Volk (Gordon) The Lighthouse Mystery
£125
London, Skeffington, n.d..
?First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with price sticker for 2/-.
Attractive Skeffington title, from their popular crime series.
In stock
Light foxing; jacket with some rubbing and chipping
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