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CASE WITH FOUR CLOWNS.

Bruce, Leo (pseudonym of Rupert Croft-Cooke).

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1939. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-313 [314], original green cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First U.S. edition. A Sergeant Beef novel. "His subtlety is outstanding, and his efforts at misdirection are worthy of Agatha Christie" - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 117-120. Touch of shelf wear to corner tips and spine ends in a very good dust jacket with light shelf wear, mainly to spine ends and corner tips, some creases to lower right front corner, mild color fade to spine panel. Scarce. (20293). Item #20293

Price: $650.00