Neville (C.J., pseud. Cynthia Franklin) Salifu the Detective
£100
London, Macmillan, 1950.
First edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The exciting story of an adventurous young African boy whose main ambition is to join the Gold Coast Police Force, encountering smugglers and other wrongdoers in the process.
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A very good copy; jacket price-clipped, chipped at corners and spine ends.
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