Dead Cert Tapa dura - 1989

Armchair Detective Library, 1989-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . First THUS. Number 72 of only 100 copies SIGNED by author on special page at front. Minor wear to slipcase ONLY. Otherwise NF, unread.

NY: Armchair Detective Library, 1989 a rare, gift-quality copy, one of only 26 lettered ("Q") presentation copies and signed by the author on the limitation page; a small edge-smudge at the lower right corner of the front cover portrait is the only mar, else textblock and binding immaculate, inside and out; bound with Red Label Davey boards, encased in Holliston Roxite "C" grade maroon cloth, Smythe sewn, with matching cloth-covered slip case; the front cover's borders are triple-ruled in gilt, centered with the author's b&w portrait, title and facsimile signature in gilt; gilt-titled spine; 210 p.; this is the Armchair Detective Library Edition of the author's first thriller, originally published in 1962 by Michael Joseph, London.. First Armchair Det.Library Ed./1st Prtg. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hard Cover.