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Scotland Yard Takes a Holiday - Luke Allan
1934 UK hardback first edition, 1st impression, Arrowsmith, London A near VG book sadly without dustwrapper Neat name but no inscriptions or stamps Tightly bound and square, light scattered spotting, no front endpaper as issued Minor marks to cloth A solid reading copy of a rare Golden Age title For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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OVER Maida Vale early night was falling, a darkness that was partly fog. Curtains were being drawn, but here and there a light showed, and the cheerful twinkle of freshly-piled fire-places. The thin December blanket of fog extended far beyond Maida Vale — a cold, miserable evening that drove pedestrians from the streets and crowded the Underground. The few who were abroad shivered and hurried on, seeking the comfort of heated rooms and warm dinners. A mail van shot into St. John's Wood, working its way east. The two men on the driver's seat crowded closer for the comfort of their own warmth. A gleaming copper kettle steaming on a hob beyond an uncurtained window brought a sigh from their lips. " A big pot o' tea, good and strong, wouldn't go down bad about now, eh, Bill ? " The driver licked his lips. " I can almost smell the old woman's kippers right from here. 'Ell of a night, I says, an' it'll be thicker before morning. This round can't finish too soon for me." The van swung into Park Road, and in a minute or two was sliding along the Outer Circle of Regent's Park at a speed that told of deserted streets and an ugly |
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