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Berkeley, Anthony.
Trial and Error.
Publisher: Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex;
Date of Publication: 1947
Stock Code: 12351
First Penguin Edition. Softcover octavo, pp. 309, [1] adverts to rear. Publisher’s original green and white soft card wraps. Historic adhesive marks to small area of half-title. Lower portion of hinge is cracked and wraps show light foxing with small areas of loss to spine. A very good copy. Penguin Crime series no. 590. A complex crime novel in which Lawrence Todhunter is in the unusual position of having to prove to the police that he killed obnoxious Jean Norwood, instead of their prime suspect, Vincent Palmer, who has already confessed his guilt. £50.00