8vo. Original orange cloth (soiling and spotting to extremities); dust jacket (large closed tear to rear panel and spine near foot, spine ends creased, light surface soiling to rear panel). Provenance: L.A. Wallace (recipient of author's inscription).

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY RHODE on the front free endpaper: "To L.A.W. who may be relieved that his financial activities did not lead to a seat on the board of Porslin Ltd. John Rhode, July '37." The novel, featuring armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, follows the suspicious deaths of directors at the powerful Porslin Ltd, unraveling a complex plot of corporate intrigue and murder.