The Kat Strikes

by Nancy Spain

$55 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Hutchinson, 1955. Crime fiction FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.216. Publisher's black cloth blocked in yellow, illustrated dust-wrapper. Contents a little toned, edges gently spotted, ink inscriptions to endpaper, jacket is rather bright but for light wear and some rubbed lines to rear. Shows well. Nancy Spain was a journalist, sports broadcaster and crime novelist, a close friend of Noël Coward and Marlene Dietrich. Openly gay at a time

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.