Freeman Wills Crofts | The Hog's Back Mystery, 1933, presentation copy inscribed by the author

Freeman Wills Crofts

The Hog's Back Mystery. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1933

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ("Herman Ould, Esq. | In the hope of achieving | a conversion! | With compliments | F.W. Crofts. | 5th April 1933") on front free endpaper, 8vo, frontispiece map, original blue cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, slight browning, spine slightly soiled, soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some minor loss and adhesive tape repairs

The recipient was Herman Ould (1885-1951), the dramatist, poet and critic.

PROVENANCE

Herman Ould (presentation inscription); The Alexis Galanos Collection