Bailey, H.C. The Veron Mystery. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1939.
8vo. Original publisher's black cloth with red lettering to spine; yellow dust jacket with black and purple lettering; pp. [vii], 288; previous ownership label stamped to front pastedown and 'The Holliday Bookshop' label stamped to rear pastedown; browning to dustjacket spine and fading to both covers with minor loss to bottom of dustjacket spine; otherwise very good.
First UK edition.
Henry Christopher Bailey was an important English crime novelist of the 'Golden Age' alongside Agatha Christie. Although most famous for his series based upon a medically-qualified detective called Reggie Fortune, he also serialised the character Josiah Clunk, a lawyer exposing political crime whilst profiting from them himself. The Sullen Sky Mystery, which features Mr. Clunk, is considered by many to be Bailey's magnum opus.
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