Red Arrow - The Murders in Praed Street

The second book published by Red Arrow Books is The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode, first published London: Geoffrey Bles, 1928. Pseudonym of Cecil John Charles Street (1892 - 1969).

The Murders in Praed Street is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] about Red Arrow Books,
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5] CONTENTS,
[6] blank,
7-278 The Murders in Praed Street,
[279-288] blank.

The copyright date is 1939.

There are four variant covers: two text, a "Book Club" edition and an illustrated one. One text version has a red spine and back cover, the other a brown spine and back cover.