Appleby's Answer
$500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books
First edition · Signed
London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1973. First edition. Signed by Michael Innes on the title page with his printed name crossed out. 192 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine, bumped corners, in Near Fine dust jacket, lightly shelf worn. A crime novel by prolific Scottish writer J.I.M. Stewart under the pen name Michael Innes. The protagonist is Ms. Patricia Pringle, herself a crime
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