First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with red and yellow titles to the spine, in the William Randell illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that has a few light marks and some dustiness to the rear panel and is otherwise bright and without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (15s net to the lower front flap).
One of many Marten Cumberland novels featuring the wily French detective, Commissaire Saturnin Dax. (Hubin).
Stock code: 29139
£65
London: Hutchinson.
1964