Wobble To Death [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]

London: Macmillan, 1972. First Edition. Second Impression. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in at the title page. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards titled in black on the spine; dustjacket; 190pp. Mild erasure to the top of the front free endpaper; spine ends gently nudged, Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £1.75 net) with light edgewear and nicks; residue from small price sticker on front flap; notations to the verso of rear flap; Very Good or better. Author's first book and winner of the Macmillan/Panther Competition for Best First Crime Novel. Featuring Victorian era detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb and his assistant Constable Thackeray. BARZUN 1413; KEATING, P.198; HUBIN, p.262.