The Body in The Library
£3,000 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books
First edition
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1942. Murder Mystery FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm , pp.160. Publisher's red cloth in the striking Stead-designed dust jacket, which displays the title highlighted in book spines arranged on three of the library shelves, unpriced for export. This is the correct British jacket with the generic Crime Club ad to the rear panel; the Australian wrapper has a different setting, showing three recent Collins
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