Rowland (John) Suicide Alibi.
£795
First edition.
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1937.
Signed and inscribed in the year of publication to John Gawsworth on the front endpaper describing Suicide Alibi as ‘’not another little classic but it will serve!’’
Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, better known as John Gawsworth, was a British writer, poet and compiler of anthologies, both of poetry and of short stories.
A very scarce locked room mystery involving the shooting of a publisher in a room under observation (Adey p275)
Very desirable especially with such a fabulous association.
In stock
The book is in near fine condition. The jacket has a diagonal tear on the front panel which is repaired with tape on the verso. There is minor chipping to spine ends and small area of loss at top of the back panel. Overall near VG.
Adey p.275
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