Nash (Anne) Cabbages and Crime
£75
London, Hammond Hammond, 1948.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped but with official price sticker of 7/6.
Florists Nell Winters and Doris “Dodo” Trent embark on a vacation that unexpectedly involves them in a murder mystery, with elements of humor and suspense.
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Cloth partly sunned; jacket price-clipped, spine worn at head of spine, chip from top edge of lower panel.
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