first edition Hard Cover
1956 · London
by Gribble, Leonard
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Boards edges faintly discolored, jacket edges repaired on reverse with clear tape, with evidence of sophistication to jacket spine edges (black ink added), jacket price clipped with ink stamp appearing above corner. 1956 Hard Cover. 190, [2] pp. Author was a founding member of the Crime Writers' Association, and his 1939 novel The Arsenal Stadium Mystery inspired the film of the same name. This novel features Superintendent Slade of Scotland Yard investigating a diamond heist.
(Inventory #: 2346654)