Green Talons

$100 · Offered by Book Collector Inc

Author: Gavin Holt (PSEUD Percival Charles Rodda) 1891-1976) Year: 1931 Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Place: Indianapolis Description: 340 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's purple cloth with green letter in to s pine and cover in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. In London the great criminologist Professor Bastion is preparing for a trip to Cannes. Comes startling news. The world's arch-criminal, The Hawk, has struck again. Missing since the war, there is undeniable evidence that he is alive and eager for prey and fray. He has murdered a millionaire from the Argentine, leaving the characteristic mark, a poker chip, on which is engraved in brilliant green the outline of a hawk. Condition: Previous owner's inscription to front end paper. Jacket with edge wear and some closed tears and small chips, price clipped else very good in like jacket.

• Binding: Hardcover

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