Name: Six Against the Yard
Brand: The Detection Club
Price: 2000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

[THE DETECTION CLUB] – ALLINGHAM, Margery (1904-1966), Anthony BERKELEY (1893-1971) and others. Six Against the Yard. London: Selwyn and Blount, [1936].

Rare first edition of a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone in the original dust-jacket. RBH records only three copies ever at auction. A fascinating literary experiment and a thrillingly entertaining read, the book is a unique take on the classic crime genre.

Octavo. 16 leaves of publisher’s ads at end. Original salmon pink cloth with black lettering along spine (light spotting to edges); original pictorial dust-jacket (lower cover a little soiled, light wear to extremtities, a few faint creases).

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