McGuire (Paul) Daylight Murder
£300
London, Skeffington, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 and declaring “7th thousand”.
A very good first edition of this early title by the author of Murder in Bostall (1931), Australian author & diplomat Paul McGuire. The early issue jacket’s artwork is lovely.
Out of stock
VG+/VG+.
Jacket artwork by W.J. [?]Roth.
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