The Deadly Sunshade
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1940.
First edition, first printing. [iv], 297 pp. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth blocked and lettered in black. Tiny rub spot to rear board, else Fine. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with subtle color correction at spine ends, light vertical crease to center of spine panel, abrasion to gold sticker, associated rippling from sticker adhesive to front panel. A nicer than normally found copy of a pre-WWII Asey Mayo mystery where the ladies of Cape Cod form a makeshift civil defense auxiliary group to protect their cottages from looming Axis invaders. Item #140948244
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