A.F.O. Manning [Adelaide Frances Oke] - Half-Valdez - Hodder & Stoughton, 1939, First Edition.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. First edition, first impression. Hardback. Near Fine. Adelaide Manning was one half of the crime writing duo Manning Coles. The present book was published before their first collaboration on 'Drink to Yesterday'. "...a fanciful tale of a hunt for lost Spanish treasure hidden in the days of the Armada in a remote outpost on the British coast." [Furrowed Middlebrow, Online]. A little rolling to the jacket edges, and a little toning, but lovely overall. Ink number to the spine, same number in pencil with a few other marks on the endpaper. [11989, Hyraxia Books].