Publisher Tony Kane and his wife host a party in honor of best-selling author Amos Cottle at their Connecticut home. But all eyes are on the guests when an unseen hand slips cyanide into Cottle's drink. Also present at the party is Basil Willing, a psychiatrist-sleuth who soon figures out that Cottle was not the man that his jacket-flap blurb said he was. Willing embarks on a course of literary detection, scouting for clues in book reviews, publisher correspondence, and other documents related to this rather ghostly writer ...
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Publisher Tony Kane and his wife host a party in honor of best-selling author Amos Cottle at their Connecticut home. But all eyes are on the guests when an unseen hand slips cyanide into Cottle's drink. Also present at the party is Basil Willing, a psychiatrist-sleuth who soon figures out that Cottle was not the man that his jacket-flap blurb said he was. Willing embarks on a course of literary detection, scouting for clues in book reviews, publisher correspondence, and other documents related to this rather ghostly writer ...
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Good. No dust jacket. Corners are sharp, binding is tight, spine slightly faded, PO on front pastedown else pages are clean and unmarked, small spot on front text block edge. no dj. 236p., Grey woven boards and spine w/black box, gilt bands and gilt lettering,
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Very good. First edition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. This is a 1956 First Edition printing from Random House. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages absent any extraneous marks. Mylar included to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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