THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE

First edition, first printing. With an original black and white photo laid in, signed by the author. Publisher's original orange cloth with blue titles and borders to upper board and spine, in the Arthur Hawkins, Jr illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge blue. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm and the cloth bright and fresh. The contents with some spotting to the prelims and closed text block edge are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, price-clipped dustwrapper that has some small scuffs to the bottom edge of the front panel and some toning to the spine, folds and flap edges. Loosely laid in is a black and white photograph of the author which he has signed in black ink.

The author's seminal first novel. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. (Hubin).