Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. An estranged relative becomes heir to a Chesapeake Bay fortune and his family’s ghostly history in this stand-alone novel by the American writer described by book critic Bill Ruehlmann as "the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction, she wrote the binge and lived the hangover." Octavo. Original pale green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light toning along the extremities of the boards. Some expert restoration to the bottom edge of the dust jacket; otherwise very good. Very good / Very good. Item #75278

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