A Wife at Sea. Translated from the French

by John Petrie by Georges Simenon

$175 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1954. Crime Fiction FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.248. Elegantly hand-bound in mid-green half calf, with traditional raised bands, titled in gilt to spine, contrasting burgundy cloth over boards, publisher's original cloth spine bound in at rear. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Two short stories, the first set aboard a ship, the other about a young

• Binding: Hardcover

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