Wallis (J.H.) Murder by Formula.
£395
First edition.
London. Jarrolds, 1932
A very scarce locked room mystery interestingly not noted by Bob Adey in his seminal bibliography of Locked Room Murders. James Harold Wallis (1885-1958) was the author of a series of novels featuring New York detective Inspector Wilton Jacks.
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VG/VG – wrapper is complete and correctly priced but is backed on to brown paper.
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