One Cried Murder. A Murray Hill Mystery - S. H. Courtier 1954 - Rinehart &, New York - First Edition A fine first edition of Australian author Courtier’s second Crime novel with superb and bright example of the dust jacket designed by L. Kamp, a review copy with publisher’s review slip laid in at front of book.

Featuring ‘
the amiable Dr. Fabian Honeychurch and the distinctly waspish Inspector Burnivel of Scotland Yard’.
  First Edition, verso of title page states ‘Copyright, 1954’ with no further printings listed. Published in England by Hammond, London in 1956.

Sidney Hobson Courtier (1904-1974), Australian born author and teacher.

References: Reilly,
Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers (1980), 422.

Octavo (book size 19.4x13.3cm), pp. [6] 244 [4]. In publishers black paper covered boards, spine lettered in green and white and with white outline of man in hat, all edges trimmed. Dust jacket priced ‘$2.50’ to upper corner of front flap.
  Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket with a little unnecessary colour touch-up to spine ends and upper edge of front panel   Ref: 110474   Price: HK$ 1,800