Winston Graham — The Little Walls

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this scarce crime mystery, commencing with the discovery of the body of an eminent archaeologist floating in a Dutch canal. The scarce first edition of this work. First published in 1955 with no other editions stated. The first US edition published in the same year by Doubleday, New York.  Bound in the original publisher's binding with an unclipped dust wrapper.  A chilling tale by Winston Graham following Philip, the brother of a recently deceased archaeologist, found floating in a canal in Amsterdam. Convinced this was not a suicide, Philip follows a series of mysterious clues to discover the tragic truth behind his brother's death. Bound in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper.  Externally, very smart. The odd very minor mark to boards and spine. Slight bumping to front joint. Faint offsetting and spotting to end papers and pastedowns. Dust wrapper very smart. Rubbing to paper at front joint and folds. Small chips to upper and lower spine extremities. Faint spotting to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Scattered spotting to fore edge. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning due to paper type. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.