The murder of a friend's infant son propels Professor Neil Kelly into a mystery involving international intrigue and a trip through Kelly's memories of his childhood in pre-revolutionary China
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Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 196 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine in original jacket. First edition. The odd and troubling events at the outset of Neil Kelly's working vacation in Devon are balanced by the pleasure of unexpected reencounter with Gus Van Duren, a boyhood friend, in the local club. But the peace of their English village is shattered with the discovery of the Van Durens' murdered infant awash in the red toy boat that was his godfather Kelly's baptismal present. To Neil's further horror, he learns that the death of the child was merely a sadistic by-blow in an attempted theft of Neil's late father's notebooks. Although Commander Kelly's "scientific" discoveries were laughed at in his lifetime, some very powerful people seem to be taking them seriously now. Condition: Stain at front endpaper head edge else a very good copy in a near fine jacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS005413
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 2nd. Fine in very good dust jacket. Hardcover, nice copy, except for light brown spotting on foredges. Dustwrapper lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners. Seller Inventory # 145745
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Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
1st edition. A Professor Neil Kelly mystery. Slight browning to pages; binding tight; dust jacket bright & not price-clipped, with light shelf-wear at foot of spine Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Seller Inventory # BOOKS263109I
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Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. 3rd Prof. Neil Kelly title. REVIEW COPY. Kelly, deflected from sabbatical research by the murder of a friend's infant son, finds he may unwittingly have what the killers are after. The story is soon deep in ominous international dealings and a journey through memory to Kelly's boyhood in prerevolutinary China. Review Copy. Seller Inventory # 002497
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