A QUESTION OF PROOF By Nicholas Blake, pen name of C. Day Lewis. New York: Harper Brothers Publishers, 1935. First U.S. edition, first printing. "First Edition" statement and code F-K to the copyright page, 1935 printed to the title page. Blake's first novel, debuting series private detective Nigel Strangeways. Mild foxing to the page edges, uniform tanning to the end-papers, surface soil-stains to the covers, mottled fading to the spine, some very light foxing and minor soil spots to the pages, else tight, firm and good (or better) in orange linen with black embossed titles to the front cover and to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT MYSTERY FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!