By Shelley Smith
London   Gerald G. Swan
7.5" by 5.5" 5-192pp
A very scarce first edition crime novel, in the original dust wrapper.
By Shelley Smith

1945 Death Stalks a Lady

London   Gerald G. Swan
7.5" by 5.5" 5-192pp
A very scarce first edition crime novel, in the original dust wrapper.
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Description

First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce, With Dustwrapper

A very scarce work here in its first edition, first impression, and in the original price clipped dust wrapper.

'Death Stalks a Lady' details 'the thoughts and feelings of a young girl caught in a cyclone of terror', as she discovers a body in a peaceful English village.

Shelley Smith was the pseudonym used by Nancy Bodington to publish crime fiction. Between 1942 and 1978, she wrote fifteen crime and detective novels, some of which were published by Collins Crime Club.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price clipped dust wrapper. Marks to front board, with significant fading to spine head and tail. Edge wear to dust wrapper, with significant loss to head of back strip, and some to tail. Sunning to back strip also. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to Wartime Economy Standard paper type.

Good

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