William Sloane, To Walk the Night, first edition with cut signature of the author, 1937
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William Sloane, To Walk the Night, first edition with cut signature of the author, 1937

Sloane (William) To Walk the Night.

£1,495

A novel
New York & Toronto, Farrar & Rinehart, 1937.

First edition, first printing. Cut signature of the author to title-page. 8vo. Original blue cloth decorated in silver. Dust-jacket, priced $2.50.

Two college friends visit their former university and find a professor burnt to death in his observatory.

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Jacket worn with some loss to spine ends and fore-corners, otherwise very good.

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