The Case of the Careless Thief, Christopher Bush — 1st Edition

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The Case of the Careless Thief, Christopher Bush — 1st Edition

Name: The Case of the Careless Thief, Christopher Bush — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6733
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Publication: London, Macdonald & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., 1959

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 207.

Condition Report: Very Good. The publisher's original black cloth binding remains tight, square, and structurally sound, presenting well with only minor shelf-wear and faint rubbing to the extremities. The text block edges display typical age-related tanning and light foxing, though the internal pages are clean and bright. The book is housed in its original, unclipped pictorial dust jacket, which is priced at 11/6 net. While the jacket retains vibrant, unfaded front-panel artwork by Vernon, it exhibits noticeable edge-wear, rubbing, and minor chipping, most prominently at the spine ends and corners, alongside a few small closed tears.

Catalogue Note: This is a first edition, first printing of Christopher Bush's The Case of the Careless Thief, a classic late entry in the author's prolific Ludovic Travers mystery series.

The novel is notable for its striking, quintessential mid-century dust jacket design by Vernon. While reading copies of Bush's later works are easily obtainable, true first editions that retain their original, unclipped wrappers have become increasingly uncommon on the open market, making this a desirable acquisition for collectors of post-war British detective fiction.

Ludovic Travers travels to Sandbeach on the South Coast to investigate a hotel robbery on behalf of an insurance company. The victim, the flighty wife of a respected local magistrate, quickly proves to be only the surface of a much deeper mystery. Travers soon discovers that the lady is romantically entangled with a local C.I.D. officer, and that her husband is harbouring dark secrets of his own, pulling Travers into a complex web of deceit and hidden motives.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Christopher Bush

Book Publisher: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers), Ltd.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Crime & Mystery

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 207

Book Publication Year: 1959

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Vernon

Book Series: Ludovic Travers

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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