Shroud of Darkness

A bright example of the scarce and sought after first edition of this Chief Inspector MacDonald murder mystery by E. C. R. Lorac, the pseudonym of Edith Caroline Rivett. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A thrilling tale in which the body of a man is discovered at Paddington Station, dead as a result of a beating that took place during the Great Smog of London in 1952.This is the thirty-ninth of Edith Caroline Rivett's Chief Inspector Macdonald series. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Small loss to dust wrapper back strip tail, with major loss to tail of rear wrap. Light handling marks to rear wrap, with light edgewear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine.