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Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-ix [x] 1-350, publisher's gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in purple and green, publisher's windmill device stamped in green on rear panel. First British edition. "Literate, if slow-moving, novel of metempsychosis, imbued with a deeply felt sense of tragedy, as the transplanted spirit tries, and fails, to recover its former life" (Robert Knowlton). Bleiler (1978), p. 109. Reginald 07858. Spine panel tanned, top edge of pages dusty, a very good copy. (#171995).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. No later printing statement to the copyright page. Set in remote American east coast summer vacation cottages at a lake, this debut novel by the novelist, short story writer and clever mystery author earned high critical acclaim and popularity, including being high on the list---number 24---of Borges' best mysteries of all time, and being selected for an Armed Services reading book publication. An intelligent, compelling whodunit, revealed through several in-depth evolving characterizations. An elusive vintage collectible in dust jacket. Age-toning to the inner hinge areas as usual, slight foxing to the cover's shelf-edges, some speckled fading to the upper page edges, rectangular offset fading to the rear cover, else square, firm and very good in blue-gray linen with reverse blue titles and rules to a black panel to the spine; in a good plus dust jacket with evocative front panel art by Rockwell Kent, with tanning to the spine panel, rectangular offset fading to the lightly soil spotted rear panel, small chips and short tears to the upper and lower spine ends and corner tips; original printed $2.50 price still intact to the front inner flap. The jacket will be placed in a clear, removable protective sleeve, after photographing for this entry.…