"Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book"
— Stephan Mallarme

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1935. [Murder mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 290; [1], adverts; [5], blank. Publisher's light grey cloth blocked in red, top edge bright red, fore-edge untrimmed, 'red badge detective' design endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. A lovely fine copy of the book, jacket gently toned with some exquisite light repair; shows as a crisp fine copy. A golfing mystery, published in the UK as 'Why Didn't They Ask Evans?'. Item #53741
Price: £975.00