David Hume [John Victor Turner] — You&Apos;LL Catch Your Death

London, Collins, 1940 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce first edition of David Hume"s first Tony Carter thriller, retaining the vibrant original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original purple cloth binding.  First edition.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A fast-moving British crime thriller centred on Tony Carter, a young crime reporter who is drawn into a violent mystery involving suspicious deaths, dangerous encounters and an increasingly tangled investigation. The first of Hume"s three novels featuring crime reporter Tony Carter, followed by Never Say Live! and Requiem for Rogues in 1942.  David Hume was the principal pseudonym of John Victor Turner (1900-1945), a Manchester-born Fleet Street journalist and crime reporter.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners. Very minor pale damp staining to tail of spine; one or two very light marks to boards. Very light offsetting and spotting to endpapers. Minor offsetting to half-title. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Slight edge wear to extremities, resulting in the odd crease, chip, and closed tear. Slight loss to head and tail of spine, more pronounced to joints. Slight soiling to wraps, more apparent to pale rear panel and spine. Slight offsetting to verso of wraps, more so to spine. 1.5" tear with slight loss to rear flap joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, if slightly age toned, with one or two light spots to fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.