A Bestseller Mystery, number B99; date on copyright page is 1946; cover and typography by George Salter; abridged edition; cover price 25 cents; list of Bestseller Mysteries on last page goes up to B98. The book is unmarked but very worn, with age-toning and edge-chipping to the pages; spine and wraps creased, edgeworn, and soiled; the paper on the bottom three inches of the spine has peeled away from the binding; sleeve protected.
8vo. pp 160. Original publisher's dark blue cloth lettered gilt at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Cloth slightly used and rubbed with a few pin-holes, otherwise near very good.
1st edition, 1st printing. 160pp. Navy cloth-covered boards (worn and rubbed, faded at edges, some moderate marks). Lending sheet on front endpaper, else no other library markings and otherwise neat, clean, bright and tight internally. In its original dust jacket (worn and rubbed, lightly chapped at edges, faded on spine, shelf wear). Dust jacket now protected in archival-quality mylar wrapper which prolongs the life of the paper, keeps it clean and protects it from damage. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. Hard to find title, scarce in its dust jacket.
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