first edition Hardcover
1953 · New York
by MARTIN, A.E.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Pages browned, owner name and address on the front pastedown else near fine in lightly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper with a tear at the base of the spine. The author's last mystery, set amongst the denizens of an Australian circus sideshow, a setting favored by the author, an ex-carnival impresario. (Inventory #: 53212)