Cave of Bats (Mystery Book Guild)

184pp. 12mo. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine (dust marked upper edge, occasional mild spotting on text block edge and endpapers only). In a matt dust jacket in Mystery Book Guild style (gentle shelf wear at edges, sunned on spine ). First published by John Long in 1964. The Mystery Book Guild republished leading mystery novels at a rate of two a month, building an attractively uniform series of classic crime and thrillers. Its diamond design dust jackets are both sought after and pleasing. A little gem for lovers of vintage fiction. Some of the novels in the series are now hard to find in this or any other edition.