Vickers (Roy, pseud. William Edward Vickers) The Pearl-Headed Pin
£125
London, Newnes, n.d..
Early reprint. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
An attractively jacketed edition of this crime thriller, originally published in book form under the pseudonym David Durham in 1925.
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Some foxing; cloth spotted and sunned at spine; dust-jacket a little trimmed or possibly a marriage [?], but overall very good.
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