The Nebuly Coat. PENGUIN NUMBER 437. FALKNER, John Meade. DETECTIVE FICTION

Penguin Books. Harmondsworth. 1943. First edition in Penguin. Number 437. Triband paperback. First number given to spine of this Penguin has been blacked out by the publishers and new number placed below. This is unusual for Penguin but all copies of this book have this. Spine is a little creased and also rubbed at joints, light vertical crease to front p[anel along spine, covers slightly soiled and spotted, small pull to lower panel near centre of spine.Pages browned, small portion torn from lower corner of pages 63/64, not anywhere near the text. Generally a clean and very sound copy of one of the scarcest of wartime crime Penguins.