Leslie Ford [Zenith Jones Brown] — The Devil&Apos;S Stronghold

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Leslie Ford's novel of 'murder, mystery and lively entertainment for all', in the vibrant original dust wrapper. The scarce first UK edition, first impression of this work. In the very scarce publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. The work of American crime fiction writer Zenith Jones Brown, who here writes under the pseudonym Leslie Ford, and presents a mystery that Mrs. Latham and Colonel Primrose must investigate, featuring a hollywood starlet and the man who says he loves her. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Inscription to front free endpaper. Small closed tears and light edgewear to wrap heads, with light sunning to dust wrapper back strip and minor handling marks to rear wrap. Tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse at back strip head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.