Uncle Charles. Translated from the French

by Howard Curtis by Georges Simenon

£30 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1988. Mystery FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, first impression. Octavo 24 x 15cm , pp. 6 ; 154. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Ashley Potter, priced at £10.95. Contents toned as usual, else a fine copy in a fine jacket but for a slightly sunned spine. A blackmail story set in the suburbs of Rouen. Published in France in 1942 but not translated into English until 1988. Item #73261

• Printing: first

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