London: John Long, 1957

8vo, pp. 191. Original burgundy boards, lettered in silver to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in an all but fine dust jacket with just the lightest of wear to head of spine.

First edition.

Penultimate novel by Richard Goyne [1902-1957], the impossibly prolific author of crime novels and magazine stories, under a welter of pseudonyms and featuring an array of regular characters, including Paul Templeton, The Padre and Sexton Blake.

A beautiful copy.

HUBIN, p. 175