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THE WOMAN AT THE DOOR.
Edition: First Canadian Edition.
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, (1937) dj. Hardcover first edition - A late novel by this prolific and (in his time) a very popular writer. Although his novels sometimes dealt with significant issues, he was not considered a "serious" writer. in this book, where a wealthy widowed author has rented an abandoned signaling tower in the woods so as to have solitude for his writing, he deals with spousal abuse and the question of justifiable homicide, when the wife of his next door neighbor claims she killed her husband in self defense and turns to him for help. 322 pp.
Condition: Near fine in brown boards with gilt titling on spine and front board in a very good dust jacket (previous owner's name dated 1939, top edge dusty, minor edgewear and one short tear to the dj).
Book ID: 89255More details Price: $50.00 -
IF I KILLED HIM WHEN I MET HIM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The eighth mystery feauturing forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. 276 pp. ISBN: 9780345365750.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71016More details Price: $18.50
