NIGHT OF THE JABBERWOCK.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Publishers, 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition. Brown at the top of his game. "A wild whirl for Doc Stoeger who edits a paper and indulges a passion for chess, Lewis Carroll and ardent spirits, when he witnesses a band robbery, the unloosing of a lunatic, a brush with a killer mob, and is involved with an Alice in Wonderland afficianado in a haunted house while two corpses are planted in his car compartment. A fancy fling which has some plain answers, this Valpurgisnacht features a virtuoso performance by Stoeger and is ingenious." Kirkus review, 1 December, 1950. Hubin pp. 109-110. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 94-5. Erasure to front free end paper, small blank sticker affixed to upper front free end paper, small pieces of tape residue to both paste downs, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some mild rubbing and slight fade to the reddish pink of the spine panel. An attractive copy overall. (23538). Item #23538
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