Beeding, Francis (pseud. of John Leslie Palmer and Hilary Adam St. George Saunders)

DEATH WALKS IN EASTREPPS

New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1931. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title and early serial killer novel that author Vincent Starrett magnanimously cited as "one of the ten greatest detective novels ever written." Hubin, p.28; Pronzini & Muller, p.52. Item #4906

First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in green on spine and front cover; patterned endpapers; dustjacket; [8],9-284,[4]pp. Light dust-soil to text edges, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with light wear to spine ends, and a few spots of rubbing to rear panel.

Price: $500.00