Six Against The Yard...

£2,350 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Six short stories contributed by leading Detection Club authors, featuring supposedly foolproof murders, each followed by an exposition of the flaws in the criminal scheme by the recently retired detective George W. Cornish of Scotland Yard. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. First edition, first impression; 8vo, (190 x 140 mm); usual age-toning, spotting to prelims, elsewhere sporadic, black lettering to spine, scarce dust jacket designed by Youngman Carter, Scotland Yard/Thames embankment with policeman in foreground (price 7/6 to spine), loss to extremities of spine, crease along upper panel, small chips to ends and corners, soiling to rear panel, scarcely available with the original wrapper, hence despite the aforementioned, very good; 288pp + [32]ads.

• Binding: Hardcover

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