Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
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February 4, 04:11 PM GMT
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500 - 700 GBP
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Michael Innes
Death at the President's Lodging. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1936
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, 8vo, folding plan at end, black cloth lettered in red, yellow dust-jacket, edges slightly spotted, dust-jacket very slightly creased and soiled at edges
The first detective novel by John Innes Mackintosh Stewart, published under the pseudonym Michael Innes, and the first to feature Inspector Appleby, who reappeared in numerous subsequent novels.
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The Alexis Galanos Collection