Item #5698 The Tunnel Mystery. J. C. LENEHAN, John Christopher.
The Tunnel Mystery
The Tunnel Mystery
The Tunnel Mystery

The Tunnel Mystery

New York: The Mystery League, 1931. Eugene Thurston "Gene" (dust jacket illustration). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 286, followed by a page of publisher's offerings. Endpapers decorated with the Mystery League logo. Bound in black cloth with green lettering and device stamped on front board and spine. Book with slight dust soiling to top edge, else Fine in the dust jacket that has light edge-wear and shallow chips at head and tail of spine. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #5698

The dust jacket by Gene (Eugene Thurston), shows an assailant or victim seated on a train, in a tunnel, blood dripping from his forehead. As if to reinforce the declasse pigeonholing of mystery fiction, the rear dust jacket flap announces that Mystery League Books are available at United Cigar Stores, among other outlets. HUBIN, p. 251. Dust jacket, with light edge-wear, now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Price: $85.00