The Gentle Assassin (American Bloodhound Mystery, No. 511)
First UK edition, first printing (previously published in the USA, 1964). 176pp. Orange cloth-covered boards with black bloodhound logo and lettering front and spine. 12mo. Cloth very slightly rounded at spine base. Top text block edge dust darkened and spotted. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, not price clipped, a tad toned, sunned spine, rubbed at spine head. Dust jacket protected in an old protective sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives, which itself has a short closed tear on the lower edge.
