Maigret's Pickpocket. Translated from the French

by Nigel Ryan by Georges Simenon, Nigel Ryan

$195 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. Detective Fiction FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.168; 4 , blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half navy blue calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, sewn endbands. Contents clean and fresh, exterior as new. An excellent copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Maigret has his wallet lifted while standing on the bus, and the petty crime

• Binding: Leather

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