The Counterfeit Corpse [Signed by Author]

  • New York: Comet Press, 1956
By VANDERPUIJE, Nii A(krampahene)
New York: Comet Press, 1956. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20.5cm); grey publisher's cloth in black pictorial dustwrapper; 138pp. Dampstaining to spine, with corresponding stains to dustwrapper and pastedowns; dustwrapper lightly chapped on extremities, soiled rear panel; spine chipped at crown and heel. Very Good. Signed by the author on ffep.

Vanderpuije, a Liberian-born American author, weaves an intricate mystery involving the body of a wealthy Parisian bachelor and simultaneous reports of the same bachelor alive and well, en route to Nice. It is up to talented newcomer Inspector Daniel Petit to unravel the knot at the heart of this compelling series of events.

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