THE BLACK SPECTACLES, Being the Psychologists' Murder Case

A Dr. Gideon Fell mystery, this one finding our celebrated sleuth solving the murder of a man who turns out to be the "conclusion of a series of senseless poisonings which have been terrifying the village of Sodbury Cross." First published in Great Britain in 1939 before being published in a second edition in 1969, this being the first reprint (1972) of that edition. Scarlet cloth w/gilt spine lettering/fingerprint design, 237 pages. Previous owner's signature to top of front end paper, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/light surface wear. All in all, a pretty nice copy of a not particularly common title. Size: Small octavo.