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London : Geoffrey Bles, (1935). First edition : in the secondary binding, lettered in black. An early Ngaio Marsh murder mystery which opens at 10 Downing Street – Inspector Alleyn, etc.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 286,[ii]pp. Original red-pink cloth, blocked and lettered in black; a little sunned; faint crease to upper cover; some spotting, mainly of edges and endpapers; crossed-through ownership inscription; a good and sound copy of a scarce book.

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1941). First British edition. Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn, Detective-Inspector Fox and the Lampreys. First published in the USA as “Death of a Peer”. “Her writing is as good as any to be found in crime fiction” (H. R. F. Keating, nominating the book as among the hundred best in all crime and mystery fiction).
Crown 8vo (179 x 117mm). 316,[iv]pp. Bound in an elegant recent full burgundy morocco; black labels; marbled endpapers; sprinkled edges; a few slight spots, but a very good copy.

£200

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