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THE LAYTON COURT MYSTERY.

Berkeley, Anthony (pseudonym for Anthony Berkeley Cox).

Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 1-306 [307-308: blank], original black cloth front and spine panels stamped in red. First U.S. edition. The author's first mystery. Mystery novel featuring sleuth Roger Sheringham. [Reference: Hubin, p. 68]. Mild toning to text block with foxing throughout, a very good copy in a bright, fine dust jacket (married). An uncommon title. (36178). Item #36178

Price: $1,750.00