Marlowe (Piers, pseud. Leonard Gribble) The Double Thirteen
£35
London, Sampson Low, 1947.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
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A fine copy in fine dust-jacket.
Jacket artwork by Sears.
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