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London : Martin Secker & Warburg, 1956. First edition. Her first book - and the first appearance of Inspector Brett Nightingale.
Crown 8vo. [iv],(268)pp. Original dark red boards, lettered across spine in pale blue; endpapers a little tanned, but a very good copy in the original pale blue, maroon, black and white dust-jacket - worn, torn, repaired and slightly defective on upper panel. Barzun & Taylor 2003. Hubin p.228.

£20

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London : Martin Secker & Warburg, 1957. First edition.
Crown 8vo. [vi],226pp. Original dark red boards, lettered across spine in pale blue; a few faint edge spots, but a very good copy. Hubin p.228.

£15

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London : Michael Joseph, (1961). First edition. Murder in the Potteries - but also a fine and unjustly forgotten study in social mores.
Crown 8vo. (232)pp. Original blue boards, blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; edges of text just a little browned; endpapers very lightly tanned, but a very good, crisp and bright copy in the red, black, brown and white Broom Lynne dust-jacket. Barzun & Taylor 2007. Hubin p.228.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1962). First edition. Later published in the USA as "The Dead of Summer".
Crown 8vo. (238),[ii]pp. Original dark brown cloth, blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; edges spotted; very slight tanning to front endpaper, but otherwise a very good copy in the original Broom Lynne dust-jacket (blue, black and green on white), price-clipped, but with only very minor signs of age and use. Barzun & Taylor 2005. Hubin p.228.

£15

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