Small loan sticker and deaccessioning stamp to front pastedown, cut-down upper panel from the jacket tipped onto the front free endpaper, upper hinge pulling slightly with some separation; minor split to cloth at lower joint; jacket clipped at inside front flap, some minor rubbing, but overall VG.
Dalton (Moray) [pseud. Katherine M. Renoir]. The Strange Case of Harriet Hall
£400
London, Sampson Low, Marston, [1936].
First edition. 8vo. 8pp. advertisements at end. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, early issue with 2/9 price-sticker on top of original 2/6 price.
A scarce classic of Golden Age detective fiction, in an attractive dust-jacket. The book is accompanied by a letter from publishing bureau Curtis Brown to the author Moray Dalton, date 1947, returning three of her titles due to a lack of take-up for reprint by various publishers.
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