The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham

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Overview:

Title: The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham
Author: Anthony Armstrong (1897-1976)
Year: 1957
Publisher: Methuen
Price: 13/6
Pages: 224
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham
Notes:
- 1st UK ed.
- Price from Tuck
- Contemporary notice (all as Methuen, 13s 6d): • advertisement, The Observer 1957-05-26 p18 • review, The Irish Times -07-06 p6 (brief, positive) • review, The Times of India -07-21 p4 (positive) Automated search (pelham armstrong) of 1957 newspapers reports no other report of the Methuen edition, nor of the novel in UK newspapers.
- Cover image from Amazon UK/US 2018-03-04
- Both UK and US Amazon sites state "1st edition". Wikipedia displays an image of the same front jacket, with caption "First edition cover". Its stub article does not identify the publisher, nor say that the book was first published in Britain. Indeed, it leads: "The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham is a 1940[1] novel (later in book form in 1957) ...". But its source reports a 1940 short story with the same title (see the novel record). (2018-03-04)