Carter Dickson - Error at Daybreak [in: The Strand Magazine Vol. XCV [95], No 571: July 1938]

Carter Dickson - Error at Daybreak [in: The Strand Magazine Vol. XCV [95], No 571: July 1938. Summer Fiction Number] - London - George Newnes Ltd. - 1938 - 1st edition - 16, [2], [110], [12] pp - Paper wrappers - 17 x 24,5 cm.

Condition: Good - with some wear, small damage on the spine.

English literary magazine from the 1930s with (short) stories and articles about i.a. culture and politics. Illustrated with black and white photos and reproductions. With table of contents. Cover: View of St Mary-le-Strand with a double-decker bus.

Includes 'Seaside Spell' by Margery Sharp; 'Even a worm can earn' by Michael Arlen; 'Frenchmen wear gloves' by Margery Allingham and an article about the Suez Canal alongside nostalgic (sometimes bizarre) advertisements (including 'A perfect looking nose', summer cottages and bungalows).

¶ 'Error at Daybreak' is an 11-page short story penned by John Dickson Carr (1906-1977), first published here, 'illustrated by H.A. Seabright' (black and white drawings depicting scenes from the story). In 1956 a film version appeared with Boris Karloff as Colonel March of Scotland Yard.