Taffrail, pseud. Captain Henry Taprell Dorling. Mystery Cruise
£250
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1937.
First edition. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractive jacket artwork graces this maritime thriller.
Out of stock
Ink name to front endpaper; minor marking to cloth; jacket with some rubbing and creasing, a little loss at spine ends.
Jacket artwork by W.O. Shelford.
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