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Bootlaces for Bastion - Richard Harrison
1947 British hardback first edition, first impression. Jarrolds in London A VG book in unclipped dustwrapper Book is tightly bound, clean contens and cloth, no names etc The dust jacket has some shallow chipping to edges, few minor marks etc Chief Inspector "Plumber" Bastion, who made his first bow in Black Widow, '"is back with his colleagues of the Yard to solve the mystery of a dead body at Wreckers' Cove on a lonely stretch of the Cornish coast. Bastion is perhaps the most human of all fiction detectives. A man with a background of home life—no super-sleuth, but a conscientious police officer with a keen sense of justice, a sense of humour A scarce book with great period artwork and the 2nd in the Chief Inspector Plumber Bastion series For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF1
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PROLOGUE THE constable patrolled his beat with slow, measured tread, his thoughts far away. In the distance Big Ben chimed one o'clock of the morning. Suddenly a dark figure appeared from the shadow of a porch and crept softly down the footway. The constable, instantly alert, saw him. " Hi, you there!" he shouted. The figure broke into a run. The constable followed, and without checking his stride drew his whistle from his pocket. A blanket descended over his head before he could raise the whistle to his lips. At the same instant pressure behind his knees forced him to the ground. It took him some seconds to struggle free from the stifling folds. When he was clear he saw a large car drawn up beside him. The door opened and a man got out. "Hurt?" he enquired. "Did you see him?" the constable panted. " No, I saw nobody except you. I don't think my chauffeur did either." "No, sir. I didn't see anyone." The chauffeur was now standing beside his master. The constable looked up and down the dark street uncertainly. "Well, I'd better just ring and make sure nothing's happened here," he said at length. " If you wouldn't mind letting me have your name, sir, just in case," |
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