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Lot 229
[CRIME CLUB, INC.] BERKELEY, Anthony (pseudonym of COX, Ant...
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[CRIME CLUB, INC.] BERKELEY, Anthony (pseudonym of COX, Anthony Berkeley, 1893-1971). The Layton Court Mystery. A Roger Sheringham Case. Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc., 1929. 8vo. 306, [2, blank] pp. Publisher's full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in red, publisher's unclipped (?$2.00") dust jacket (cloth spine a bit toned and rubbed, some rubbing to boards, text toned, foxed, front endleaves with dampstaining at fore-edge; light rubbing to jacket). A very good copy in a fine dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL AND THE NOVEL WHICH INTRODUCED HIS AMATEUR DETECTIVE, ROGER SHERINGHAM. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 8 x 6 x 1".
