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Synopsis

A novel by peter cheney.

Item Description

FIRST EDITION IN DUST WRAPPER. 8vo. 5.25 x 7.5 inches. 192 pp. Bound in original yellow cloth with green titles, in pictorial dust wrapper, which has sunning, edge wear and missing sections at head and tail of spine. Some sunning of boards and spotting of edges; otherwise a very good copy. Decorated by publisher's device on title page. The eighth novel featuring the author's detective, Slim Callaghan, and set in Alfriston, East Sussex. Peter Cheney (1896-1951) was a British crime fiction writer, who published his first title in 1936.