Ruth Rendell. Stated first American edition. Authors first book. Dust Jacket: Very Good. An unclipped jacket with original price ($10.00) still intact. Jacket design by the great Paul Bacon. Jacket has tape on it. In a protective, mylar wrapper. Hardcover: Very Good. New York: Doubleday, 1980 (Published for the Crime Club). Black cloth with silver lettering on spine. This has library stampings but no library card in the back. Other than a few library addresses on flyleaf and other pages, no writing or underlining in the book, 210 pp.
