London: Macdonald. Bound in crisp, black cloth, with bright, yellow title lettering and dagger design to spine, this hardcover 1954 First Edition is VG in Vg wrapper.(unclipped). 208pp with 10 chapters and clean endpapers. Colour printed wrapper by Batchelor, shows blonde at theatre dressing table with gent in evening dress behind. Wrapper has slight wear top/tail of spine, small stain on back panel, small closed tear at top of back panel, and tiny chips at hinge corners of both return flaps. Generally VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1954.

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Bookseller: Camillas Bookshop (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005065
Title: Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand
Author: Bagby, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Macdonald
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: George Bagby, Detective Fiction, First Editions
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.

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