He Could Not Have Slipped!

FRANCIS BEEDING

Publication: Harper & Brothers, 1939, New York

First U.S. edition. Film star's Constance Bennett's copy with her signature, address, and date on front flyleaf. Clean very good copy in fine bright dust jacket slightly creased on front panel. A gigantic swindle resulted from one man's dream to establish an asylum for Europe's political exiles. The dream needed money and unfortunately curiosity and greed stepped in with the result that murder was added to the ingredients already brewing in Europe's political cauldron.

Inventory Number: 27443