Escape in Vain. Translated from the French

by Stuart Gilbert by Georges Simenon

£45 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: George Routledge and Sons Limited, 1943. [Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.280. Publisher's green cloth lettered in black. Gently used, no inscriptions. A near fine copy without the scarce jacket. Comprising two short stories. 'The Lodger' follows a daring crime on the Brussels-Paris night..... More

• Printing: first

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