An Embarrassment of Corpses (Signed Association Copy)

New York: St Martins Press, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 265pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. This is the true first printing with pages 204-233 numbered properly but bound in the wrong order. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear . Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($22.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed & Inscribed by the author to Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, not to mention the proprietor of Mysterious Bookshop in New York City; simply THE BEST shop for the genre and where this volume was purchased. "To Otto, Alan Beechey". A gorgeous collectable copy.