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Christopher Bush : The Case of the Jumbo Sandwich

The Macmillan Company, New York, 1965

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CI4 - A first edition (FIRST PRINTING stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, crease, and few tiny tears on the edges and corners, paperclip marking on the front top, scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, tanning, and light shelf wear. Book cocked, wrinkling on the spine edges, some chipping and wear on the cover edges and corners, some scattered light stains/smudges on the page edges, light tanning and shelf wear. Ludovic Travers serves up a three-decker treat for all crime tasters, prepared by a proved master of the genuine detective story. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.5"x5.6", 188 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. In the market for a racehorse, wealthy, beautiful Isabel Hearn settled herself in a Cambridge hotel to be near the new market sales. She had hoped to find a Philly. And said she found a promising young man of great charm. He promised that his name was Edward Gower comma and he promised that he comma 2 comma was in the market for a filly. Indeed, he knew where an excellent one could be bought on the hush hush for a good price. And if the flattered and attracted Isabel would give him her check for half the money, he would put up the other half. And then he promised they would go to Yorkshire to meet his titled parents. And then they might even be married. And then he was gone. And so was Isabel cash check. And so was the horse. Isabel takes her sad story to her friend the redoubtable Ludovic Traverse, head of London's renowned Broad Street Detective Agency. Travers soon finds out that what seemed to be as simple albeit heartless, case of swindle is merely one layer and a jumbo sandwich of a crime- a many splendored affair that numbers along its chewy charms blackmail, black magic, a black sheep, and murder. And, with customary gusto, he soon reduces it to crumbs after the perilous pursuit of an arch criminal the draws him from the foggy streets of London to a deadly confrontation on a lonely Riviera Beach.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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