THE MYSTERIOUS COMMISSION.
by INNES, Michael" - [STEWART, John Innes Mackintosh, 1906-1994] :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Victor Gollancz, 1974. First edition. Innes introducing a new sleuth in Charles Honeybath - "An eminent portrait painter is persuaded to take a strange commission where he is smuggled off to an unknown destination for a fortnight. When he has completed his portrait and returns home, he finds himself wanted by the police" (Birmingham Daily Post, 28th November 1974). Post 8vo (21cm). 192pp. Original red boards, lettered in gilt; just slightly bruised; some faint marking to top edge, but overall a very good copy in the price-clipped and similarly slightly bruised yellow dust-jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46178
- Title
- THE MYSTERIOUS COMMISSION.
- Author
- INNES, Michael" - [STEWART, John Innes Mackintosh, 1906-1994] :
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Victor Gollancz, 1974.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction
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