Publication: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1928, London
First edition. Lightly foxed on the fore-edges else a fine, bright, tight copy in dust jacket of a rare title. A man picks up a manuscript volume in a second-hand bookstore and discovers a cipher chess problem that he is able to solve, revealing a terrible conspiracy by one family against another that he prevents becoming a tragedy. An exceptional copy of a rare title.
Inventory Number: 43449