The Mysterious Bookshop

Vera Caspary - Laura

Caspary, Vera, Laura, Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. First edition. With the date on the title page, which was removed from later printings. Blue cloth, stamped in burgundy on the front cover and spine. There is residue from a removed label near the top of the front endpaper, mild offsetting to front and rear endpapers, else an about fine copy in a bright dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends, corners, and edges, and is rubbed along hinges and front flap fold but with none of the usual spine sunning. The basis for the superb film of the same title starring Gene Tierney. $6,500.00

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