Published by Roy Publishers, New York, 1960
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Hardcover. First US Edition. 223pp. Boards. A mystery set in England featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Noel Tracy. Small stain to fore edge. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with three small chips and light wear to edges. In Hubin, 2003, p. 551.; Octavo.
Published by Geoffrey Bles (1957), London, 1957
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. No signatures. Some foxing and a couple of small 5mm stains to page edges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 223, [1 (blank)] pages. Blue boards with orange lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 123mm. Crime fiction, a novel. "Noel Tracy's career at Scotland Yard looked like being short-lived when he allowed a woman's charm to blind his judgment. Having been reduced to the ranks and sent as constable to the sleepy little village of Offchurch, he decided that he would give up women for ever. But that was before he met Stella Morris [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. "Alex Fraser is the pen name of a well-known novelist who lives in Cornwall. This is his second detective story.".