ENOUGH TO KILL A HORSE: A Jubilee reprint.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published in 1955. One of 12 titles of Crime Club's Jubilee reprints especially selected and introduced by Julian Symons.Chosen from titles which appeared under the imprint during the years 1930 - 1955,and which were out of print at time of selection.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£4.75,which then has an ink cross through it) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,gilt colour background with b/w Crime Club logo to top of front panel and b/w lettering,rear panel with the other 11 titles from this series advertised to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with inevitable but very light dust-soiling and toning and minimal sporadic foxing/spotting, fore-edges bright and clean with similar but less foxing/spotting; contents crisp,bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original green+ black mottled faux leather (rexine?) boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt Crime Club logo to front bd within a single-line edged border and bright, crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,10-223pp [paginated] includes 19 chapters; plus [unpaginated] story precis,title page,and an introduction by Julian Symons. Fanny Lynam's party was awkward to arrange.Her old friend,Clare Forwood,wasn't eager to come,although she had particularly asked to meet Sir Peter Poulter,the newspaper tycoon,who had already accepted. Then there was the risk that Tom Mordue would quarrel with everyone. And worst of all,Fanny was very nervous of the smart young widow,Laura Greenslade,who had just become engaged to her half-brother, Kit Raven.What did Laura want with Kit,Fanny wondered.Was it true that there was something mysterious about Laura - something peculiar? At any rate,Fanny knew that her speciality - lobster patties - would help to make the party a success.Neither she nor the reader could have guessed the role those lobster patties were to play. British detective novelist,published in the US as E.X. Ferrars.With 50 odd books behind her,starting in 1940,she is one of the stalwarts of the traditional British-style crime novel.But she keeps her backgrounds and characters well up to date,frequently choosing as a theme some contemporary dilemma. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices, weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!