Gallery of Sinister Perspectives: Ten Crimes and a Scandal (Association Review Copy from the Personal Library of Otto Penzler)

Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 163pp. Beautiful First Edition. Bound in brown cloth with lettering in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. From the personal library of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and publisher, founder of the Mysterious Press and proprietor of the famed Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Laid in is a signed typed letter from an executive at the publisher to Penzler, soliciting a review for the Armchair Detective when Penzler was the Book Editor for that publication. Also laid in is the publisher's review slip and promotional newsletter. A gorgeous collectable copy and a nice association.