GENTLEMEN OF CRIME

Second printing of the 1932 first edition. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in the N. Tyler (for KB Studio) illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate and shelf number to the front pastedown and ownership name and acquisition date to the top of the title page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a large closed tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel and some small chips to the fold corners. With the [first printing] printed price of 7/6 net to spine, covered with the publisher's 2/6 net label over the top.

The sixth Gilbert Larose detective novel. (Hubin).