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BRUCE, LEO. 1937 A CASE FOR THREE DETECTIVES FIRST US EDITION
Detective fiction:- Bruce, Leo (Rupert Croft-Cooke). 1937 A Case for Three Detectives. Publ. Frederick A. Stokes Company. Publisher's orig. cloth with decorative front board, spine a little discoloured, head & tail bumped as are extremities, original dust wrapper cover pasted to front pastedown, lacks ffep, edges a touch spotted. A scarce first U.S. edition of Bruce's debut detective work, a locked room story parodying three famous fictional detectives, Hercule Poirot, Sir Peter Wimsey & Father Brown. 8vo.
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