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London : for The Crime Club Ltd., by W. Collins Sons & Co., (1932). First edition. The inner and outer history of a crime as seen alternately by Anne Day and Inspector French.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 284,[iv]pp. Original orange cloth, lettered across upper cover and spine in black; covers lightly but extensively splash-marked, with faint bleeding of colour on to lower edges, final leaves and rear endpapers, but nonetheless a very good, still bright and sound copy, with the striking upper panel of the original dust-jacket laid-in to front endpaper.

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New York : Harper & Brothers, 1932. First American edition of "Death on the Way" - "one of our favorites" (Barzun & Taylor).
Crown 8vo. (viii),(304)pp. Endpaper map. Original black cloth, blocked and lettered in red; spine a little dull, faintly creased and very lightly worn; label neatly removed from rear endpaper; a few minor marks and spots; a good but tired copy. Barzun & Taylor 976. Hubin p.99.

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1933). First edition. A famous Inspector French mystery - a tale of murder in the Surrey hills. Published in the USA as "The Strange Case of Dr. Earle".
Crown 8vo. 334,[ii]pp. Frontispiece plan. Diagram. Original blue cloth, ruled and lettered in black across spine and upper cover; slight rubbing and a few faint spots to spine; a handful of edge spots; mild tanning of endpapers, but overall a very good and sound copy. Hubin p.99.

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1947). First edition. Twenty-three short stories, giving more detailed versions of the wartime plays broadcast as the Inspector French radio mysteries.
Crown 8vo. (288)pp. Original red cloth, ruled and lettered across upper cover and spine in white; faint discolouration to upper portions of boards; light tanning of endpapers, but overall a very good and sound copy in the striking original Bip Pares dust-jacket - a pictorial design in lilacs, purples and greys - lightly rubbed, slightly nicked and a touch dusty on lower panel - but also very good. Dated Xmas 1947 inscription on front pastedown. Hubin p.99.

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1949). First British edition. Inspector, now Superintendent, French and the mystery of a demobbed soldier, his best girl, and the suicide of a retired colonial governor.
Crown 8vo. 254,[ii]pp. Original bright green cloth, ruled and lettered across upper cover and spine in black; a few faint edge-spots, but a very good, fresh and bright copy in the original dust-jacket - a pictorial design in greens and blues lettered in red and black - lightly sunned, very lightly worn, a with some faint spotting on lower panel, but also very good. Barzun & Taylor 991. Hubin p.99.

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1949). First British edition. Inspector, now Superintendent, French and the mystery of a demobbed soldier, his best girl, and the suicide of a retired colonial governor.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 254,[ii]pp. Original bright green cloth, ruled and lettered across upper cover and spine in black; a near fine, clean and bright copy. Barzun & Taylor 991. Hubin p.99.

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