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First edition of Murder in the Stratosphere by John Laurence, in the original dustjacket.
First edition of Murder in the Stratosphere by John Laurence, in the original dustjacket.
First edition of Murder in the Stratosphere by John Laurence, in the original dustjacket.

LAURENCE, John.

Murder in the Stratosphere.

London, Samson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., [1938].

£750.00
£750.00

Murder in the Stratosphere.

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First edition of this crime novel set in a gigantic balloon twenty miles above the earth. John Laurence Pritchard (1885-1968) was a mathematician and author, who also published some books on aeronautics under his full name.

First edition; 8vo; 8pp publisher's ads at end, some toning to text block, light spotting to prelims and edges; publisher's black cloth, red lettering to spine, spine slightly cocked, extremities slightly rubbed, with the original unclipped pictorial dust-jacket by Narraway, spine sunned, a few chips to corners and spine ends, lightly rubbed, else very good.

Stock code 110678

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First edition of Murder in the Stratosphere by John Laurence, in the original dustjacket.

Murder in the Stratosphere.

£750.00
£750.00

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