A DRAM OF POISON

by Charlotte Armstrong

$450 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books · No longer available

London: Peter Davies Ltd., 1956. First U.K. Edition. Sharp copy of this early novel by Armstrong, set in a small southern California college, where an absent-minded professor misplaces a container of poison, which involves a score of unrelated people in a frantic search. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1957. Hubin, p.14; Baird 75. Item #7413 First Impression. Octavo 19cm ;

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