The Vicar in Hell
London: Skeffington & Son, 1935. Fair. Item #49874
London: Skeffington & Son, n.d. but ca. 1935. Presumed First Edition ("6th Thousand" on title page). Octavo (19cm); publisher's rose cloth lettered in black; 256pp. Ex-contemporary circulating "Ideal Library" with their rubberstamps throughout, cloth significantly worn, faded spine cloth evidently separated and crudely reattached, front free endpaper lacking and front hinge reinforced with old browned glue. A Fair to Good copy at best.
Extremely scarce mystery novel by the twenty-five-year-old Australian author, who had already published two earlier works in the same genre. The Vicar in Hell is a whodunnit solved by the titular vicar who becomes embroiled in a crime scene during a round of golf. OCLC locates just one copy outside the UK as of September 2026, at Occidental.
Price: $150.00