1932 One Drop of Blood Anne Austin Vintage Mystery Novel Hardcover Macmillan

by Anne Austin

$56 · Offered by eBay

A scarce Golden Age American mystery novel featuring detective James "Bonnie" Dundee, special investigator for the District Attorney. When the head psychiatrist of a sanitarium is bludgeoned to death, Dundee must determine whether the killer is one of the patients or a far more calculating figure staging the scene to look that way. Anne Austin's mysteries are little-reprinted today and hold particular appeal for collectors of vintage American detective fiction. This copy carries a period ownership inscription dated 16.1.37, "Phyl from Sydney," giving it a documented Australian provenance from the 1930s. Details ISBN | Not present (predates ISBN system) PUBLISHER | The Macmillan Company AUTHOR | Anne Austin COUNTRY | United States of America BINDING | Hardcover Condition: Original red cloth boards, no dust jacket. Binding shows significant wear consistent with age: frayed and split spine ends with exposed cords/frayed cloth at head and tail, corner wear and bumping, general soiling and light foxing to boards. Text block appears clean and tight internally with no writing to the story pages themselves. A period ownership inscription appears on the front free endpaper, dated 16.1.37, Sydney. A well-read, honest copy of a scarce vintage title, priced accordingly for condition.

• Publisher: The Macmillan Company
• Year: 1932
• Condition: Good

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