Blake, Nicholas. (Cecil Day-Lewis)

The Beast Must Die

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blake, Nicholas (C. Day Lewis). THE BEAST MUST DIE. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1938. First American Edition. 8vo. 260pp. publisher's yellow cloth covered boards. A very good copy of this brillian Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone Nigel Strangeways mystery. Collector's [Landfried] custom plain heavy white paper protective dustwrapper, neatly hand-lettered descriptions & titles on the upper cover & spine as was his custom. What this collector's books sometimes lacked in condition, they made up for in importance. Name inked out on the front pastedown, front fly leaf & rear pastedown, tiny collector's pocket on pastedown otherwise a reasonable copy showing modest use. A very interesting example. Keating #26, Hatchards #81, Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 62-3. Filmed by Claude Chabrol in 1969 as 'Que la Bete Meure' [This Man Must Die]. $250. /Dust Jacket Included.

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Book number: 30243

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Keywords: QUEEN'S QUORUM, HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE, FIRST EDITION MYSTERY CRIME DETECTION BRITISH DETECTIVE FICTION . ITSAMYSTERY

BLAKE NICHOLAS

The Nicholas Blake Omnibus: The beast Must Die, A Penknife in My Heart, A Tangled Web

The Crime Club, Collins. 1966. hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Title - The Nicholas Blake Omnibus: The Beast Must Die, A Penknife in My Heart, A Tangled Web. Acceptable jackets can be well worn, and have chips, tears and repairs. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

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Book number: 279473

Catalogue: Crime Thrillers Mystery