Three Strangers
Max Dalman's first thriller from the Golden Age of Crime, but a worn copy
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Printing Details
First edition, early printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 19 × 12.5cm, 313pp + ads. Three Strangers was first published in March 1937, but the wrapper's rear panel also notes Dalman's The Hidden Light, published in September 1937.
The author's first novel from the Golden Age of Crime. On the day of James Remshaw’s execution three strangers appear in the Sussex village of Malford Bishop and converge on Malford Manor, home of Theodore Hardwick and his daughter Elizabeth. One of the strangers, Poldron, insists on being allowed to rent the Manor and issues veiled threats when he is turned down. Another, Bovey, seems uncommonly interested in the ruined lodge and claims to be an old friend of the former gardner’s boy. The third, Moreton, appears to be shadowing the other two. Elizabeth trusts none of them, but when Moreton intervenes to save her life, the pair face a race against time to solve the mystery of Malford Manor before it claims the lives of those closest to her…
Condition
Fair bordering on poor, but a rare title nevertheless. The dustwrapper is tanned all over with loss to the head of the spine and chipping to the bottom and corners. It is now within a protective sleeve and has not been price-clipped (3'6). The book has heavy marking and tanning to the page edges, and whilst it remain readable, there is marking to the pages throughout. The ffep has a series of date stamps suggesting this was a lending library copy (there are no other library markings). Readable but it's done the rounds.
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Price
£35.00
