THE THREE BEANS

First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. An about very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The cloth and gilt are a little dulled, spine tips softened, upper corners bumped. Page block edges are dusty and lightly soiled. Small abrasion to upper edge of the cloth border around the front pastedown. In the dustwrapper, rubbed to edges and extremities with a little loss to the upper spine tip and front flap. Moderately soiled and lightly stained to the rear panel and folds. Not price-clipped (12s. 6d. net to the front flap).

The twentieth Tommy Hambledon thriller. The US edition was published a year earlier as 'Birdwatcher's Quarry'. (Hubin).