Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection

Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection

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Michael Innes | Death at the President's Lodging, 1936, first edition of the author's first novel

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February 4, 04:11 PM GMT

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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