Ngaio Marsh — Hand in Glove
Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1962. First edition. Cloth. The first US edition of Ngaio Marsh's twenty-second Roderick Alleyn murder mystery, concerning a high-society treasure-hunt. The first US edition, first printing.In the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper.A thrilling detective novel concerning a high-society treasure-hunt party gone awry, with Marsh's gentleman detective, Roderick Alleyn, brought in to investigate a murder. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with bumps to spine head and tail. Spotting and handling marks to dust wrapper. Small chip and minor closed tears to back strip tail, with significant closed tear and edgewear to back strip head. Further edgewear and small closed tears to wrap heads. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.
