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London : Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers), (1971). First edition. Crossword addict Stanley Manning has his eyes on his wife's inheritance from his hated mother-in-law - "a man dominated by greed, who discovers, as his nerve goes, that a harmless hobby may become an over-ruling obsession". Post 8vo (21cm). (192)pp. Original brown boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; mild tanning to endpapers, but a very good copy in the Colin Andrews dust-jacket - the jacket with just a touch of edge-wear and some slight creasing to inner flaps, but also very good. Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper.

London: Hutchinson, 1971. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £1.50. Offsetting to endpapers, and some toning to jacket spine. A little light rubbing to board and jacket edges. Very good.