Call for Michael Shayne

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1949. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1949. First Edition. Small octavo (19.3cm); illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; green boards with white lettering and series badge; [viii],230pp. Jacket shows a 4" tear along rear joint fold, with a few more shallow chips and tears along edges, a good bit of scuffing to front panel, some general smudging to rear, and brief dampstain to verso (mostly chipped away). Boards edgeworn with bumping at corners and spine ends; spine slightly cocked. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.