Penguin 1st Edition, published 1946.
When wealthy merchant Horatio Leavenworth is found shot dead in his Manhattan mansion's library, detective Ebenezer Gryce and lawyer Everett Raymond investigate a locked-room mystery. No one could have escaped before the body was discovered. Leavenworth's two orphaned nieces, a maid, and a mysterious gentleman all become suspects in this groundbreaking American detective story that influenced Agatha Christie and helped establish conventions still used in mystery fiction today.
Condition grading: Fair. Pen mark to front cover. Wear and light creases to front cover corners and top/bottom edges. Creases to rear cover left hand corners. Wear and creasing to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1946.
When wealthy merchant Horatio Leavenworth is found shot dead in his Manhattan mansion's library, detective Ebenezer Gryce and lawyer Everett Raymond investigate a locked-room mystery. No one could have escaped before the body was discovered. Leavenworth's two orphaned nieces, a maid, and a mysterious gentleman all become suspects in this groundbreaking American detective story that influenced Agatha Christie and helped establish conventions still used in mystery fiction today.
Condition grading: Fair. Pen mark to front cover. Wear and light creases to front cover corners and top/bottom edges. Creases to rear cover left hand corners. Wear and creasing to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
