$350
Rawson, Clayton. Death from a Top Hat. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1938. First edition. Blue cloth stamped in black with jacket featuring illustrations by the author. Frontispiece, one plate. 8vo. Jacket tattered and with several small losses especially at spine, book very good. Scarce in dust jacket. Signed and dated on the flyleaf by Clatyon Rawson. Rawson’s book is considered one of the best of the genre, and was included on the definitive Haycraft-Queen list of detective story cornerstones.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-04-26