By Clive Conrad
London   Museum Press Limited
7.5" by 5" 254pp
A very scarce first edition detective novel by Frank King under his pen-name Clive Conrad, a gripping tale in the original dust wrapper.
By Clive Conrad

[1951] The Crime of His Life

London   Museum Press Limited
7.5" by 5" 254pp
A very scarce first edition detective novel by Frank King under his pen-name Clive Conrad, a gripping tale in the original dust wrapper.
£280.00
: 0.5kgs / : 873P16

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Description

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

The first edition of this scarce work.

In the original unclipped dust wrapper.

A gripping detective novel by Frank King, written under his pseudonym Clive Conrad. 

Set in the picturesque landscape of the Lake District, where Henry Tomlin is trying to holiday peacefully. His holiday is quickly disrupted on his journey by meeting a fascinating and beautiful woman, and a corpse...

King was the author of many detective and fantasy novels.

Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, very light fading to the tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is smart, with light edge wear, heavier to the head and tail of the spine, and a larger closed tear to the rear wrap Light handling marks to the dust wrapper, including to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

Fine

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