First edition, first impression. 192pp. In red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Very slightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends. Top text block edge very slightly dust darkened. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original bright and crisp dust jacket, not price clipped, gently bumped at edges, tiny rub on one corner. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Andrew Garve was one of the pseudonyms of journalist and crime writer, Paul Winterton, founder member of the Crime Writers' Association.
Fiction, Crime Fiction, Modern Fiction Firsts, Detective Fiction
