N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1945. 1st edition. Produced in wartime conditions making for its smaller dimensions. Gray cloth with red lettering. Light wear at edges else very good-near fine copy in price clipped dust jacket. Light fade to jacket spine panel, small piece out at fold of spine, small chips to fold corners. Scarce in jacket. Basil Willing, now Commander in the U.S. Navy, finds the most baffling and intruguing case of his colorful career in the eerie Loch district of Scotland. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Hoffman, Lawrence H.. Book.

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Bookseller: Murder By The Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020583
Title: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Author: McCloy, Helen
Illustrator: Hoffman, Lawrence H.
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Book Condition: Used - Very Good-Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: William Morrow and Co., Inc.
Place of Publication: N.Y.
Date Published: 1945
Keywords: Mystery, Crime, Historical, War-Time Edition, Scotland, Basil Willing
Bookseller catalogs: SCOTLAND;

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