), a British mathematician and writer specialising in works on aviation. He also wrote detective novels and works about criminology, which often leveraged his dual expertise in mathematics and aviation.
London, Sampson Low, 1949.
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When a phony count, a weird artist, and a dazzling blond beauty relentlessly dog his footsteps, hard-hitting private investigator Max Thursday knows his charming personality isn't the attraction.