Knox (Ronald A.) Still Dead
£160
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.
First edition, second impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 2/6.
A man is found dead, vanishes, then is found dead again. If he died the first time, his insurance is still valid, if the second time, it’s not. Insurance detective Miles Bredon investigates…
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Near Fine; some minor rubbing, light marking to lower panel.
Giuseppe Orlando (bookplate to front pastedown and ownership inscription to head of title-page).
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