MURDER WILL OUT: NINE DEAD ENDS STORIES

London: Faber and Faber, 1950. Octavo, brown boards. First edition, variant (probably later?) binding. Second collection of stories about Scotland Yard's Department of Dead Ends, an imaginary department where the evidence from unsolved crimes is stored. Faint ghost of front dust jacket flap on front free endpaper, a fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with tiny closed tear at lower spine end, nick to top edge of rear panel near spine fold, and some dust soiling and minor foxing to rear panel. Second issue jacket with lower corner of front flap clipped and new printed price of "5/- net." (#114432) (Inventory #: 114432)