Murder at the Schoolhouse
New York: Dutton, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid-in, also with a contemporary newspaper review presumably from the owner of this copy. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), toned at the flaps and back panel. Blue buckram with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, full-page illustrated bookplate on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A fast-paced detective novel involving "mountain love and hate, small town gossip and leaders and genuine mystery and excitement" when a school teacher is found murdered in the schoolhouse in Deer Lick, Kentucky. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #2958
Price: $250.00