From Doon With Death.

RUTH RENDELL

Publication: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1965, Garden City

First U. S. edition of the author's first book. Fine copy in price-clipped dust jacket with light professional restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. First Chief Inspector Wexford mystery novel. When Margaret Parsons disappears and is later found strangled in the woods, Wexford investigates the death of Margaret Parsons --- or is it Minna??? Only one thing caused Chief Inspector Wexford to wonder about the seemingly close existence between the dead woman and her husband, and that was the books he found in their attic, all lovingly inscribed "From Doon." Crime Club mystery novel.

Inventory Number: 43386