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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1934. First Edition. An attractive copy of the fifth Asey Mayo novel, in which the Yankee detective undertakes a case centered around two hundred cases of bootlegged liquor, and two murders at a Cape Cod estate. Hubin, p.389. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); chickpea yellow cloth, blocked and titled in dark brown and silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-294,[2]pp. Hint of sunning to spine, with a small, faint rubbed spot to rear cover, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), showing light wear to extremities, a hint of sunning to spine, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and a faint surface scuff to front panel; Near Fine.