John Creasey - Murder Must Wait (John Long, 1949) Vintage Crime w DJ

Scarce early edition of this thriller, published by John Long in 1949.

From a small private collection of hardback crime and thriller novels with their scarce original dustwrappers ex of 'Avery's Lending Library', a small subscription library from the pretty harbour town of Whitstable in Kent. Run by George Avery from his house at 92 Harbour Street, the library was in operation for a short time from the early 1940s to the early 1950s, following Avery's death in 1951. The books have been in storage since. As pictured, all have an Avery's Lending Library sheet tipped in to ffep and their condition is generally commensurate with age and use.

Wraps with some wear to edges and several old internal tape repairs but on the whole quite good and glossy; note a small loss to top right corner; not price clipped. Library stamp sheet tipped in to ffep. Tape repair between front board and ffep. Some guttering starting between endpaper and rear board. Binding is otherwise sound but with a lean. Boards somewhat soiled. Well read.

I hope of interest.

Will be boxed for postage.

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