MEADE, Dorothy Cole. The Shadow of a Hair. London: John Hamilton. n.d. [1939]. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in black to the spine without publisher’s imprint at foot, in the striking dust jacket designed by C. Leslie. A very good copy, the cloth clean and bright, very slightly discoloured at extremities. The binding tight and very gently rolled, the contents with light occasional spots, though often fine. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine panel and front flap, complete with several small closed tears, creases around the spine foot, and the titles to spine panel somewhat faded.
A smart example of this, the fourth and final detective mystery novel by the well-travelled American, all of whose novels are set in British Malaya. As the jacket art hints, three fair-haired Western women are found bludgeoned within the confines of a rural hotel overlooking Penang. While American and British would-be sleuths take charge of the situation, it is the proficient Malayan Muslim detective, Ismael, who invokes the local spirits to solve the mystery. Uncommon.
MEADE, Dorothy Cole. The Shadow of a Hair. London: John Hamilton. n.d. [1939]. 8vo. First edition. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in black to the spine without publisher’s imprint at foot, in the striking dust jacket designed by C. Leslie. A very good copy, the cloth clean and bright, very slightly discoloured at extremities. The binding tight and very gently rolled, the contents with light occasional spots, though often fine. The dust jacket priced 7/6 net to the spine panel and front flap, complete with several small closed tears, creases around the spine foot, and the titles to spine panel somewhat faded.
A smart example of this, the fourth and final detective mystery novel by the well-travelled American, all of whose novels are set in British Malaya. As the jacket art hints, three fair-haired Western women are found bludgeoned within the confines of a rural hotel overlooking Penang. While American and British would-be sleuths take charge of the situation, it is the proficient Malayan Muslim detective, Ismael, who invokes the local spirits to solve the mystery. Uncommon.
