Freeman (R. Austin) The Mystery of Angelina Frood
£395
New York, Dodd Mead, 1935.
First US edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth lettered in yellow. Dust-jacket priced $2.
A full-length Dr Thorndyke novel, which sees the doctor revealing and unravelling a series of seemingly contradictory clues to disappearance of Angelina Frood.
Out of stock
A very good copy, in attractive dust-jacket with some sunning to spine and extremities.
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