Porlock (Martin, pseud. Philip MacDonald) Mystery at Friar’s Pardon
£625
London, Collins Crime Club, n.d. [1932].
Early impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
The first work by MacDonald under this pseudonym. First published in 1931.
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Lacking front free endpaper; foxing; cloth slightly dulled at spine; jacket with sticker removal mark to spine, overall actually very good.
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