signed first edition
1941 · London
by Allingham, Margery
London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. First edition. First edition. Signed by Margery Allingham in ink on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated 1956. 276 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with silver lettering. Very Good, spine lean,a little dust-soil and two small stains to back board, lacking dust jacket. An uncommon signed nonfiction book from the British detective novelist, often referred to as one of the four Queens of Crime. It describes the WWII preparation of Essex for a German invasion.
(Inventory #: 140946145)