MacDonald (Philip) The Noose
£225
London, Collins Crime Club, n.d. [1931].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue boards. Second issue jacket, priced 3/6.
One of the popular thriller series by Philip MacDonald featuring his amateur detective character Anthony Ruthven Gethryn. This was the first title to be published in the ‘Collins Crime Club’ series of detective and thriller fiction (the first impression can fetch in excess of £2,000), making this scarce early issue jacket an attractive alternative to collectors of crime classics.
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Light spotting; boards slightly sunned at spine; jacket a little darkened at spine with minor rubbing to spines ends, but otherwise an unusually good example.
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