First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with black lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, tight and square, with no marks or inscriptions. Complete with the dustwrapper, which shows minor rubbing to extremities, a one centimetre tear to the top edge of the front panel and a half centimetre tear and small patch of loss to the top of the rear panel. Not priced-clipped and correctly priced (12s 6d net) to the front flap. A nice copy.
A historical crime novel set during the American War of Independence. It was published the previous year in the United States.
Stock code: 17194
£20