And A Bottle of Rum (A Theodore I Terhune Story)

1st ed, 1st imp. [1949] 206pp. Book produced to War Economy Standards. Red cloth boards (rubbed and worn at edges, rounded at corners and spine ends, lightly mottled). Lending sheet on front free endpaper, no other library markings, else internally neat and clean barring very occasional spotting. In its original worn and edge-torn dust jacket (art work by Pollack), small loss on lower edge and a few short flat creases. Dust jacket now in archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong the life of the jacket. It is not adhered to the book or to the dust jacket. Very hard to find title from this popular writer of the mid 20th century. Terhune finds the body of a police officer, apparently run over, in the middle of a road.