LAMENT FOR A MAKER

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First Edition. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. An early Inspector Appleby book. This copy has shelfwear to the binding, with rubbing to the cardboard at parts of the bottom edge; there is an older bookshop sticker at the bottom of the front endpaper. There are no ownership or other marks in the book, and the binding is actually quite bright.~~The dustjacket has been reinforced -- at the spine especially -- on the verso, with paper and scotch tape. The jacket has significant rubbing with closed tears, and a chip at the bottom of the spine. It has not been price-clipped and is now protected with a mylar cover. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket.