Author: Connington, J.J.
Title: The Tau Cross Mystery.
Description: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. 1935. - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-1/8 inches wide. Purple cloth titled in black on the front cover & the spine. The spine is lightly faded and the top edge of the book is foxed. [vi] & 294 pages, illustrated with a map of the crime scene. Very good.

First American edition, published in the same year as the UK edition which was titled "In Whose Dim Shadow".

VERY SCARCE.

The 10th of Connington's Sir Clinton Driffield detective novels "The Tau Cross Mystery", begins with a shooting in an unlocked room with a set of footprints leading away from the open French windows. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; CRIME FICTION; DETECTIVE NOVEL; MYSTERY; THE TAU CROSS MYSTERY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; IN WHOSE DIM SHADOW; CRIME SCENE MAP; ILLUSTRATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; SIR CLINTON DRIFFIELD.

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