THE THREE BEANS

First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the spine tips and corners. The top edge of the text block is spotted, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is toned to the spine and and a little spotted to the rear panel. Not price-clipped (12s. 6d. net to the front flap).

The twentieth Tommy Hambledon thriller. The US edition was published a year earlier as 'Birdwatcher's Quarry'. (Hubin).