This is an ex-library first edition in average condition.  It was published by Jonathan Cape in 1963.

There is a 'cancelled' stamp over a library stamp to two pages, a label removed to the first page, number stamps to two pages and the DJ and some pen 'notations' to a couple of pages and the DJ.

'When bookseller James Roach is found dead after paying an exorbitant sum for Grey Boulders, a rare but apparently valueless volume on mountaineering, the police write it off as suicide.  But his young colleague John Cain suspects foul play when he discovers the book is missing and that someone has been going to great lengths to obtain every copy of Grey Boulders in existence.  Is it a case of some deranged collector driven to murder by his bibliomania, or is there some secret contained in the book that is worth killing for?  It’s a race against time as Cain joins forces with egocentric adventurer J. Moldon Mott and beautiful heiress Julia Lent to solve the mystery.  Can they stop the killer before he gets hold of the last remaining copy, or will one of them become his next victim?'

This is a 1st Edition / 1st Printing.

Condition:

Book - Good - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, a lean, slight creasing and a 'letter' to the spine, opens easily to a few pages, some creasing to a few page corners, some marking to the page edges and a few pages, some foxing/discolouration to the page edges and a couple of pages, soft tanning to the pages and there are some library stamps, number stamps and a few pen 'notations'.

Dust Jacket - Average - rubbing/bumping/wear to the corners and edges, several v.small nicks and tears and marking, staining, fading, foxing, discolouration, crinkling and creasing.  There is a number stamp and a few pen 'notations'.

The DJ is price clipped (big 'clip').

The DJ is in a protective plastic sleeve (non-adhesive).

 

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