The Crimson Patch, Phoebe Atwood Taylor
First edition, first printing of Taylor's eighth entry in the Asey Mayo detective series. In the rare original dust jacket and housed in a custom slipcase.
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1936. Publisher's original red cloth with black and yellow stamping on front board and spine; pp. 287. A near fine copy in a very good or better, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square, cloth bright, minimal shelfwear. Internally clean. Jacket shows light shelfwear and rubbing, spine a touch sunned.