Keverne (Richard, pseud. Clifford J.W. Hosken) The Fleet Hall Inheritance
£325
London, Constable, 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in white. Dust-jacket, priced 2s.6d.
A first-class mystery… a story of dark doings, with a pleasant background of East coast life… (Daily Telegraph). Attractive jacket artwork, and a scarce first edition, here in a slightly later issue jacket.
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Some creasing, light rubbing and marking to jacket, overall VG.
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