SCANDAL AT HIGH CHIMNEYS : A VICTORIAN MELODRAMA.
by CARR, John Dickson, 1906-1977 :
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London : Hamish Hamilton, (1959). First British edition. "A barrister has secretly adopted the child of a woman whom he himself had successfully prosecuted for murder. Of course, he gets murdered. The plot turns not only on who killed him, but on which of his children was the adopted one" (E. D. O'Brien, Illustrated London News, 3rd October 1959). With a concluding eleven pages of notes on the background and sources for London in 1865. Crown 8vo (20cm). (236),[iv]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a very good, bright, clean and sound copy in the striking Val Biro dust-jacket - also very good.
Synopsis
Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama is a historical mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. It was published in the USA and Canada by Harper & Row in August 1959. The story is set in London, 1865, and concerns a house called High Chimneys where secrets are hidden among the household members.
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- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44159
- Title
- SCANDAL AT HIGH CHIMNEYS : A VICTORIAN MELODRAMA.
- Author
- CARR, John Dickson, 1906-1977 :
- Illustrator
- Val Biro
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Hamish Hamilton, (1959).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Literature, Crime, Detective Fiction
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