Afternoon to Kill by Smith, Shelley

HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1980-04-21. Hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Crayon marking on the back end paper. Damaged in transit sticker on the front end paper and jacket flap. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Collins. a Jubilee reprint. Part of Collins 50 Golden Years Of Crime series . Fine. Hardcover. 1st thus. 1980.

HarperCollins Distribution Servi, 1980-04-21. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.9985 in x 19.5851 in x 13.3898 in.

HarperCollins Distribution Servi, 1980-04-21. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.9985 in x 19.5851 in x 13.3898 in. A clean, tight copy. Very Light wear to extremities. Scrible to the back endpaper. Clothbound in black.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published in 1953.Shelley Smith is the pseudonym of Nancy Hermione Bodington.One of 12 titles of Crime Club's Jubilee reprints especially selected and introduced by Julian Symons.Chosen from titles which appeared under the imprint during the years 1930-1955,and which were out of print at time of selection.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£4.75,which then has an ink cross through it) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,gilt colour background with b/w Crime Club logo to top of front panel and b/w lettering,rear panel with the other 11 titles from this series advertised to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear
or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with inevitable but very light dust-soiling and toning and minimal sporadic foxing/spotting,
fore-edges bright and clean with similar but less foxing/ spotting; contents crisp,bright,tight,clean,solid and sound
- pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any… Read More