Dead Man's Cross (Mystery Book Guild)

Author(s): Davis, Howard Charles

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Thus
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	The Mystery Book Guild
Publication Year:	1966
Publication Place:	UK
Book ID:	000759
Catalogue(s):	Series Books

184pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine (dusty top edge & occasional mild spotting). In a matt dust jacket in Mystery Book Guild style (gentle shelf wear & three small white scars on back). First published by John Long in 1965. Davis also wrote under the name Guy Cobden The Mystery Book Guild republished leading mystery novels at the rate of two a month, building an attractively uniform series of classic crime and thrillers. Its diamond design dust jackets are both sought after and pleasing. A little gem for lovers of vintage fiction. Some of the novels in the series are now hard to find in this or any other edition. Book covered in non-adhessive mylar wrap to archival level.

Keywords:

mystery book guild detective fiction vintage crime crime novels book series crime series Guy Cobden