BERKELEY, Anthony. The Poisoned Chocolates Case. London: W. Collins Sons, [1929].
BERKELEY, Anthony. The Poisoned Chocolates Case. London: W. Collins Sons, [1929].

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BERKELEY, Anthony. The Poisoned Chocolates Case. London: W. Collins Sons, [1929].

8o. 8-page publishers' advertisements at end. Original cloth (upper hinge cracked); pictorial dust jacket (chipped with tape repairs and some minor loss to words, some closed tears and light soiling). Provenance: Robert Segal (sale, Sotheby's, 19 December 2000, part of lot 373).

FIRST EDITION of Berkeley's gentle satire featuring Roger Sheringham as the lead among half a dozen competing detectives. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

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