The Man on the Bench in the Barn

by Georges Simenon, Moura Budberg

£45 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970. Thriller FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.170. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Bernard Higton priced at £1.25 / 25s. Contents clean, no ink names. Simply a fine, fresh copy. A murder-mystery set in New England during a blizzard. Item #73122 Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p.167 2002 .

• Printing: first

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