Meet Me at the Morgue

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Small 8vo. [8], 3-212, [4] pp. Yellow patterned paper boards with black lettering blocked in white on the spine; grey topstain. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Bill English. Bruccoli A9.1.a. The story of Howard Cross, the head of a county probation department, and his quest to rescue a kidnapped child. His search takes him into the underbelly of the L.A. crime scene. Macdonald's novel is referred to as "a spirited step forward in originality and narrative power" A Near Fine book with minor fading to the topstain; jacket is Very Good+ (truncated) with a faint scratch to the front panel and minor offsetting to the reverse. (Inventory #: 00009994)