THE KEY

First English edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in the pictorial dustwrapper. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with a hint of spotting to the text block edge and some offsetting to the front endpaper are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, correctly priced 7/6 net to the front flap.

A tale of the mysterious murder of a notorious international financier in St. Petersburg on the eve of the 1917 Revolution. A very scarce title from the 13 times Nobel prize nominated author. (Hubin).