Marsh (Ngaio) Death at the Bar
£600
London, Collins Crime Club, 1940.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
An uncommon first edition, featuring Marsh’s series character Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn of Scotland Yard.
In stock
Cloth spine slightly dulled; jacket with some edge wear and fraying, tear across spine near foot, tape reinforcement to top & bottom fore-corners.
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