The Mysterious Commission

Language: English

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1974

0575018577 / 9780575018570

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First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, creasing and chipping to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners bruised and rubbed, some foxing to page fore edges. Not price clipped (£1.90), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 192pp. Portrait painter, Charles Honeybath, is intrigued when he is visited by a mysterious Mr Peach and is commissioned to paint an anonymous, aristocratic sitter, known only as 'Mr X', whom relatives claim is insane. Under cover of night Honeybath is taken to the house and asked to stay while he completes his work, but when he returns to his studio, he discovers that the bank next door has been robbed and that he is under suspicion! John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-94), was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crime fiction, featuring his detective Inspector John Appleby, published under the pseudonym of Michael Innes. Many devotees of the Innes books were unaware of his other identity, and vice versa.…

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Title
The Mysterious Commission
Author
Innes, Michael (J. I. M. Stewart)
Publisher
Victor Gollancz Ltd, London
Publication year
1974
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0575018577
ISBN 13
9780575018570
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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