160pp. Book produced to War Economy Standards. Pale blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles (worn, faded - especially at edges, a few marks, bumped at corners). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, no other library markings and else internally neat and tidy with page toning. In its original, period, dust jacket (rubbed at edges, blown, sunned and creased on spine, shelf wear). Dust jacket now protected in archival-quality mylar wrapper which prolongs the life of the paper, keeps it clean and protects it from damage. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. A very hard to find mystery novel of a man who inherits a country house, where he finds a sealed room, and a fortune. Author was one of the Sexton Blake story writers.
