Buy this book on-line John Dickson Carr : Scandal at High ChimneysHarper & Brothers, New York, 1959
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BU5 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, scattered light scratches, rubbing, and light smudges/stains, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners and dents, wrinkling on the spine edges, light cover edgewear, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.25"x5.75". 230 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. London in Queen Victoria's era was, in part, a very proper city - or so it chose to believe. But back of the drawn tasseled curtains and under the gaslights, life was often extremely improper, and frightening as well. Clive Strickland, lawyer and author and young-man-about-town, was to discover a bewildering and terrifying aspect of Victorian life when his friend Victor Damon asked him to visit the family estate to advise on the prospective marriage of one of Victor's sisters to a titled and rakish fellow named Tressider. The Damon family home, dominated by a firm Victorian gentleman, Matthew Damon (himself perhaps dominated by his second wife, the ex-actress, lush Georgette), was a huge and formidable mansion in the country. There lived Victor's sisters, dark-haired Kate and demure Celia, cared for by their ex-nurse, Mrs. Cavanagh, and staying there too was the family doctor, Rollo Bland. Strange things seemed to be happening at the Damons' - a ghostlike figure appeared and vanished, and then Matthew Damon was murdered - impossibly it appeared - and the household was badly shaken. Clive Strickland, by now in love with Kate (but wondering whether it was she or her sister who was the illegitimate child of the notorious Harriet Pyke), undertook to get help in the solution of the crime. As one of the chief suspects he had to do something, and quickly. John Dickson Carr has used real buildings, real streets, and many real people in his re-creation of a fascinating, full-bloodied period. Scandal at High Chimneys is completely mystifying, fast-moving and authentic in detail.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of John Dickson Carr : Scandal at High Chimneys. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, livres anciens, rare books, atlases and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |