Author: Charles Franklin, Charles Dixon
Title: The Fortieth Victim Red Murder File
Description: London, Robert Hale Ltd. 1963-4. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition crime novels in their original dust wrappers, with 'The Fortieth Victim' being signed by the author. The first edition. Signed by the author to the title page to 'Fortieth Victim&apos. Two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This set features two crime novels written by Charles Franklin and Charles Dixon. 'The Fortieth Victim' follows Robert Meldon, an employee at the Foreign Office, and the mysterious Mathews, who gets ready to kill his fortieth victim on his list. 'The Red Murder File' follows the superintendent as he attempts to convict Harry Newcombe for the murder of a footballer. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally excellent with only the odd very slight mark and light bumping to the extremities to 'Red Murder File&apos. Light spotting to the endpapers to 'Red Murder File' and light offsetting to 'Fortieth Victim' with a gift inscription to the front free pastedown. The wraps are generally smart with sunning to the spines, edge wear, marks, small chips and small closed tears and loss to the head of the spine to 'Fortieth Victim&apos. Spotting to the verso of 'Red Murder File&apos. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with light spotting to the front and rear to 'Red Murder File' and slight offsetting to the front to 'Fortieth Victim&apos. Spotting to the fore edges. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: First edition Detective fiction Fiction Murder mystery Detective fiction Charles Dixon Signed None


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