First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6. The first edition of the fifth novel to feature John Appleby, a young Detective Inspector in the Metropolitan Police, straddling detective and spy fiction admirably. Cloth sunned at spine; jacket toned at spine with some light rubbing and general, light dust-soiling. Seller Inventory # 84904

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Secret Vanguard

Publisher: Gollancz, London

Publication Date: 1940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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