Holly Roth SHADOW OF A LADY First Edition and 7 similar items

SHADOW OF A LADY By [Helen] Holly Roth [Franta]. New York: Simon and Schuster, An Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1957. First edition, first printing. "First printing" to the copyright page, 1957 printed to the title page. The first of three mysteries featuring Scotland Yard's Inspector Medford, involves a murder trial, a detective, and a lady who fell off a mountain. A presentable vintage first edition in dust jacket. Rubbing to the upper and lower spine edges, pages tanning at the borders as usual, else very good plus in polished black over red boards with silver dots and Inner Sanctum book-reading face emblem to the front cover, and with silver titles, dots, and emblem to the spine, deckle page fore-edges; in a very good dust jacket with art by H. Lawrence Hoffman, with tiny chips and rubs to the upper and lower spine edges, a few minuscule shelf-edge tears, and some fading to the spine panel; original printed $2.75 price still intact to the front inner flap. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear protective, removable sleeve after photographing for this entry. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION MYSTERY BOOKS THANKS!